HE NEVER TOLD A LIE.
A workman in a factory being continually asked for tobacco by his shopmates, and not caring to tell a lie resorted to the following stratagem. He carried two pouches, and one he called ‘ the world/ which was always empty, the other ‘ a friend/ which contained tobacco for his use. When asked for tobacco by his mates, he would reply: 1 I have not any in ‘ the world/ what I am smoking I got from ‘ a friend.’
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 24, 8 September 1894, Page 10
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81HE NEVER TOLD A LIE. Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 24, 8 September 1894, Page 10
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