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Show Taking No More Chances. An Irvington business man was called to Buffalo, N. Y., to report to the head of che firm which he represents. repre-sents. After he ' ad arrived there, registered reg-istered at a hotel and was assigned to his room, he discovered that his pock-etbook pock-etbook had been stolen. While he was in a deep o.udy about this misfortune, a Western Union boy knocked on his door and left a telegram. It was a brief message from his wife saying their home :n Indianapolis, and its contents, had been burned. The Irvington Irv-ington man then left the hotel to report re-port to his boss, and in going to the office walked in the middle of the street. "What's the matter with ou?" said his boss when he entered the office. "Looking out the window, I saw you coming down the middle of the street. Are you nuts?" No," said the Irvington man. "I don t want to take any more chances of bad luck and have a build'ng fall on me." Indianapolis News. |