distinctly foreshadowed the very thing that caused it."

"That is just it, your Honour," replied the counsel for the
plaintiff; "the defendant by making a correct forecast fooled my
client in the only way that he could do so. He has lied so much
and so notoriously that he has neither the legal nor moral right to
tell the truth."

Judgment for the plaintiff.



Revenge



AN Insurance Agent was trying to induce a Hard Man to Deal With to
take out a policy on his house. After listening to him for an
hour, while he painted in vivid colours the extreme danger of fire
consuming the house, the Hard Man to Deal With said:

"Do you really think it likely that my house will burn down inside
the time that policy will run?"

"Certainly," replied the Insurance Agent; "have I not been trying
all this time to convince you that I do?"

"Then," said the Hard Man to Deal With, "why are you so anxious to
have your Company bet me money that it will not?"