NOT A FOOL.
The lady of the house had just returned. ■. ■/■ ■ • .: ' :. ' ' '"Did anyone call while I was out, Violet?" she asked the new maid. . :'." Violet nodded. "Yes, ma'am, some ladies belonging to the parish council came, to/ see you—and I gave it to them good and proper." Her mistress frowned. '. "Gracious me! • What did-you say-to them?" . ■.-...■;... "Well, ma'am," said Violet, "they said they'd called to collect some money to get coal for the church, and I told them that you may lo.ok simple, but you're no fool, for you .know quite well that the church is heated by'steam." ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 19
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98NOT A FOOL. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 19
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