Mra. Vu Ta-niang proprietor of " plank over puddle in the road. She site near it and yeta n cash piece from such travellers xs prefer to nse her plank to wetting their feet. She is quite frank about her deposition, and say: gut 2,000 cash for it from Ho Ch'xi the new leadman, and 2,000 more from the district magistrate; moreover she cannot see she did any harm in making an honest penny when opp: everybody knew her deposition was lies
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