QUITE A BARGAIN.
A man who was very miserly hoarded up his stacks of hay year after year in the hope of making doublo the price he was offered for them. A well-known hay and straw buyer in the district ono day asked the price of a stack. An enormous sum was asked, which the buver accepted. " TTow about- the terms of settlement ?" asked the o'd miser. "Well, you see," said the buyer, " my terms are to rattle when I fetch the Inst load away." "That's a bargain," said the miser, slnnninsr the other's hand. The old chap watched every load go nwny except the last, nnd that tho buyer Iras never fetched vet
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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114QUITE A BARGAIN. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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