I DDDN'T UNDERSTAND THEAI. I. "I -presume, my good fellow, you're a laborer?" said a lawyer to a plainlydressed witness. '-.'„. "You are right, I am a workman, sir, 1 replied the witness, who was a civil engineer. A ■ ■■'-■. ..- "Familiar with the use of the pick, shovel, and spade, I presume?" "To some extent. Those are not the principal implements of my trade, though." "Perhaps you will' condescend to enlighten me as to your principal implements?" - , ,/ "It is hardly worth while. , . You don t ' understand their nature or use." "Probably not," loftily ; "but I insist -on knowing what they are." ■-.-.' | "Brains." j No more questions were put.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9098, 16 March 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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