HONESTY IS THE PAYING POLICY.
“If you please, sir.” The City man, hurrying for his train, looked down, to see a small newsboy standing beside him. “If you please, sir,’ said the boy, “you thought you gave me a sixpence just now, but it was this.” He held up a shining half-sovereign as he spoke. “Eh?” said the City man. “Well, keep it, my boy. Keep it for your honesty.” “I couldn’t sir, I couldn’t really. It wouldn’t be right. Take it back, sir.” ■. .. The man was tempted—and fell. ‘■Well, well,” he said, grasping the coin, “here’s half-a crown.” The newsboy pocketed the silver, and darted away home to secure another of the gold coins his father made in his spare time.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1122, 12 October 1911, Page 23
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122HONESTY IS THE PAYING POLICY. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1122, 12 October 1911, Page 23
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