“Finder may keep same for his honesty!”
“But—but that’s ridiculous!” she cried. “What’s the use of advertising at all?”
“To save the finder from committing theft,” he answered soberly. “Think of his conscience!”
“How do you know it’s a ‘him’?” she asked carelessly.
“I used the masculine gender merely in a—er—general way.”
“Oh!”
“Yes. Have you written that?”
“No, what’s the good of it? If the finder is dishonest enough to keep it he may look after his own conscience!”
“That’s unchristian,” he answered sadly.