THE ARAB DIDN'T MIND.
The other day, a young street acab, having fqund a bad sixpence, was trying to make use of it at different! place's, but ta no purpose. At last he went info a tobacconist's and • asked for a thireepenny cigar. Having got the cigar, an^f .also ths change, he was leaving the shop when tihe man called out: — "Come back herej it's a bad owe." "Never mind, sir," replied tha youngster; "I'll smoke it Jf it makes me ill." And he- bolted out of He dooi\ HE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER SOME DAY. The patience of fishermen who really lov« the sport is the theme of many stories. One is told by a man who, travelling on foofc through part of England, came upon a solitary fisherman, who looked as if time and the world might pass away without disturbing his content. "Have you fished' long in this stream?" asked the travallen. v - j " Eighteen years," was the oaJm response. " Get many bites?" was the next question. The fisherman scarcely turned ihis" gaz* from the rod in. his hands."Five years ago in, this very spot I 'ha.4 & fine bite," he answered hopefully.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7802, 5 September 1903, Page 3
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194THE ARAB DIDN'T MIND. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7802, 5 September 1903, Page 3
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