"The bankers of General Chang Tsolin, the Military Governor of
Mukden, who suffered from financial troubles, were summarily
executed by shooting on the charge of having disturbed the
money market."--_Shanghai Mercury_.
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"The DarDdaDneDlDleDs Commissioners sat again to-day at
the House of Lords, when General Sir John Maxwell was
examined."--i>Provincial Paper_.
Please do not imagine that that is what the gallant officer called
them.
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"A LARGE BLACK DOG, no colour, strayed."--_The Times_.
"THE LUCKY BLACK CAT, in all colours, made to order."--_The
Queen_.
This is the kind of thing that drives a chameleon mad.
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