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Rujub, the Juggler

CHAPTER II
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He had two days before taken equal pains in sifting the evidence on the other side.
"I trust that my lord sees there can be no doubt as to the justice of our claim," the head man said humbly, as he prepared to mount again.
"According to your point of view, there is no doubt about it, Childee; but then there is equally no doubt the other way, according to the statements they put forward.

But that is generally the way in all these land disputes.

For good hard swearing your Hindoo cultivator can be matched against the world.

Unfortunately there is nothing either in your grant or in your neighbors' that specifies unmistakably which of these ancient ditches is the one referred to.

My present impression is that it is essentially a case for a compromise, but you know the final decision does not rest on me.


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