THE REFORMER'S DISCOMFITURE
To a young man who stood smoking a cigar at a street corner one evening there approached the impertinent reformer of immemorial legend. ' How many cigars a day do you usually smoke ? ' asked the licensed meddler in other people's affairs. ' Three,' replied the youth, as patiently as he could. Then the inquisition continued. 'How much do you pay for them?' ' Ninepence each,' confessed the young man. ' Don't you know, sir,' continued the sage, ' that if you would save that moliey, by the time you are as old ;«s I am you would own that big building at the corner ? ' 'Do you own it?' inquired the smoker. ' No,' replied the other. " Well, I do,' said the young man.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 15 April 1909, Page 598
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120THE REFORMER'S DISCOMFITURE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 15 April 1909, Page 598
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