THE WIDOW'S MITE.
j TRAGIC TURF INVESTMENT. I By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, July 18. 1 A poor widow, ignorant of racing, cn- - trusted a youth who was going to tlve recent Flemington races with a sovereign, to - invest, ten shillings on each of two rank J outsiders. Tho woman, learning from a ' newspaper that both had won, became so x excited that sho was soized with a fit and t died. s Tho irony of it all lies in tho fact that tho widow's son met tho youth at tho 7 races, and persuaded him to invest his i mother's money on the favourites, boll) of 5 which lost.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1806, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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109THE WIDOW'S MITE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1806, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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