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"i say " said a bumptious individual to a man standing at the street corner, "just tell me how I can get to Blank Street." "Weil/' was the reply } "take the third turning on the left, iirst to the right, second to the right again fourth to lel't first to right fifth to left, cut across a square, pass through a crescent take the second on the left, and you'll get it,"
The stranger jotted down I lie particulars and followed the instructions given. After three-quarters of an hour he was startled to arrive at the place where he had asked the question, and to see the same man stiil standing at the corner. "Why did you direct me wrongly?" he demanded angrily. "You asked lor Blank Street, didn't you?" "Yes.'® "Well then I directed you right. Tliis is Blank Street."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 63, 10 April 1945, Page 6
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142VERY SMART Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 63, 10 April 1945, Page 6
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