THE BLACK STAIN.
Wo were recentlyvtold: by. a traveller from Spam of a curious ■ experience, : i says the "Evening Standard." 'liwoonversatron with '! ': a'peasant, of .Northern' of those. ; ,noblenSerL, of s ;®fcUre p '.^liiera^icghie ( . 19f c'aH if : he had' argiied'agam^t ; the : natidnalv'pas'tinie ' 'of j3ul!jfighting,;..and. had -expressed' his "as- 1 tonishmerit "that' a "great' pobpliTrould ■ b&icjj * , so low';'as to find delight, iij .disembowelled 1 < horses and baited, bulls. ■ .His friend.did 'not ' whip out an ..qxpe'rt knife/and'end "the argu- < mont. : ; Biit; h'e-.'.turned -with a." slow-"smile,' ] and, rdllmg*his cigarette round his tongue,' ! have heard that in Eng- J land ypuViaVe- a ■ Society for .the .Prevention ; .. of Cruelty "to'' Children—that .is: so ?'■' The i . fact was admitted: ' "Well, Seno'r, thei man" 1 'i who wouldilift 'Kis"hand-.against ,a little child \ ■: has..not;.been born• in ; vSpaiii.", And, since . ■•this' wastru'ej : the'"'argument; began toy "go' -. dispiritedly, :glad.\to,■finish'."'/'''v,'; '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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138THE BLACK STAIN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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