Principle and Theory.
Two men of Marseilles were one day walking together when one of them took oufc a cigar and proceeded to light it. "What do 3ou CdH that thing?" asksd the other man. 1 " A So-and-So," answered the first, naming a certain bratid. ' , ' 11 Expensive, I suppose ?." " Bth ! Two for a franc." "Ah ! And how many years have you smoked ? " "Thirty." "Thirty years — eight cigars a day at a franc the two. Why, if you had not spent that money for cigars ycu could have owned a house on the Cannebiere to-day ! " Tbe other said nothing. The Cannebjere is 'the richtsfc and most famous street in Marseilles. Presently the two promenadets cams out on the Canntbiere. •'You don't smoke, I believe? " said the man with the cigar. " Smoke ? No ! " " Well, which is your house here ?" And the other had to confess thab he owned no .house, either on the Cannebiere or anywhere else.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 52
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155Principle and Theory. Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 52
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