QUEER- PROPOSITION.
Oin miserabh inclement night recently a twowiieeled cart thaL h id been taken over lorally from a. Krent-ii peasant got stu<'k in the mud, and. a.s it contained home odds and ends ol Governnicnt stores, a si ntry was detailed to stand guard over it until morning.
A it liappeiied. the man schvtod fo l ' 1 ho job a rieh stockbroker ill civil life, and as lie stood there shivering Hi th ; : wet darkne-.s he thought and said many things.
Present'y. however, lie heard "voting rounds" approaeii'ng, and a happy thought struck iiini. "Sir, " be .said to the orderly olfher. "low much ii thin cart and :ts content 5 * v orth ■?''
-()!,. I don't know." was live carehf>s reply. " \bent a hundred pound-', I should think."
" (1.-od !" < red the s ut rv. "I'll i om<> back with you and write out a cheque for a couple of hundred. Then I'll t urn in. I wouldn't catell inv death of cold for twice that amount."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 270, 27 April 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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165QUEER- PROPOSITION. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 270, 27 April 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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