BLOOD-MONEY.
"Ernest," said the benevolent old cleric, as he sadly gazed on the forlorn colored prisoner, "you here again?"
"Yes, sah." "What for, Ernest?" '•'Stealin' twelve cliick'ns and five ducks, sah," apnealingly answered the dusky one, as he sadly rolled up his great black eyes. "But 1 ain't stealed "em," he wont <m. growing indignant, "and I wants a lawvcr-man to tell tho judge so. sah." "Ah. lawyers cost money!" said the chaplain. ' Have you any, Ernest?" "No, sah." "Anvthing you can to raise money ?" "On'y twelve eh:ck'ns an' five ducks, sah!"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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92BLOOD-MONEY. King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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