SHE TIPPED THE GUARD.
Tipping has been described as a nuisance, or a curse, or a degradation, but I have just heard (says a Melbourne' writer) of a gratuity which seems to mo to havo been none' of these, but rather a gracious wav of returning thankfulness. Tho heroine and hero of tho story are a lady artist (pretty, clever, and sweet-tempered) and a tram conductor (a tram conductor needs no describing) Sho found herself unloaded from the tram' with a huge corded dress-basket which she could not possibly carry. Tho conductor seeing beauty in distress, let his car stand still; he shouldered tho drcss-baskct and took it- to tho doorway. Tho girl had no money, savo twoponco; and a twopennv tin m Australia would provoke a duel. But she opened her thin purso and drew forth—ii-e dainty cigarettes, which tho tram conductor (hko tbo departing citizen who receives a gift from his fellow-townsmen) accepted, not alono for their intrinsic worth, but also on account of tho spirit in which they wero presented. I'ho only thing to add is that this tram conductor is now convinced that tho angels smoke mild Turkish cigarettes.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 470, 31 March 1909, Page 3
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193SHE TIPPED THE GUARD. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 470, 31 March 1909, Page 3
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