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in a oornor, like a \ku\ 1)o\'. TIic inomciit I claiiiiccl it I 

 was myself claimed by a liaughly uilicial ;iii(l tdld to con- 

 sider myself iiiuliT ai'rest. lie tnxeil me witli cMrrx-iiiLi; 

 dangerous explosives, and dcscrilnMl ni\- l)ag as no lidter 

 than an internal machine. Then waxing more voluble he 

 described, with tremendous action, how it li.id spit fire and 

 liuUels; •• Puiii! jmiii .' /x/ r/oi'f." JMeekl}' 1 rollowud my 

 captor to the condemned cell as 1 su])posed, and in my 

 presence the accused bag was examined. Fortunately 1 

 was able to show tlint all my cartridges were still intact, 

 but 1 ctuild not deny the palpable evidences of fire. I'lti- 

 mately to my surprise I got otf with a reprimand, and it 

 was not until some davs later that I discovered that mv 

 whole stock of cigar-liuhts was missino- 1 



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