FIT FOR THE JOB.
"Smart boy wanted." Such was the notice hung outside a busv city warehouse. Jt hadn't been there long before a little fellow, red-headed, and fre/’kled calmly lifted it down, and went inside briskly. ~ "Did you hang this outside, sir ? he asked the manager. "Yes !’’ was the stern reply, "and why did you pull it down ?’’ Ihe boy looked at him for a few minutes. *’l’ity for the man s ignorance was plainly expressed in his face. Then he spoke, and his reply was short, but to the point. "Why?" he said. "Why, becorse I’m him !"
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2212, 12 September 1910, Page 2
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99FIT FOR THE JOB. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2212, 12 September 1910, Page 2
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