Show how nick longworth earned a dollar al 1 U kinight representative might have been expected to tell this story somo some years ago when lie he wag Ilc kier than he la Is to today day fiut but its truth Is vouched couched for by swashing ton that never welt well hardly over ever tells a lie ilo thus it t la is tucked away among the valuable trophies ot of representative nicholai longworth Is a dollar bill the first and only dollar I 1 ever earned says sir mr longworth always excepting the per annum that uncle sam la 13 good enough to pay me for the tha honor of representing in part the city ot at cincinnati in th the house ehouse of representatives it happened in it a political campaign several years ago I 1 had been on the stump around the state of 0 ohio one night I 1 made a speech in a little town which supported a small email but corn com foi table hotel I 1 was well known in tho the town but as am I 1 had to males make an early start I 1 preferred the hotel rather than trouble my friends frienda with an early breakfast 1 I was sitting in the parlor about midnight talking over old times with wibb the tha proprietor just as aa I 1 was waa ready to retire an automobile stopped in front and a couple of men much the tha worse for wear came caino in they bought wine freely one of them demanded that the piano bea be played champagne buyers are rare birds at that hotel hate and the proprietor did not want to isit loaf lit hi good customers ile ho turned to me nick lie he said just beat the box a few minutes never know who be you are I 1 played ragtime grand opera and love songs while the men bought more wine As aa they were about to go one of them came over to me with his wallet in hla his hand band 11 here billere probes he said youre the goods as a piano player buy a lit little I 1 Is present for yourself I 1 lie ile handed mo me a dollar bill I 1 have it framed at home as aa it a certificate of my ability as a it ts Is well known that nicholas cn can beat the box in pretty creditable shape |