CABBY KNOWS A LADY.
A London cabby brought an action against a lady for not paving- the legal fare, and in the, course of his evidence he declared to the magistrate that lie could tell at a glance the defendant was not a "ladv."
"What do you mean bv a 'ladv'?" asked the magistrate.
"Well, yer honour," he rejoined, "it's like this. Last week I drove a ladv to King's Cross. When I looked at'the money I noticed she had guv me a sovereign instead of a shillin.' 1 ran after her, and called after her that she had made a mistake. " 'What mistake?' savs she.
" 'You've guv me a' quid instead of a bob,' I says.
Well, you old fool, keep the change and get drunk with it.' Now, ver honour, I calls her a 'ladv.' "
Annie Davies, a ladv's maid, sued Mrs Bclgrave in the Westminister (Kng.) county court for compensation for a sore throat, which she contracted in nursing Mrs. Jiclgravc, and nervous strain. The suit was dismissed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 November 1907, Page 4
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171CABBY KNOWS A LADY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 November 1907, Page 4
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