HERE'S ONE
22nd May 1923, Page 3
22nd May 1923
Page 3
Page 3, 22nd May 1923
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Binstead was owner-driver of the smartest taxi in Y—, and was always in demand. He took such a pride in his car that he was furious when an old lady complained of an "obnoxious odour" hi. it. When several male passengers made the same complaint, couched in stranger terms, he thought it time to investigate. Lifting the cushion he was flabbergasted to find five dead mice, several of which were in an advanced state of decomposition. At tea, he was telling his wife about it, when his little girl burst out reproachfully, " Oh, daddy I You shouldn't have thrown away my mice. I've been saving them up for ever so long, and I hid them because I didn't want pussy to get them before Saturdayit's her birthday.'