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Show SAD-LOOKING MAN SCORED His "Bluff" Worked, and as a Consequence Conse-quence the Laborers Went Hungry Hun-gry Through the Afternoon. A sad-looking man entered the shanty where the workmen were eating eat-ing their lunches. He was holding a red can. 1 "Hey, fellers," he Baluted them, "look at this can o' powder I picked up outside. I've a mind to Mow me-self me-self up." i "Aw, cut out that stuff and beat it out of here," ordered the foreman. The man looked around, then walked deliberately over to the stove, opened the door and thrust the can inside.- There was a yell of dismay and In a moment the shanty was empty. Ten minutes later the runaways returned. re-turned. The can was lying harmlessly on the fire and the sad-looking man was gone. So were their lunch pails. |