JUST PUNISHMENT.
After an hour's hard bargaining and prevarication, the musical-instrument dealer succeeded in disposing of the cheap old cornet, which'he had had ir stock for years,'■■at'four times its proper value. "And where may I have the pleasure of sending it?" ho inquired ingratiatingly, now that the customer at last had given in. "To No. 999, Fig Street," came tho reply. "My flat is on the '■third floor."-
The tradesman's brow darkened; his jaw fell perceptibly. 'And why? Because only on the preceding day he, his ,wife and Had taken possession of tho flat on the second floor of No. ,999, Fig Street, on a. three years' agreement.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 3
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108JUST PUNISHMENT. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 3
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