TOO EXPENSIVE.
The Belfast Magistrates once announced that they would inflict a fine <of , forty shillings on any person expressing hi public too warm a regard for the future state of any political antagonist. A policeman subsequently came . upon , an , Orangeman 2 " lying in dignified ease in" the gutter and muttering "To ," To ." Apparently he could get no further than the name of the destination to which he desired to consign somebody or something, so the constable with "a case"- in view, endeavoured to help him 'out ''To where with whom?" he enquired, bending., over the Orangeman. But the northern caution asserted itself. Rising into a "sitting posture, the Orangeman gazed upon the officer. "Finish it yourself," he t-said; "it's too expensive for me." . __ . - '__ ..
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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124TOO EXPENSIVE. Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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