The Grocer was not to be Caught.

Otago Witness, Issue 2258, 10 June 1897, Page 53

The Grocer was not to be Caught.

The grocer was weighing some sugar for the j woman in ih°. dyed blue bonnet, when the man ; in the black frock coat and yellowish white tie, \ ■mha had been standing in t&e door for some i minutei, came inside and laid & sixpence on bhe counter. ; " I picked it up on the floor, just ab the edge of the steps," he said. "It must belong to j you. A sixpence or a thousand pounds, sir —it j is the principle of the thing I look at. I want j nothing that is not mine. There is the money." ; The grocer laid a large forefinger on the coin, { and pushed ib back across the counter. j " You put dot money in your pocket, main friend," he said. " But, sir, you or one of your men must have j dropped it, and it rolled over there. My motto j has always been" " I believe," said the grocer, " dob you joost moved your family in dob house agrogs the street dis morgen; was it not so ? " ' " Yes, sir; and, it being convenient, we expect to do a good deal of bus " "You put dob money bsck in your pocket rigbd away. Dot was nob mem. You put him back in your pocket, und yen your vife come top dose groceries you vill remember dob my terms vas cash efery time."