AN UNPROFITABLE BARMAID.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 December 1883, Page 2

AN UNPROFITABLE BARMAID.

iEgles m the Australasian, says : The landlord of one of the best hotels m a county township lately engaged a bewitching but unsophiscated housemaid. Tt was par.fc,6f hersduty to take charge of the bar between the hours of 8 and, 10 each? Morning, i this • being the time when the local civil servants called to obtain the stimulants necessary to brace them up for the day's exertions. Strange to say, after the advent of thenfair Lucy, the daily : receipts of the bar fell off seriously, and suspicion began 10 haunt the landlord's mind. Just as she was leaving her post one morning he entered the bar, pulled out the drawer, and found nothing m the till, although the callers that day were exceptionally numerous. Pointing to the empty space, he slowly said, " Lucy, look at the till ; how do you account for this ?" She instantly exclaimed. " Oh, sir, this is not the till I used ; this is the one," pointing to the contribution box of the local hospital which stood on the counter. The landlord was dismay eJm The hospital committee held the key 3^ that receptacle into which had, gone his receipts' for a fortnight; But rather than apply to the committee for a refund, and raise a laugh against himself, he. resolved to pocket the loss, and perform an, involuntary act of charity, without even getting credit for his generosity. ...