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[Illustration: HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. DICKENS UP TO DATE
[“Two burglars, charged with burglary, frankly admitted that the reason
they wore gloves was because they didn’t want to leave their finger
impressions for identification purposes.”--_Daily Paper._]
_First Cultured Safe-Breaker._ “Harris.”
_Second C. S.-B._ “Sir.”
_First C. S.-B._ “Have you got your gloves on?”
_Second C. S.-B._ “Yes, sir.”
_First C. S.-B._ “Then take the kiver off!”]
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[Illustration: MISSING THE POINT
_Legal Adviser (speaking technically)._ “In short, you want to meet
your creditors.”
_Innocent Client._ “Hang it, no! Why, they’re the very people I’m most
anxious to avoid!”]
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[Illustration: A FINAL APPEAL
“Now, gentlemen of the jury, I throw myself upon your impartial
judgment as husbands and fathers, and I confidently ask, does the
prisoner look like a man who would knock down and trample upon the wife
of his bosom? Gentleman, I have done!”]
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[Illustration: AUTOMATIC ARBITRATION