A STREET INCIDENT.
It' 6 a nea* little story fresh from the other side.. In a Melbourne street quite recently a busitit^ man was bailed- up by a smudgy litrie urchin, who presented a jam tin with, the modest requesti, "Civ's a penny for tha patriots fund, mister." The man was amused, aftd-paid his penny. He watched the young patriot for a time, and saw him enter a lolly-shop, so 'he crossed over and Waited' near the door. Presently the boy emerged, and he grasped! him by the collar. "Ah, you young rascal, what did you Igeti?" he cried. 'Another penny, bosfe," sai y d the youngster^ triumphantly displaying the coin:" The man was "so ashamed that he dropped' a shilling in the jam; tin as conscience money, and stole away.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9615, 18 April 1900, Page 3
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131A STREET INCIDENT. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9615, 18 April 1900, Page 3
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