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Show Reason Enough. A negro near Xenia, O., had been arrested for chicken stealing. He had stolen so many that his crime had become be-come grand larceny. He was tried and convicted, and brought in for sentence. "Have you any reason to offer why the judgment of the court should not lie passed upon you?" he was asked. "Well, jedge," he replied, "I cain't go to jail now, nohow. I'm buildin' a shack out yonder, an' I jus' cain't go I git it done. You kin sholy see dat." Philadelphia Sunday Evening Post |