A PENNY PACKET OF LAVENDER
A lady opened her door to a man who was selling lavender. She said she would have given him sixpence, for a penny packet if she had had change, but she had nothing less than a ten-shilling note. She hesitated a moment, and then said, “Will you take this, and ask them to change it at the shop at the corner?” Her daughter said she was sure they would never see the man again, but she was wrong. “Here’s your change, lady,” he said, “and here’s your packet of lavender.” As the lady was about to pay him he shook his head, and said, “No, thank you, lady; it’s worth a packet of lavender to know that somebody has trusted me.”— “Children’s Newspaper.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 23 September 1936, Page 10
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128A PENNY PACKET OF LAVENDER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 23 September 1936, Page 10
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