A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: "Your money or your life!"
"My good friend," said the Traveller, "according to the terms of your demand my money will save my life, my life my money; you imply you will take one or the other, but not both. If that is what you mean, please be good enough to take my life."
"That is not what I mean," said the Highwayman; "you cannot save your money by giving up your life."
"Then take it, anyhow," the Traveller said. "If it will not save my money, it is good for nothing."
The Highwayman was so pleased with the Traveller's philosophy and wit that he took him into partnership, and this splendid combination of talent started a newspaper.
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The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine
The City of Political Distinction
The Highwayman and the Traveller
The Legislator and the Citizen
The Mine Owner and the Jackass
The Moral Principle and the Material Interest
The Party Manager and the Gentleman
The Politicians and the Plunder
The Return of the Representative