A FAIR EXCHANGE.
She drow a thripny from her purse and put it between her teeth while she crowded back the contents of the bag and snapped it shut. When the conductor came along she took the com from her mouth and extended it to him. /He saw the action and at once glared a copper between his lips. jThfen he took the thripny and iianded her the copper. " A fair exchange, ma'am" he pleasantly said. " Of what ?" she haughtily asked. "Ol microbes," he replied, and passed along.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 50, 25 September 1900, Page 1
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88A FAIR EXCHANGE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 50, 25 September 1900, Page 1
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