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Show Slight Misunderstanding. Railway official (breaking the news gently to the wife of a commercial traveler): "Ahem! madam be calm. Your husband has met with a slight-that slight-that is to say, one of the front wheels of a passenger locomotive struck him in the check, and " Wife "Well, sir, you needn't come round here in order to collect damages. dam-ages. You won't get a penny from me. If your company can't keep its : property out of danger, it'll have tc take the consequences. You should Lave your engines insured." |