THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
He gazed down at the gutter. • Poor old soak !’ he said. * Has it come to this ?’ A flood of reminiscences seemed to pour upon him. • I knew you in your swelling pride,’ he murmured. ‘ Ah, how puffed up you were Water was good enough for you then, but now—what a pity ! Shall I leave you here the butt of every passer by ? No, for old times’ sake I’ll make one more effort to redeem you.’
And, stooping over the curb, he lifted the ancient bath sponge and bore it away.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue III, 18 July 1896, Page 96
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93THE GOOD SAMARITAN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue III, 18 July 1896, Page 96
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