Too Proud to Beg.
A painter not unknown to fame, who died a little while back, was a brokea down wreok in his later days. Some fe«liDg of pride and shams cluug to him to the last, however, and although he lived upon the charity of his friends he never asked for money outright. In the crown of his hat he'pastad this request, printed in big stariug letters: •'Phase !( nd m<^ a Bnilliog." Wtieu making a c*U he would d tff his bat with much show of dignity, and there would ba the mute appeal staring bi» intended victim in " the face. The scheme never failed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 224, 28 May 1896, Page 52
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106Too Proud to Beg. Otago Witness, Issue 224, 28 May 1896, Page 52
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