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Show I ! An Established Reputation. ; Application for employment was r-v r-v n'iy made to a l'ulsvllle business rum by a young chap from the mountain moun-tain region of the state. The Louisville Louis-ville man was favorably Impressed by tho htranniT, but aa no references were offered, he determined to hold thn application In abeyance until he could personally look Into the young man's antecedents, which he could do when next he visited that part of the state whence the applicant balled. It was not long before the opportunity oppor-tunity wns afforded. Tho Louisville man sounht out the sheriff of the young man's home county and asked: "Io you know Bill Sparks?" "Shore I know him." "What kind of a young man Is he?' "Pretty fair." 'Ia he honest?" "Honest? Shore. Why he's been arrested three times for stealln' and acquitted each time!" The Green Bag. |