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Put Yourself in His Place

CHAPTER XXIV
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BAYNE.
"'GENTLEMEN,--In the bottom hull turn up the horsing, and in the trough all the missing bands will be found.

Apologizing for the little interruption, it is satisfactory things are all arranged without damage, and hope all will go agreeably when the rough edge is worn off.

Trusting these nocturnal visits will be no longer necessary, I remain, "'THE SHY MAIDEN.'" As soon as he had obtained this information, Bayne bustled off; but Mary Anne detained Henry Little, to moralize.
Said she, "This rattening for trade contributions is the result of bad and partial laws.

If A contracts with B, and breaks his contract, B has no need to ratten A: he can sue him.

But if A, being a workman, contracts with B and all the other letters, and breaks his contract, B and all the other letters have no legal remedy.


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