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attention the adventures of two boys like himself, when he is actually
becoming possessed of information which he will not easily
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Adventures of Two Youths--

IN THE LEVANT.
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IN CENTRAL EUROPE.
IN NORTHERN EUROPE.
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
IN MEXICO.
IN AUSTRALASIA.
ON THE CONGO.
IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
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IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
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IN CEYLON AND INDIA.
IN SIAM AND JAVA.
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_HUNTING ADVENTURES ON LAND AND SEA._

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In these days of bicycle mania all sorts of bicycle stories are told,
but this anecdote is said to be a true one. A Chicago lawyer named
Harris had a case in a police court situated in one of the outlying
districts of the city. He rode to the court and left his wheel at the
door, with a tag attached to the handle bar, on which he wrote: "This
bicycle is the property of a legal gentleman who will be back in twenty
minutes." After losing his case before the judge, Mr. Harris came out to
find that his bicycle was missing. The tag hung from a nail on the wall
near by, and beneath the lawyer's inscription was another: "To the legal
gentleman: Your wheel was taken by another gentleman who's a 'scorcher.'
He won't be back at all."

"My tooth aches awful," said Willie. "Don't you think I'd better not go
to school to-day?"

"No, you needn't go to school. I'll take you to the dentist instead,"
said his mother.

"I think--I guess I--I'd better go to school after all," rejoined
Willie. "The tooth aches, but--it don't hurt any."

DON'T!

"I'm