GOOD AT FIGURES.
.fi>ll.<iw]ij^ us,'nnd'/;our. : iV.-'.Fc_C; days; a«* .yearly balimcr-slie'et, i.bfifc'after. :-.nu'mcrou's iitteniptsi'lipih&l.to .givo : ..up in alisgust. Ho went.tp; : the'shop door, ; 'and vliailedya passer : by,:whp was asti'aiigei'tphinij'aud asked.the : .stranger ■" if he was "any. good at figures!" ;;J!lie:4ranaei\ hesitated for a moment,;and?replied : "--Yes £i- think I can dojspmething. at:■.fiuurcsi-}-- ■;■ Why?.V Butcher':AVrl'ecause I'liyjuzzled ovcr,'-niy' balanc«-.sheet, '■'Iycnii't , ;get\ it. rights Do you uiind:helpiiigmc ('■'■...... Stranger.:;.'.' Oh yes ;'. I'll, tiy ;.\vhat "l ..'can' %;"v:> 'They entered the shop, and after about, half" an hour's hard work,'.; the., balance sheet was brought out right.:; The grateful shopman asked the stranger ; how much ]io- was in his debt, atid received the reply •■.Nothing. cullks willi Injuns mydf. Good day,.". And with that the stranger departed. .The. shopman, pointing to the receding figure of his benefactor,.asked an acquaintance what stranger lie.was. /He. was duinbfounded at the i('ply-"WJiy, that's Major 'Atkinson.£—Exchange. ... :J:'>■?■ ,"*-+
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2307, 29 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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143GOOD AT FIGURES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2307, 29 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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