IT WASN’T THE PRINCIPLE.
A young man with excited step and flushed face stopped a policeman and stated that he had been robbed. “ When and where?” inquired the officer. “ Out on the embankment this afternoon.” “ How much ?” “ Well, as near as 1 can figure it, there was about Is 4d in the purse.” “ Have you any suspicions ?” “ No.” “ Isn’t it a pretty small matter to complain about?” queried the oflicer, “ or is it the principle of the thing which actuates you ?” “ Principle of the thing be hanged !” hotly exclaimed the young man. “ What I’m after is my money, and if I don’t get it I’ll have to walk thirteen miles borne ! Principle is all very well, but I’d see a ton of it bio wed sky high before I d walk thirteen miles 1”
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Western Star, Issue 1576, 4 July 1891, Page 1
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134IT WASN’T THE PRINCIPLE. Western Star, Issue 1576, 4 July 1891, Page 1
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