A femalti servant, sweeping out a bachelor's room, found a four-penny piece on the carpet, which she carried to the owner. " You may keep it for your honesty," said he, smiling, chucking her under the cliin. A short time after he missed his gold pencilease, and inquired of the girl if she had seen it. " Yes, Sir," was the reply. " And what did you do with it ?" "Kept it for my honesty, sir!" The old bachelor I grinned horribly a ghastly smile, and vanished. Good Ketoet.— A young wife .remonstrated with her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct. "My love," said he, " I aW only like the Prodigal Son— l shall reform by and bye." "And I will .be like the Prodigal Son, too," she replied, " for I will rise and go to my father;" and accordingly off she went.
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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 8 December 1855, Page 2
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141Untitled Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 8 December 1855, Page 2
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