HEAVY DAMAGES.
A. ujXtuactou for !i new buildinsr nu Michigan-avenue loft the cellar unguarded at a certain spot, and a young man who was puling by on his way into a grocery tumbled in. A gash was eut in his scalp, two teeth loosened, his ear cut, and his coat was ripped up the baok. " Wh-ro's the boss of this job r" he demanded us he got up. "I'm the in Hi," replied the individual named. " I'm very sorry this happened, and what " "Sony, are you! Well, being sorry won't piy the damages ! I want you to come down." "I am sorry, as I said before, and am willing to do what is light. If j'uu " "No beating around, now ! I want cash damages." " How much;-" " Well, I'll tell you what it is, a man who will set a trap of this kind for people ought to be made to sweat for it ; and if you don't fork over two shillings I'll law you clear to the .Supreme Court and back again," "Two shillings:-" gasped the boss. " Yes, two shillings, and not a red less." It was handed to him quicker than greased lightning, and as he went his way ho said to some of the bystanders, " That's the way to tret your rights—stand right up to folks '."
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2817, 2 August 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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218HEAVY DAMAGES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2817, 2 August 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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