THE COLLECTOR SCORED
The football party wei'e returning from a match many miles from home. On the train arriving "at a certain station, where -tickets were collected, one* of the team discovered that he -had lost his return 'half.' , _ . _ '. _-.
He paid his fare under protest, and made a sarcttstite obfeervatliohs at' the , ticket" collector's pense.
1 Come, come,' said the collector g-ood-humoredly. lAs a footballer you should berfhe first to acknowledge that I have, done rightf.' ' How's that ? * hotly retorted the other; 'Well, since I couldn't take your "pass," it was the correct thiing to charge the " half "-"back^wajsn't it? '
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 28 February 1907, Page 37
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100THE COLLECTOR SCORED New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 28 February 1907, Page 37
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