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Show MADE HIS HOME A FORTRESS, Tenant Had Neat Way of Shutting Out Undesirable Visitors. "Alterations to suit tenant" was a part of tho sign In a Philadelphia building, telling that a loft, over tho storo wns to let. One day lately a prospective tenant applied and expressed ex-pressed himself as pleased with the location and quarters, as well as the, termp. As to alterations be had only ono thing to suggest, namely, that tho stair stops bo fixed to the top floor with a pair of stout hinges, und cords be nttached bo Hint thoy might bo raised and lowered, in a way best Illustrated Il-lustrated perhaps by tho attachments of a lire escape Anxious to get a tenant and seeing no particular objection objec-tion to this arrangement, the landlord land-lord compiled. His tonant, a cj'itet man, wns wonf to go to hlu qmutera eaily In the forenoon end nt onco draw tho steps up to tho colling. A few only of his many visitors, those, In fact, who gave : peculiar whistle, wcro accommodated by tho lowering of tho step?. Tho others wero Ignored. Ig-nored. Tho landlord, fearful lest somo unlawful nonactions might be going on In his building, called upon tho tenant for nn opla:u on. "Oh'," wus tho reply, "my friends havo tho whistle. The oilier fellows nro creators." crea-tors." The hinges aro ctlll working. |