VARIETIES.
The other day, at a village, a plumber was sent for to a house of a wealthy stockbroker, to execute some repairs. He was taken by the buller into the dining-room, and was beginning his work, -when the lady of the house entered. “John,” said she, with a suspicious glance at the plumber, “remove the silver from the sideboard, and lock it up at once.” But the man of putty was in uo wise disconcerted, “ Tom” said he to his apprentice who accompanied him, “ take my watch and my chain, and these coppers home to my missus at once. There seems to bo dishonest people about this house,”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2315, 18 August 1880, Page 3
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109VARIETIES. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2315, 18 August 1880, Page 3
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