A. man made a bet that he would pail twenty-fire men orer Waterloo Bridge, London, without toll being- taken from them, and he won. He marshalled his men and asked the tollman in a nonchalant way, to count them. As soon as the last jpan had passed the turnstile and all were walking briskly away, he entered into a dispute with the tollman as to the number that had passed* " Twenty-fire," said the tollman. " I vow it was twentyseven," asserted the other. The dispute lasted until the last man was out of sight, when the speculator paid his half-penny and said : " Well, after all, it is no business of mine. Good-morning."
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2987, 15 July 1878, Page 2
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111Untitled Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2987, 15 July 1878, Page 2
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