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IT WASN'T THE PRINCIPLE.

A yo:;xg man with excited step and flus'.ierl face stopped a policeman and stated that ho had been robbed. When and where inquired the officer. 11 Out on the Embankment this afternoon." How much 11 Well, as near as I can figure it, there was V:it one-and-fourpence in the purse." ILive you any suspicions "No." h "Isn't it a pretty small matter to complain about queried the officer, "oris it jthe principle of the thing which actuates ■you?" Principle of the thing be hanged hotly exclaimed the young man. "What I'm after is my money, and if I don't get it I'll have to walk thirteen miles home Principle is all very well, but I'd see a ton of it Wowed sky high before I'd walk thirteen

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