THE BRAVE AND THE FARE
.. »■ ■ ■. The, Wigau taxi-cab driver who refuged to take a wom.au f'irc who weighed 21 stone reminds mc of the adventures of one Campbell, who, in the days o£ my youth, toured thy country under the ■title of "Her Majesty's Greatest Subject"■"-(re-calls "I'cUtr Simple" in the "Morning Post"). "I think he weighed'over.',4U stone, and it was recorded that on arriviug at nights at. Edinburgh lie entered a foiir-wheeled cab and promptly burst the bottom of the vehicle. No other cabman would take him, and he could not walk any distance, so his distracted manager, procured a coster's barrow on which Campbell lay and was covered with a tarpaulin. The manager, however, found that he'needed assistance, and engaged the services of- a'loafer who 'was curious to know of whatthe load consisted. "Coconuts," said ,the. manager. The other laid his hand on the tarpaulin just where Campbell's head happened to be. "Maul", he cried, "but they're Rv-rand nuts!"
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 80, 15 October 1928, Page 12
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160THE BRAVE AND THE FARE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 80, 15 October 1928, Page 12
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