A STORY OF JAY GOULD
One morning a man named Fox was in Jav Gould’s private office, when some “women, personal friends of the financier, called with a subscription pa.per. They were interested in a little cemetery that was in need of a fence. Tbev wanted to do tlie tlnng up beautifully, and were sure they could depend on him for most of the cost. Gould seemed greatly interested until they mentioned the fact that it u as a ten-foot iron fence, with spikes at the top, that they wished to erect. Then his ardour cooled. “My r common sense .will not permit me to give a dollar to such a project, lie said, with cold finality. “If it was a low stone coping, I should gladly help you.” , . , “But why?” ono of thorn asked. “You always have a reason.” “And a good one,” lie returned. “There is absolutely no sense in puttin cr a high spiked fenco around a cemetery. Those who arc inside cannot .possibly -get out, and I am ye- 1 y sure no one who is still outside is likely to break in. - That is all, ladies.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2550, 10 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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191A STORY OF JAY GOULD Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2550, 10 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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