STRATAGEM.
“Fine piece of land out here!” said the dusty, shrewd looking man as he descended from his trap outside the farmer’s house. "You’re right there,” replied the farmer, eagerly. “It’s the best in the country.” “Bit too high a figure for a poor man, I reckon?” asked the stranger. “It’s worth every penny ■ of three hundred pounds an acre,” answered the farmer, with an eye to business. “Were you thinking of buying and settling in these parts?” “Hardly,”-murmured the traveller, making some notes in a book. "I’m the new tax assessor!”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3818, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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92STRATAGEM. Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3818, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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