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Show Got Even with the Boys. We take the following from tho Niles Democrat. "A .party of young -'bloods in J amaica, & Y., concluded to ha.ve, -some fun with a countryman who was tramping about town looking for a job. ;They hired him to act as a private watchman on. a dark street,, promising to give him $50 for the first month and then increase his salary if he proved efficient The first night nothing special happened, hap-pened, but the next night he was met by a rough looking customer who threatened to smash his jaw if he didn't stoi) patrolling that beat. In about one minute the countryman country-man was mopping up the muddy street with the ill-mannered aristocrat. aristo-crat. After letting up on him he discovered he was ono of the parties who had employed him. A littlo later a ghostly figure made its appearance, ap-pearance, but it wasn't long until this ghost, minus its winding sheet, went flying across an open lot, bearing bear-ing a black eye and a broken nose. The next day it was discovered that it was another member of the gang who hired the man to have fun with. He refused to quit his job until the month, sued them for his wages, got his pay in full and is now a member of the police force. N. F. Star. T III HMIi - -- i |