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Show Subscriber Sacred to Him. Mlfjht Be Horte Thief, But Foreman Wouldn't Co Back on Him. The Fourth Estate repents a good story Jold by "Bob" Davie, on the editorial staff of Munsey's. While Davis was connected with a paper In a rough-and ready western town, a shabbily shab-bily dressed stranger walked. In one day and asked for some' old clothes, although al-though his own were fairly good. The staff contributed, and, to the nurprlse of every one, the stranger pulled out 8 and paid for a year's subscription to the paper. Then, having donned the contributed clothing, ho hastily departed. He had been gone but a little while when the sheriff came In looking for a horse thief. Mb description de-scription ntted the stranger to a nicety. "He was In here," said the foreman, "and went up the Btreet when he left. If you hurry you will catch him," Davis was surprised. "Why did you sa; ho went up the Btreet when you saw him go tho other way7" he asked the foreman. "H U" retorted the foreman, with freezing dignity, "you wouldn't have me go back on a subscriber, would your |