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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 377, 30 April 1910, Page 9

MAKING SURE. A man had been in the habit of getting his tea at a certain restaurant for years, without any cause for complaint. Lately, a waitress, new to the position, was employed at the place, and from lack of experience she invariably brought the liquid refreshment with the larger part of it in the saucer. This the gentleman could stand no longer. •'Look here, Susan," said he one evening, "if you bring my tea to-morrow without spilling a drop in the saucer I'll give you sixpence for yourself." "All right, sir," replied Susan, "I will do that, sir." The following evening the gentleman appeared, and gave his order as usual. Imagine 'his surprise, when, a moment or two later, the girl was observed wending her way towards him carrying a ■plate of bread in one hand and a cup of tea in the otuer. ''And what has become of the saucev, I Susan?" enquired the man. i -Well, sir," replied the girl, "to make j sure of the sixpence you promised me, 1 thought it best to leave the saucer on