Diamond Cut Diamond
The following story cornea frora Belgium !—! — Two fellow traveller got into conversation and came upon the subject of free luggage, when one asked leave to measure the other's trunk. The result was that the measurer said :
" Your trunk is seven and a-half centimetres too long, and has no right to be in the compartment of free luggage. lam a railway inspector and must fine you sfu. Please give me your name and address."
The proposed victim of misplaced confidence was, however, equal to the occasion. "Kindly lend me your measure, that I may satisfy myself on the subject." TheD, with a polite smile, " I am a director in the Royal Weights and Measures Office. To my great regret I notice that your measure is not stamped, as in required by law, so that, firstly, your measuring is not legally valid ; and, secondly, it is my painful duty to subject you to a fine of 50fr. Please give me your name and address."
And now they both sing, " We never speak as we pass by."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 52
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177Diamond Cut Diamond Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 52
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