We'll publish anything of that kind you send us, and remember we're not the least afraid of anybody.

It's a grand thing for a paper to be as impecunious as the _Croppy_.

No man but a fool would take a libel action against us with any hope of getting damages.

A jury might value Dowling's character at any fantastic sum they chose, but it would be a poor penny the _Croppy_ would pay.

Still, we're not so hard up that we can't give our contributors something, and next week you'll get a small cheque from the office.