Ingratitude


WHEN Brennan, the noted highwayman, was taken in the south of Ireland, a

banker, whose notes at that time were not held in the highest

estimation, assured the prisoner that he was very glad to see him there

at last. Brennan, looking up, replied, Ah! sir! I did not expect that

from you: for you know that, when all the country refused your notes,

I took them.



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