DOUBTFUL SOCIETY.
A plumber #ho was sent to the house of 'a% stockbroker to execute some repairs was taken'by the butler into the diningroom, and was beginning his work when the lady of the house entered. .
."John," said she, with a suspicious glance towards the plumber, "remove the silver from the sideboard and lock it up at once." But the man of lead was in -nowise disconcerted. ," ;
"Tom," said he to his apprentice, who accompanied him, "take my watch and .chain and these coppers home to; my. missus at once. There seem to be dishonest people about this house.".; ; -'■■•V---* * •..
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 221, 24 September 1910, Page 6
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100DOUBTFUL SOCIETY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 221, 24 September 1910, Page 6
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