A CAUTION.

A TRAVELER coming into an inn in a very cold night, stood rather too

close before the kitchen fire. A rogue in the chimney corner told him,

"Sir, you'll burn your spurs." "My boots, you mean," said the gentleman.

"No, Sir," replied the other, "they are burnt already."

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