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Show Beggar's Amusing Excuse. j fljfl At a dinner a Russian beggar was j fjiB caught In the act of stealing a valu- ablo bit of silver. Ills host romoii- , Mf H strntcd with him. The beggar was il most penitent, but offered this nmus- iM'H ing excuse: "By stealing I broke tho "litfl eighth commandment, which says, 'juSH 'Thou shalt not steal.' But If I re- ' ifffH fralncd from stealing I broke tho fjvH tenth commandment, which says , 'Thou s'lalt not covet.' A3 I bad to f ffH break one commandment either way, I 'hougbt I migl.t as well havo tho sll- ' |