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Show LITTLE TOT A BOLD BRIGAND. Six-Year-Old Colored Boy Bobs Stow at Po nt of PistoL "Hol' up yo' ban's, mister white man, 'cause I'se got de drop on yo'!" This startling command aroused the proprietor pro-prietor of a shoe store at Indianapolis Ind., and he peered around the appa- rently empty store to see whence it came. Then he started to look undei the counter. "None er dat, now! El yo' moves er finger I'se gwine blow yo' head off!" Then the storekeeper discovered dis-covered the bold outlaw a C-years-old negro boy standing tip-toe to enable en-able him to see over the counter. Keeping Keep-ing a watchful eye on his victim, thf tiny bandit picked out three pairs ol shoes and backed out of the store. Later he entered a grocery store, and, after covering the proprietor with hit revolvers, stole a quantity of candy. The boy was finally arrested whlls asleep on a board pile. A pistol was lying beside him ready to repulse an attack. |