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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Literature
Thief
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Thieves
Everything
Locked
Many
Findings
Men
Finding
Saved
Crime
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