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Show An Apt Answer. P. L Hutchlna, the cotton expert, was praising prais-ing nn apt and witty speech ' It reminded me, ' he said, 'of a scene In a magistrate's court that I saw In my boyhood boy-hood An old man was hauled before a magistrate for stealing chickens, and th- latter sold sternly to him- " Vou an- c barged with robbing hen roosts, my friend Have vou my witnesses?' "The veteran smiled calmly ps he replied No sir In my country wo don't rob hen rooats before witnesses.' " New York Trlhune |