WEIGHED—AND PAID.
"When Farmer Giles strolled forth to ' see how the new man was getting on, ho was surprised to find at one end of the field large heaps of stones, j “Here, wet's this meant" he dcmand- ! ed angrily. I “Well, sir," replied the labourer, “I | thought I’d save ycr a bit o’ fag next I seed-time. so when I find a stone among j the tatics I dump it there.” I "Ah!" exclaimed old Giles. “I’ll i never find another man like Jeames, ! my old one!" ' “Why," replied the labourer, somewhat nettled, “Jeames were half blind, and didn’t rcckunise a pebble when ho see one!" “Mobbe he did, meblxs ho didn’t!" I growled the farmer. “But he worn’t ea gormed particular to kcqp ’em out o’ the ’taties! Why, man, they weighs I"
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6451, 24 February 1908, Page 4
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135WEIGHED—AND PAID. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6451, 24 February 1908, Page 4
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