A MORAL LESSON.
At a meeting of some coloured brethren it was decided to make a collection. _ The president concluded to pass the hat himself, and, in order to encourage the he put in alO cent piece. After tbe collection, during which every hand had been in the hat, the president approached the table, turned the hat upside down, and not even his own contribution dropped out. He opened his eyes with astonishment, and exclaimed, '■ Fo' goodness, but I'z eben lost the 10 cents I started wid '"
Then there was consternation on the faces of the assembly. Who was the lucky man ? That was the question. He could not blush or *urn pale, for all were as black as night. It was evidently a hopeless case, and was .ummed up by one brother, who rose in his place and said solemnly, " Dar 'pears to be a great moral lesson l'oun' heah somewhar."
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2987, 21 January 1881, Page 4
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152A MORAL LESSON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2987, 21 January 1881, Page 4
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