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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 652, 18 March 1914, Page 6

A newsboy, having received a tixp?nce from a lady for -whom he had gone an errand, resolved to convert ir. into coppers. With that'intention he went to one of the banks in the City, pushed open the door, an.l marched up to the counter ; but tho teller, failing to recognise <ll3 importance of the transaction, 1 alo him run away home. Deeply hurt, the urchin drew himself together, walked to the door, am:-. there, standing on the mat, surveyed the entire place and everyone therein. "Ca' yersel' a bank," lie exc!aim»d, with loi'ty disdain, "'an' canna' change a tanner !" An editor who was courting a woman" of uncertain age, but positive bank account, was . cut out by a gentleman from a neighbouring town, who married her and too'c hsr dome. Whereupon the editor sought a mean revenge by heading an account of her wedding : '"Another Old Resident Gone." The roue pays court to a girl the first time he meets her ; the honest young man breathes no word of deep i.dmiration and regard he bus for hor until he believes that he has : novn herloyjg enough to imbue her with 'tho truth of h : s words and promise*.—''Daily Pi>P£itch."