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Show Disproved the Charge.; It is a sharp emergency that can catch Pat, even when he is ignorant and ragged. An. Irishman whose garments gar-ments were in tatters'was brought before be-fore a magistrate on the charge that he was a vagrant, with no" visible means of support. Pat drew from the pocket of his torn coat "a loaf, of bread, the half 6f a dry codfish and several cold potatoes. These " "he spread upon the stand before him and coolly asked: "What do you think of thim, yer honor? Shure, an' isn't thlm visible manes of support?" |