WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
A man at a banquet dropped a sovereign, which rolled out of sight under the table. Later on the head waiter, who had been advised of the lo6s, brought thJ missing coin to the loser.
"Thank you. very much," said the reimbursed guest, as he-rewarded the finder. . ' Not at all, 6ir," said the waiter, genii'.ljy. "But"—confidentially—"it was a bit <>i luck for you, sir, that ryour sovereign vwirn t found by one .of the gontlemen."
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 17
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79WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 17
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