A man dismounted from his horse, which was rather fresh, to enter a store, and, seeing a boy standing near, said: “Here, boy, is sixpence. Keep an eye on my horse while I am away.” A few minutes later the man returned to the street, and was surprised to find that his horse had disappeared. Turning to the boy, who was gazing down the road, he exclaimed wrathfully: “You young rascal! 1 thought you promised to keep an eye on my horse?” “Well,”! was the cool rejoinder, “and so I did —till the beggar got clean out of sight.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 9
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