GREAT WEIGHTS ON LITTLE STRINGS.
A soldier one day called at tho shop of a hairdresser, who was busy with his customers, and asked for relief, stating that he had stayed beyond his leave of absence, had exhausted his money, and unless he could get a lift on the coach severe punishment awaited him. The hairdresser listened to his story, and gave him a guinea. " Sir," exclaimed the soldier, astonished at the amount. " how can I repay you ? I have nothing in the world but this "pulling out a dirty piece of paper from his pocket) it is a receipt for making blacking; it is the best that ever was seen; many a half-guinea have I had for it from the officers, and many bottles I have sold. May you be able to get something for it to repay you for your kindness to a poor soldier !' Oddly enough that dirty piece of paper proved worth half a million of money to the hairdresser. It is no less than tho famous Day and Martin's blacking, the hairdresser being the late wealthy Mr Day, whose, maiiufactory is one of the sights of the metropolis.— From Home Words.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4010, 29 May 1884, Page 4
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196GREAT WEIGHTS ON LITTLE STRINGS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4010, 29 May 1884, Page 4
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