A LADY BORN.
True politeness does not consist of the artiSci il airs of the drawing room, in what is sometimes called '"company manneis." that continue so long as there aie persons present to look on w hose good opinion is desired, and rc-kip'-e into baib.uUm as s-oon as the comi>any has gone It .- the inborn impul'e of a lugl-.ei and noblei nature. Here is an apt lilush.ition :
An aged liutkinan bent undpr the weight of a big roll of carpet. Hi- bii'.e-hook fell from his bund and bounded into the gutter, out of reach. Twenty hllo. cleiks and salesmen taw the oKI man's predicament and smiled at hi-* look of bewilderment. No one vfcii lured to help him A fuslnonably-dre.'-'-ed vomig nom.in came along, took in the situation at ;t glance, and. without locking to the rij.ht or left, stepped into the gutter, picked up the hook in her dainty gloved finger-, and handed it to the man, with a smile. The idlers looked ai each othei and at the fair woman.
The old truckman, in a- vio'ent effoit to expiess h.s thanks politely, lost his hat. It rolled into the guttei where the hook had been. This was. almost too much for any woman, young or past young; but this New York girl was equal to the occasion Into the glitter she tiipp<.d again and got the soiled hat. When she h.nifKl it to the trucknvtn a happy smile \us seen to iilav about her lip*-
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Otago Witness, Issue 2529, 3 September 1902, Page 63
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248A LADY BORN. Otago Witness, Issue 2529, 3 September 1902, Page 63
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