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Show SET THE BURGLAR RIGHT. Squire Waa Annered at Dullness of the Intruder, This Is one or tho many stories told of old Squire Latham, n Plymouth county attorney of some years back. It fully illustrates his coolness and love of method. Ho was awakened one night by his wife, who told him sho thought there woro burglars in tho house. Tho squire put on his dressing gown and went downstairs. In tho back hall he found a rough looking man trying to open a door that led Into the back yard. The burglar had unlocked tho door, and was pulling It with all his might. Tho squire, seeing tho robber's predicament, pre-dicament, called to hlru: "It don't open that way, you Idiot! It slides back!" Boston Herald. |