A Professional Beggar's Establishment.
A gentleman in Paris who had been wont to give five sous daily to a blind beggar whom he passed every day on his way to his business, gave him one morning by mistake a Napoleon, and afterward discovering his enor, asceitained fiom another beggar his beneficiary's address and called t.'ere to recover his gold piece. A tidy maid opened the door of a comfortably furnished suite of apartments. Monsieur was requested to take a seat, and in a minute or two the beggar made his appearance, neatly dressed and with faultless shiitfront. The object of the visit was stated. " My clerk is just making up the day's accounts," ho observed; "if a Napoleon has been found in the box it shall be leturned to you." The piece of gold was found, and the beggar handed it back to the visitor. As the latter was retiring the beggar called out to him : " I beg your pardon, sir, but you have forgotten to give me the half-penny out of it." —Exchange.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1812, 16 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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174A Professional Beggar's Establishment. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1812, 16 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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