Difference Was Neatly Explained.

Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 88

Difference Was Neatly Explained.

Jesse James, the noted outlaw's =on, i*<, at the •Ofje of 30 years, one of the most talented and respected lawyers of Kanbas City. In a clartn that he recently won Mr JamPi told an amusing s>tory. "Thee was a woman," he sad, "whose husband was killed in a railway accident. The railroad, to avoid suit, gave her 5000dol damage 1 -.

'■'JLhe bvra satisfied the woman; but a month 01 two afterward, taking up a newspaper, sue load ab>'.>ut a man who had lost bis leg in the fiam« accident, and, behold!

thlr man was given by the company dam** g«6 to the amount of 7500d01. "It made the woman mad. She hastened at once to the office of the railway claim adjuster. She said bitterly: "'How is this? Here you give * man 7500d0l for the loss of his leg, while yon* only gave me 5000dol for the loss of my husband.' "The claim adjuster smiled amiably, and said in a soothing voice: " ' Madam, the reason is quite plain. The 7500d0l won't provide the poor man with a new leg, whereas with your 5000dol you can easily get a, new husband, and perhaps » better one.' "