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Show A Dull Scholar. L. . The negro boy was up for the fifth time on the charge of chicken stealing. steal-ing. This time the magistrate decided de-cided to appeal to the boy's father. "Now, see here, Abe," said he to the darky, "this boy of yours has been up in court so many times for stealing chickens that I'm tired of seeing him here." "Ah don't blame you, sah," returned re-turned the father. "Ah's tired of seeing see-ing him here, too." "Then why don't you teach him how to act? Show him the right way, and he won't be ooming here." "Ah has showed 'im de right way, sah," declared the old man, earnestly. "Ah has suttenly showed 'im de right way, but he somehow keeps gettln' caught comjn,' 'way wld dose chickens!'' chick-ens!'' Philadelphia Record. |