THE THIEF AND THE HOLY FATHER.
A gipsy man was at confession one day, and whilst he was confessing he spied a silver snuff-fcox in the priest's
pocket, and stole it.
'Father," he said immediately, "I ac-
CUse myself of having- stolen a silver
snufl'-box.
"Then, my son, you. must certainly re-
store it.
"Will you have it yourself, my father?" "I? Certainly not," answered the
confessor
"The fact is," proceeded the gipsy, "that I have offered it to its owner, and he has refused It."
"Then you can keep it with a good conscience," answered the father.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 259, 9 November 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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