IT WASN'T THE PRINCIPLE.
A yo:;xg man with excited step and flus'.ierl face stopped a policeman and stated that ho had been robbed. " When and where ?" inquired the officer. 11 Out on the Embankment this afternoon." " How much ?" 11 Well, as near as I can figure it, there was ' V:it one-and-fourpence in the purse." " ILive you any suspicions ?" "No." h "Isn't it a pretty small matter to complain about ?" queried the officer, "oris it jthe 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 home ! Principle is all very well, but I'd see a ton of it Wowed sky high before I'd walk thirteen
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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131IT WASN'T THE PRINCIPLE. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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