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Show How to Heet a Burglar. Highwaymen are around again and we should all mako up our minds how to behave should we meet, them. One way Is to hold out a hand to the thug ,and say: "How are you, old man? Glad to see you! Put It there!" This perplexes him and its roub to francs ho shakes hands. Then you exclaim: VBy the way, have you got a cigarette?" ciga-rette?" Utterly disconcerted, he offers you ono. Thus you havo gained tlmo and employed It In thought. It's astonishing as-tonishing how nctlvely the mind works In the presence of a highwayman. In a few seconds you have worked out a plan. "Just n moment, old man," you say, "wait till I ask ono of those chnps back thore for a match." Boston Transcript. , |