WHY HE WASN'T HURT.
A man on a bicycle was scorching oheerih along the road on his way to town, wheu suddenly there loomed out of the darknthb «. heavy waggon heading straight for him. There was no time to turn out. Tin wheel crashed into the waggon, and tht rider was thrown completely over the horset-. falliug between them and the vehicle. A passer-by ran to the rescue, expeoting t< «cc a ruii^s of bleeding and uuoonficiouh Immunity. Instead, he saw a kicking and angry person, who was apparently un injured. The bicyole was a Chinese puzzle of twisted wire. ' Are you hurt ?' asked the passer-by. The angry person picked himself up and -.topped swearing. He gazed at what had once been a fair young bicycle. ' Hurt ?' he suid, in a tone of deepest disgust. 'Hurt? MoP Of course I am not hurt. I've got an accident policy.'
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Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 137, 11 June 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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148WHY HE WASN'T HURT. Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 137, 11 June 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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