Tue young lad continued to flash his torch in an inspection of the jeweller's window, despite the loud approach of the policeman on the beat, "Caught you this time, haven't I?" said the constable, as he made a grab for the lad.
"Not quite" came the boy's reply, as he neatly dodged beneath the outstretched arm of the law and dashed off down the street, The constable, thinking of his sergeant's stripes, followed, until ssu boy wheeled round, rushed back to the door of the jeweller's shop and knocked loudly on it.
He was immediately let in, and the policeman, running up completely out of breath, was just in time to hear the boy exclaim:
"I say, dad, I've found a champion way of training for the school sports!"
Distance Runner THERE had been a shooting affair, and someone had got hurt. A well-known local "bad hat" was in the dock charged with doing the deed, and his counsel was cross-examining one of jhe witnesses, barked counsel Pins "You say that you saw the sh "Yes, sir," meekly replied the witness.
"How near were you'to the scene of the disturbance?"
"When the first shot was fired 1 was about ten feet from the prisoner."
"Ten feet? Well, now tell the court how near/ you were when the second shot was fired."
"Well, sir, I didn't measure the distance."
"Never mind that!" shouted counsel. "Tell me approximately."
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