Insult and Injury.
Indignant Passenger (to railway manager): " Here, I pay, I pot a cinder in my _ eye from one of vour confounded engines, and it cost mo fouv-and-six for a doctor to get it cut and dress the eye. Now, what do you propose to do in the matter?" Railway Manager: "Nothing, my dear sir —nothing. We have no use for the cinder, and yon «re perfectly welcome to it. No doubt, strictly speaking, you did go off '.viih our property —the cinder, of course, was not yours; but we do not care to make a fuss about such a small matter. Pray do not give the incident a moment's thought."*
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Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 78
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112Insult and Injury. Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 78
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