said the girl, "but it is not the place where I do be that
makes me vera homesick; it is the place where I don't be."

HONESTY

"No," said the old man, sternly. "I will not do it. Never have I sold
anything by false representation, and I will not begin now."

For a moment he was silent, and the clerk who stood before him could
see that the better nature of his employer was fighting strongly for
the right.

"No," said the old man, again. "I will not do it. It is an inferior
grade of shoe, and I will never pass it off as anything better. Mark
it, 'A Shoe Fit for a Queen,' and put it in the window. A queen does
not have to do much walking."

George, the elderly waiter, entered the office of the famous solicitor
who usually lunched at his table in a certain restaurant and asked to
see the chief.

"Well, George," asked the man of law, when the waiter was shown in,
"what can I do for you? In trouble?"

"No, sir, not exactly that; but I've got a chance of a good job at the
Hotel Splendide, and I was wondering if you'd be so kind as to write
me a testimonial, saying I'm a good waiter, and honest, and so forth,
sir?"

"Well, George, of course I know you're a good waiter, but I don't
know anything else about you. How do I know, for example, that you're
honest?"

"Oh, well, I am, sir! You'll be quite safe in saying that."

"Very good. I'll write it, then."

"Thank you very much indeed, sir! And if at any time you come to
the Splendide and want a good lunch or dinner, be sure to come to my
tables, and I'll make you out a bill at half-price."

Aye, sir: to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man
pick'd out of two thousand.--_Shakespeare_.

Two piles of apples lay on the ground. One contained a large-sized and
rosy selection; the fruit of the other was green and small.

"Large on the top, sir, and small at the bottom?" inquired the new
assistant of his master, as he prepared to fill a barrel.

"Certainly not!" replied the farmer, virtuously. "Honesty is the best
policy, my boy. Put the little apples at the top, and the large ones
at the bottom."

The assistant complied. His master was evidently as green as his
greenest fruit.

"Is the barrel full, my lad?" asked the farmer.

"Yes," answered the assistant.

"Good." said the farmer, "Now turn it upside down and label it!"

The man who fails to keep his word, soon finds that he cannot give his
word.

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