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1 An old lady, a good deal given to philanthropy, got hold of a crippled sailor who greatly moved her sympathies. To help him along she purI chased a tray on which he was to ! expose gingerbread for sale. She gave him a start in gingerbread and allowed him to stand before her house. In addition, she composed and taught him the following words h "Will any good, kind Christian buy some fine spicy gingerbread of a poor afflicted old man ?" The first morning the old sailor sold a shilling’s worth. Elated, he spent the money none too wisely, for later on his vqice floated into the lady's house with the following burden : “Will any poor, afflicted Christian buy some good, kind gingerbread of a fine, spicy old man ?" Despite Ibis sadly mixed cry, trade became very good—so good, indeed, that when the philanthropist again heard her words they ran : “Will any fine, spicy Christian buy some poor afflicted gingerbread of a aped, kind oM man
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 8
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168WITH VARIATIONS. Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 8
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