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Show LAW'S INJUSTICE MADE PLAIN Farmer's Grievance Was That Story Once Accepted Should Not Remain Good. j . A story is being told at- the expense of an old English farmer who was recently called upon to explain why he had failed to take out a license for a favorite fox terrier dog. " 'E's nob-but nob-but a puppy," the defendant remarked, in response to a question as to the animal's age. "Yes, yes! So you say. But how old is he?" "Oh, weel, I couldn' tell to a bit," was the reply. "I never was much good at remembering remember-ing dates, but 'e's nobbut a puppy." Or, the other hand, it was maintained that the animal in question was a very, very old-fashioned puppy, and the magistrate inflicted the usual fine. Shortly afterward the farmer was met by a friend who wanted to know how he had fared at the police court. "Nobbut middlin'," was the reply. "Did they fine you?" "Yes," responded respond-ed the victim; "an' 'ang me if I can untlerstand it! Last year an' the year afore that I told the same tale about the same dog, an' it wor alius good enough afore! Who's, been tamperin' vvi' the law sin' last year?" |