Ought To Have Known Better

"Hands up!" said the villain with the low brow and the bulldog jaw. "All right; I'H put np my bands," replied the man -with the tall forehead and the pale countenance. "But you have evidently made a mistake. I ara a newspaper man." "Here," said the footpad, tears of pity springing into his eyes, "is a quarter. Don't let this ever become known, or the gang'll put me back in tbe amateur class. "