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Show . DEAD EASY. ..- , " ' i . The other evening a man of the burglar ' . .type stepped up to an old gentleman and, . handing him a piece of paper, said: - v "Sir, would you be good enough to read , me the writing on this piece of paper?" The individual addressed consented, and, moving' toward the rays of a convenient gas lamp, read the following words: "If you utter a cry or speak a single word I shall shoot you. . Give me your watch and chain and your purse at once and then cass on.' Completely taken off his guard, the gentleman gen-tleman handed over the articles asked for and walked off. A few steps brought him to a policeman, a-td, relating his story. i the pair proceeded in pursuit of they.- stranger, who was not yet out of sight. -7 Next morning, -before the Magistrate, the vagrant was called upon for an ex-- r planation. . "7 " ' "Your honor," he said, "I am not 'an educated man, and therefore, can neither read nor write. Last evening I picked up a piece of paper, and, it striking me that It might be of some Importance. I took It to the first person I met and asked him to decipher It. The gentleman rend it quietly to- himself and then, without -saying a word, handed me his watch, chain and purse and walked off, without' giving me time to recover from my nurj prise or to ask him what he meant r London Tit-Bits, 1 "w |