AROUSING SUSPICION
Every day a wagoner u.-ed t<> go down a certain street with a load of cabbages. "Look here, my man," -aid a gentleman to him one in<.ri>.:iii_, "couldn't you _ro in another direction now and a_rain':'' "Course I could." was the reply. "But can't I go which way I like." • "It's all right." smiled the gentleman, "but I will give you live s-hillinjrs now, and another rive at my office at th? end of the week if you will go in some other direction for a time. Now. do you agree '" "Yes." said tiie wagoner. "But why do you want mc to do this." "Well," said the other. "I am the pr .- prietor of that cigar factory at the .bottom of the -treet, and seeing you come down here every day the neighbours are beginning to talk."
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Auckland Star, Volume 304, Issue 304, 23 December 1926, Page 7 (Supplement)
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