BOTH SIDES.
A lawyer, who had been baffled by a feminine witness whom he was crossexamining, at last said, with an air of mastery : “ Now, madam, having got to the street : in which yon reside, will yon please answer frankly which side of the street yon live on?” “ On either side,” quietly answered the witness. “ How can that be ?” thundered the exasperated lawyer. Why, if you’re going up the street, I live on the right side ; but if you’re going down, I live on the left side.” General laughter, and the lawyer gave it up.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 May 1893, Page 10
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95BOTH SIDES. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 May 1893, Page 10
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