A Missionary

"My name," snid tho prisoncr, "is John Ho,or. I am an honorable man, sir, and never stoïe a cent in my life - beoanse (sotto voce) a cent isn't worth tho stealing." "John," remarked tho court, "honorable men are scarce in the workliouso, and I feel in duty bound to place such a party amoug the poor fallen ones at that place, in order that they inny witness i good exainplo and profit by'it." As John filed toward the Black Maria he was heard to mutter, "They set too miten value on honor in thiscity. I shall hereafter plead gnilty to being a thief. To bo looked up as a missionary íb too