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Tailpiece – September 10th, 1960 – Benevolent Bishop

September 1960

South Yorkshire Times, September 10, 1960

Tailpiece – Benevolent Bishop

The benevolent Bishop to the perishing shoe-black plying his trade in the bitter wind at a street corner:

“Alas,” said the shoeblack, “I began as a millionaire.”

“Courage, my friend, I’ve known a millionaire begin as a shoe-black.”