Foreign News: Shrewd

Shocked London bobbies halted repeatedly, last fortnight, a hard-faced, middle-aged woman who sped up and down Piccadilly in a tiny, three-wheeled automobile. Why had it no license? Why had she no license? Shrewd, the woman spoke her alibi: "It hasn't any license, and I haven't any license, because my car hasn't any engine!" While astonished motorcycle bobbies paced her, the hard-faced middle-aged woman peddled potently on a bicycle mechanism and speeded her tiny car up to 25 miles per hour. An official of the firm now marketing "The Taxlessmobile" hinted...

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