As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so$$$ when months and years have passed and the place is distant do they relate any story they please$$$ or even it put down in writing$$$ so that at

As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so$$$ when months and years have passed and the place is distant do they relate any story they please$$$ or even it put down in writing$$$ so that at least it becomes established fact. . . . Anyhow$$$ it is a world that is full of lies$$$ and we shall make no mistake if we make up our minds that what we hear is really not at all strange and unusual but merely exaggerated in the telling.