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SOMETHING LIKE A MISER.

Some rather good stories are told about a very wealthy old miser who lived in one of the English northern counties. Souip years ago, evidently in a weak moment, he gave £IO,OOO or £12,000 towards the support of a foreiga mission, and since then numerous people have called upon him with the object of obtaining na

Oa one *ai 01 rsg admittance—a by no wean* eass i ask, for every visitor is closely through »little aperture in the door bef-.x-e ttt> boll* are drawn—and wen; ushered »..*. a room and left alone fot about a cuarter 01 an h/ur. At the md of that time the " gentleman " of the ho-.su enrered the room, and ; elanong at the Cabin, .<aid:-

" Wn; stole nty pin ?" One j-f mc ladies blushed, and said sho had iakej it tj faster, her bonnet-strings.

" Then int y«>u go 1 Any >ne wh. would steal my pin ha? nc right in my housV and he anceremoaktHly showed tho ladiee o»t„

ELia »tock sf anderlinen. it is saitf. con aisled of twe ahirtr..

He, >f chorea, wore one while the other was beiw washed. On me occasion he said to the laundress, " ?. think f nirponce is rather tcv. mi-ch for washing and ironinga shirt. Can't you charge less V ' No, sir " replied the laundress. " Foui pence is my charge, and, you see 1 have a way to come for your shirt, and then I deliver it when it is washed. ' "Ah, to be sure! Now, how much less would you charge if 1 changed nay shirt at your place ?'"

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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2294, 12 January 1900, Page 6

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SOMETHING LIKE A MISER. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2294, 12 January 1900, Page 6

SOMETHING LIKE A MISER. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2294, 12 January 1900, Page 6

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