FOUND A BETTER PLACE
Mark Twain says: Once when I was going out to visit some friends I told George, my negro servant, to lock the house and put -the key under a certain stone near the steps. He agreed to do so. It was late at night when L returned. I went to the stone under which the key was supposed to have been hidden. It was gone. I hunted around for about fifteen minutes, but still no key. Finally I went to George's houses-he roomed outside— and rapped vigorously upon the door. A black head, which I had no difficulty m recognising as George's, popped ouKof an upstairs window. . •
'Where did you put that key, you young rascal?' I roared. 'Oh, massa,' answered George, < I found a better place for it.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 317
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133FOUND A BETTER PLACE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 317
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