GAVE HIMSELF AWAY
A little girl was weeping bitterly in the street and a benevolent old gentleman, patting her on the shoulder, inquired what was the matter. ‘ I’ve lost a penny, sir,’ the child sobbed. The old gentleman promptly handed her a penny. She looked at him askance for a few seconds and then said in a tone more of sorrow than anger, ‘ Oh, you wicked old man! So you had it all the time!’
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New Zealand Tablet, 26 June 1913, Page 62
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75GAVE HIMSELF AWAY New Zealand Tablet, 26 June 1913, Page 62
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