A FRENCH DOG STORY.
No long time since a gentleman was returning from Paris to his home m . W ii) his buggy." [T^o night wap lery datlt, H ! e for ho could not see his horae<s head." Suddenly his horse reared, 'A man who was lying on tbfj rqad fed 'felt'the lioiWs nose tpucl} hia jape jfartpd up. As sooty ag t|)e gentleifjai) saw what had occurred, ¥on stupjd fellow !' Xou came witliin' qn ftce of being ifiiy. l ' I Wish I had beenl'i " Why so? 1 ' I am a poor workman, My, master °SH m t0 EO to Neuilly to collect a bill of 400 franca. I was paid in gold. I put it in ray pocket, I did not know there " was a hole in it. Ail the gold had fallen out, I cannot hope to recover it again in ,h ! s "Have you one coin A r; it mt! ' lere ' 3 on 'y onfl tefc - me. The gentleman untied his nnintmt that was to his nose, and said'," Go fetch/from.'! k Off Tom bounded, anct ey?ry minute' pame " v '~ back with a louis d'pr in his mouth, in half an hpijr jfcHg workman had all the money. T)ip master was so pleaeeq that he nest bought Tpm a new cojiijr^
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 23 October 1882, Page 2
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213A FRENCH DOG STORY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 23 October 1882, Page 2
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