Won’t Work Now
A farmer once walked into the office of William F. Hallstead, general manager of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railway, and asked for a free pass to New York and return. Mr Hallstead reasoned with the old fellow as follows: “Now, look here: Suppose I would drop in on .you sometime and ask you to hitch up and drive me to Scranton and back, what would you think of me?” “I’d think you were awfully cheeky,” replied the farmer. “But, Mr Hallstead, if I was driving to Scranton anyway and you asked me for a ride, what would you think of me if I refused?” He got the pass.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 73, 15 January 1947, Page 6
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111Won’t Work Now Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 73, 15 January 1947, Page 6
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