CHEATING THE COLLECTOR.
A ,mnn and a boy were fitting on ouej side of a railway compartment, and a,, lady on the other. iWhen the train, slowed down and cries of “Tickets., please/’ was; hoard, tlie plan -showed: signs, of distress. . > i I “I don’t know what I -am going +© dp! about a ticket for my poor lad,” exclaim- j cd the man. “I didn’t get one for him. The lady, imrch affo'-tedlby the man s demeanour, said: “Well, put him under the seat- —perhaps, the collector won’t notice him,” , “I can’t do th-v very well, ma am, returned the man, “for I’ve got mj^ two other boys under the seat already.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1919, Page 2
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112CHEATING THE COLLECTOR. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1919, Page 2
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