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Show Over the Fence and Out. At the Gibson county fair at Princeton Prince-ton there are places where the fences must be guarded to keep boys and others from swarming over and In, says the Indianapolis News. This year one of the amateur policemen appointed for a long strip of fence sat ' down in the shade and fell asleep. Ben Murphy, president of the association, chanced to see a long, gangling youth climb the fence there. "Tou'll have to pay or get out," he told the youth. "Got no money ; guess I'll get out," was the response. "No, on second thought," said Murphy, "I'll let yon stay in on condition. Tou go wake that policeman and tell him you climbed in over the fence." "Shucks, then eh'll throw me out." "Try It, anyway," said the president presi-dent ; "you'll get to stay." Long Boy did as bidden. "I climbed over the fence," he told the aroused watchman. "What!" exclaimed that Individual. "Then right out you go." He dragged the youth toward a gate, but the youngster yelled lustily to Mr. Murphy and he came up. "I'm putting this hoodlum out," explained ex-plained the policeman; "he climbed the fence." "He said he did," snapped back the association head, "but I told him to stay and have appointed him to keep you awake. Turn hint loose." Long Boy saw the fair, but no more of his kind got over the fence that day. |