A Smart Boy.
There is a good story going the rounds about a man who has become a successful merchant. A tew years ago he was employed as an office boy and messenger for a large firm. He was sent to collect an account from a firm which was considered very " shaky," and was told to get the money at all hazards. The debtors gave the lad a cheque for £50. We went to the bank at once to cash it, and was told by the cashier that there were cot enough funds to meet it. " How much short ? " asked the lad. " Thirty shillings," was the answer. It lacked but a minute or two of the time for the bank to close. The boy felt in bis pockets, took out 30s, and, pushing it through the window, said, "Put that to the credit of Blank and Co."
The cashier did so, whereupon the boy presented the cheque and got the money. Blank and Co. failed the next day and their chargin can be better imagined than described when they found out the trick that had been played upon them.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1959, 10 September 1891, Page 41
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189A Smart Boy. Otago Witness, Issue 1959, 10 September 1891, Page 41
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