WHAT A HALFPENNY DID

New Zealand Tablet, 24 September 1908, Page 37

WHAT A HALFPENNY DID

An office- boy in Sydney owed one of "the clerks three halfpence. > r , - ■> The clerk owed the casliier a penny. ' .' : The cashier owed the boy a panhy. ~~ , ■

One day the boy, having a halfpenny in his pocket, was disposed. to diminish -his outstanding indebtedness", and paid thf clerk, to whom he was indebted three halfpence, one halfpenny on account. . The clerk, animated by so laudable an example, paid one halfpenny to the cashier, to whom he was indebted one penny. The cashier, who owed the boy a penny, paid him a halfpenny. And now the boy, having -his halfpenny again in his hand, - paid another third of his debt to the clerk. The clerk, with the said really ' current ' coin, squared with the cashier. The cashier instantly paid the boy in full. And now, the lad, with the halfpenny again in his hand, paid off the third and last instalment of his debt of three halfpence. Thus were the parties-square all round, and all their accounts adjusted..