GYPSY AND SERVANT GIRL.
Sentence of one month’s hard labour was passed at Northampton on Amy wmieh, a. gipsy, who obtained 5/- from Gertrude Mad docks, a cook, under pretence of telling her fortune. Smith called at the back door of the girl's employer and toM her that she could toll her fortune and bring- Miss Mac!ihrks’ young man in khaki safety home from the front. Later Smbii cntainod two half-crowns and a brooett, which she tied in each of three corners cf a handkerchief tor the purpose of crossing the planet.” For the fourth corner of the handkerchief fhnith naked for a ring, but Miss Maddocks did not possess one, and Smith then said a shiling would do. The girl, however, refused to advance more money, and Smith then returned the brooch and went off with the halfcrowns and handkerchief, saying she could only “cress the planet' ’ at home.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 5 August 1915, Page 2
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150GYPSY AND SERVANT GIRL. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 5 August 1915, Page 2
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