Lesser of Two Evils. Tho burglar's wife was in tho witness wit-ness box -rid the prosecuting attorney was conduct li; a vigorous cross-examination. "Madam, y -i r.;o, the wife of this man?" "Yes." '"You L-ciV h' was a burglar when you married h!mf j "Yes." "How did you como to' contract a matrimonial alliance with such a man?" , "Well," the witness said sarcastically, sarcas-tically, "I was getting old and had to chooso between a lawyer and a burglar." burg-lar." The cross-examination ended thero. Tatler.