FOOL'S GOLD WHY HE MAKHJET) THK WIDOW A chemistry professor at the Univer-»-ty of Kauris tells this story of a M>xl.Y-looTfinß man who stole noiselessly intu a cliemist's office and closed the door liehind him. "Kin anyl»ody hear what I say 'ii here?" ho asked, anxiously. "Xot a soul," the chemist assured him. Whereupon the man produced imckage, enrefully wrapped, and handed it to the chemist, with the query, "What is this stuff, anyway?" After examining the contents, the chemist replied, "Why, that is iron pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold." "What's it worth?" asked tho seedy follow. "Oh. about fifteen shillings a Con in carload lota." "Just my luck," exclaimed the questioner. "Blest if I ain't the bicjzest fool in the world. I found n lot of tint Muff on a widder's firm, an' went an' married the widder."
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3222, 9 January 1917, Page 2
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