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Show The Clever 8treetr Arab. Competition is sharpening tho wits of tho street arab. Tho other evening a lad ot 15 or 16 stopped a passer-by with the not unfamiliar question: "Have you a match, please?" The passer-by was hurrying for" a train, and so replied in the negative, though he carried a boxful. "Then buy some I" said tho boy, with a triumphant grin, holding out a handful of penny boxes. Tho ruse succeeded, as no doubt it had dono before, and he went away with twinkling eyes. Manche3tor Guardian. |