TOO HONEST BY HALF.
A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate, and not seeing the gatekeeper went into the house. Finding no onp, he began to search, and finally discover edthe gatekeeper out in the field at work. Although the old man was quit 3 a distance away, the gentleman went into the field, approached the old man and said—' You are the tollgatekeeper, I believe ?' 'Yes, sir,' the old man replied, turning and leaning upon his hoe-handle. ' Well, I want to go through the gate.' ' Ain't the gate open ?' ' Yes.' ' Well, why don't you go through ? It's my business to be here.' ' Because I want to pay you.' ' And you came all the way out hero to pay me. 5 cents ?' ' Yes, sir,' said the gentleman, proudly looking the old man in the eye. ' Coaldn't you have left the money on the table V ' Yes, but I wanted you to know that I paid you.' ' You are an honest man.' * Yes, sir,' replied the gentleoian, while a pleased expression spread over his face. ' You would have walked three times as far to have paid me.that 5 cent, wouldn't you?' 'Yes, sir, I wouli.' 'Here, John,' the old man called to a boy, ' go along and watch this fellow till he gets away. Bet a hundred dollars he steals something 'fore he leaves the place.'
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1141, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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226TOO HONEST BY HALF. Temuka Leader, Issue 1141, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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