The Quarter Came Back.
"Excuse me, sir," said a Woodward gvenue car conductor to a passenger riding' on the platform with him the other toorning, "but can yon change a quarter?" "Is it a plugged quarter?" cautiously asked the passenger. , "Yes, air ; plugged in two places. >K "Get it about a week ago?" ' "Yes, sir." "Prom me?" "Yes, si*;'' "No, I can't change it. I carried that old coin around about three months and offered it to at leas{r,,{>o cpnd^otorff be-. fore you took it, .and having finally worked it off I' can 'intake it back. If you want to borrow two Cens and a five, all right, btifc I can't take plugged quarters — can't_ possibly do it, even to oblige."' .1T'?.,,. ■_■•■-'*■:
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Manawatu Herald, 14 July 1896, Page 4
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122The Quarter Came Back. Manawatu Herald, 14 July 1896, Page 4
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