Little Tommy Mamma, peas can't
Ik. can they?
Mamma Of course not dear Why'
Little Tommy -Then inn? do you
tow what they want??Philadelphia
?ess.
A man has no more right to say an
advil thing than to act one, m> moro
;ht to say a rude thing to another
an to knock him down.
A LONDON CRIMINAL.
THE FOG THIEF AND HOW HE PLIES
HIS PECULIAR TRADE.
He Operates liul.ll> Doth In th* City
and on the Thames?Carries Off HI*
I'lunU.T From Vans and Cabs
Shrouded In the Dense Groom.
Thousands of thieves long for fog
with a great longing. Incredible as it
may seem, proust ty worth tens of thou?
sands of pounds ls every year stolon
from vans and lorries alone lu London
streets. Quite nine-tenths of this prop?
erty disappears during fogs.
The leaders of the fog thief gangs
usually have some little capital to
start with. Ono of them affects to be
a cartage contractor on a small scale
ile takes very quiet premises that have
a high boarding round and that are
not overlooked, if he has plenty of
cellarage, all the bettor. He has at
least one smart trap and horse and
two and Sometimes throe rogues to go
with lt
It ls during the late fuggy afternoons
and early evenings of winter that the
hauls are made. Streets with ware?
houses and not shops thnt are lighted
brilliantly ami early -on each side and
that are often congested with traltlc
are mostly chosen. The small aud
smari though dingy and Inconspicuous
looking trap plunges Into the thick of
the traffic, lt soon, In the gloom and
murk, places Itself Immediately behind
a van or lorry piled wltn packages of
various kinds.
