DECIDEDLY RISKY.
In the sere and yellow leaf of his career Mr Moneybags began to think about the! future, and one day he visited the dork of the local cemetery ih ; tho hope of itriking a bargain. 'J,’o his dismay, the clerk named a price’ which the • bid miser considered out of all proportion to .hi "value of the small plot he was after. “Absurd! Rid'culous!” fumed Mr Moneybags. “Cant’t you reduce it?” "It’s the, usual fee.” replied the clerk polite“WclT.T’ll not pay it!” exclaimed Mr Moneybags,. “The risk is too great” “What rwkPf asked the clerk. “What riajf T retorted 'Mr * Moneybags. “Why the risk of losing it all M may die at sea.’’
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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115DECIDEDLY RISKY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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