Quite Good Enough for Him.
A man, having a heavy overcoat on, was walking one rather hot day into the country, and having a good distance to go, thought of leaving his coat at a cottage. Seeing no cottage near, he conceived an idea, and pulling off his heavy coat he pinned to it a piece of paper having the words written upon it: "Don't touch this coat ; it has got the smallpox." Tben he placed the coat under » hedge and went on his way. After having completed his journey he started back, returning to the spot where he had left his coat, and to his astonishment the coat was gone and only the piece of paper remained, with the inscription : "Thanks for the coat, old chappie ; I have had the smallpox," on the other side of the paper.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2241, 11 February 1897, Page 53
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139Quite Good Enough for Him. Otago Witness, Issue 2241, 11 February 1897, Page 53
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