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Show Not Guilty. Il "A frlond ot mine keeps a hotol out IH In Ohio," said Representative Bold- iH Icr, "and tho last tlmo I saw him ho IH had a talo of hard luck that mado me jH pan so and consider. "Ho had a good hotel, and to cinch H this Idea with his patrons ho put up IH a sign, 'A week's board frco If you H can beat this hotel at a dollar a day.' IH "A chap camo nlong nnd staid for IH two days. Then ho left by way of the jH window without paying his bill. Ho jH wns enpturod In the noxt town, IH brought back and placed on trial bo- jH foro tho Justlca of tho peace. jH "The Justlco hoard tho caso, and H decided that tbo man wns not guilty, jH ns ho had certainly beaten tho hotol H for two days' ontertalnmont. Then ho jH shooed tlio man out of town, and H went nround to tho hotol and collect- 91 cd tho week's board tor himself." H Now York World. 1 |