Business Reverse.—A darky was making an appeal to a, gentleman for a donation. The gentleman, knowing him somewhat, said: “ Why, Sam, you don’t mean to tell mo you’ve taken up begging?” Sam: Ycssah, boss. Ab ain’t got no iV-her way to get along.” “ Whv, you told me once that you had a business.” “ Yessah, Ali-all did have a business—a one-hand laundry—but Ah done lost my business.” “How did you come to lose it, Sam?” “ Well, suh. de way it was, she just up and divo’ccd me.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20029, 21 November 1928, Page 10
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86Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 20029, 21 November 1928, Page 10
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