A Good Answer.
"The late Mayor M'Lane," said a Baltimorean, "told me last year of an occurrence that had befallen a well-known railroad man. "A humble employee of the road called on this man _ and asked for a pass to a certain distant point. The official said, with a severe air : " 'You have been working for us for some time, haven't you?' ; " 'Yes, said the employee. ' \ " 'You have always been paid regularly?' • " 'Yes, sir.' j "'Well, now, suppose you were working 1 for a farmer. Would you have the nerve to ask this farmer" to harness up his horses and Srive you as long distance into the country?' " 'No,' said the employee, 'I wouldn't. But if the farmer had his horses already harnessed and .was going my way, I'd call him a, pretty mean fellow if he refused to give me a lift.' " I
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Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 78
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144A Good Answer. Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 78
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