On the Rail.
Dick, a darky in Kentucky, was a notorious thief, so vicious in this respect that all the thefts in the neighbourhood were charged to him. On one occasion, Mr. Jones, a neighbour of Dick's master, called, and said that Dick must be sold out of that part of the country, for he had stolen all his (Mr. Jones's) turkeys. Dick's master would not believe it.
The two, however, went into the field where Dick was at work, and accused him of the theft.
' You stole Mr. Jones's turkeys,' said the master.
' No, 1 didn't, massa,' responded Dick. The master persisted. ' I didn't steal dera turkeys; but last night, when I went across Mr. Jones's pasture, I saw one of our rails on de fence, and I brought home de rail, and, confound it, when I come to look, dere were nine turkeys on de rail.'
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2324, 24 August 1900, Page 3
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148On the Rail. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2324, 24 August 1900, Page 3
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