NO DISCOUNT THERE.
A few weeks since a railway collision on one of the roads leading out of New' York ' killed among others, a passenger living in an interior town. His remains were sent home in good shape, and a few day's after the funeral the attorney of the road called upon the widow to effect a settlement, She placed her figures at 20,000 dols, " Oh! that sum is unreasonable," replied the attorney. " Your husband was nearly 55 years old." "Yes, sir," • "Andlames" . "Yes," "And his general health was poor 1" " Quite poor." _ "And he probably would not have lived over five years ?" " Probably not, sir." "Then it seems to mo that two or three thousand dollars would bo a fair compensation.' "Two or three thousand!" she echoed. "Why; sir, I courted that man, for ten yean., ran after him for ten mo'ro, aud then had to chase him down with a shot-gun lo get him before a preacher!" Do you supppose that I am going to settle for the bare cost of shoeleather and ammunition,!"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1441, 27 July 1883, Page 3
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176NO DISCOUNT THERE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1441, 27 July 1883, Page 3
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