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Show THOUGHT HIM DOWN AND OUT Old Friends Meant Well, But Really "Henry Brown" Was In No Need ) of Assistance. A wealthy and rakklle-aged business! pmn who requests that his name bei pot used in connection with tills storyj ilkes to do his own automobile repair-) Jng. His garage Is some distance f romj his house, temporarily; that is, he is renting a garage about a block away from home. And one Sunday morning he put on his working clothes and wentj over to do some tinkering on his mai chine. When he had finished puttering) about, he was pretty dirty. His clothesj were a mess, but that didn't make any) difference, for they were regular work lug clothes. His hands were blackJ and he was sadly in need of a shave, So he hurried home to clean up. Andt on the sidewalk, a few doors from his home, he met a man whom ha hadn't seen for 20 years. "Why, isn't this Henry Brown?" asked the other man. "Yes, it is," answered our friend, ."And I guess you're Jim Jones. Gladi to see you. What are you doing la Cleveland?" - "Just staying with friends for a -.v) days," answered the old friend, looking) our hero over with a puzzled expression. expres-sion. "Do you live iu Cleveland butj of course, you do." "Tes, I've lived here for 20 years,"! answered Mr. Brown, who was totally) unconscious of his appearance, andj wondered at the pitying and puzzledt expression on the other's face. "I sup-j pose I'm settled here for" life don't see any chance to get out of the ever4 lasting grind I'm up against." "Oh, cheer up," said Jones, clapping-him clapping-him on the shoulder. "Things are nev-j er too late to mend. I think I know; an opening for a man who Is sober and Industrious It would be better, than the work you seem to be doing: now. Here's my card I'll be at th hotel for three days. You come around tomorrow at your noon hour and I'll see what I can do for old time's sa-ke." Brown stood staring at him as ba hurried away. Then he grinned and entered his house. Cleveland Plata Dealer. |