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Show ONE ON WALL STREET. 'Jtld Shoestring." Had Its Peculiarities Dunn Very Fine. "ShoestrioKs! shoestrings!" he shouted as he lingered in front of the Stock Exchange Ex-change in New York. "Only a nickel a pair, gents! warranted all linen! Lace up your shoes, gents; only a nickel a pair!" He is a familiar figure on the street, and many a millionaire gets this cheap but important im-portant article o? dress from Old Shoestrings Shoe-strings and exchanges jokes with him at tbe same time. It had been dull and bard work to get outsiders to bite on the golden bait for a few days, and in consequence the regular workers hiid been preying upon each other as much as possible, and Old Shoestrings knew by their faces that times were not easy on the street. "Shoestrijp!" he cried, and a knot of brokers gathered about him and commenced com-menced to chaff him. "Well, how is business?" said one as be winked to the rest. "It puts me in mind of something that happened on the Central railroad during the strike," SHid Old Shoestrings. . "How was it?" asked the broker. "Why, yon see, a carload of hogs was wile tracked at De'Witt and fargotten." "Well, what has that got to do with Wall street in this pinch?" askd the broker as he winked to the crowd. "Why, you see," said Old Shoestrings, "after the strike was over they went and looked into that car and diskivered that those hogs when they wore abandoned by the public turned in and ate each other up and there was nothing left but a basketful of tails.. Now, Wall street" But a roar of laughter spoiled the explanation,- and as the crowd dispersed they lieard again, "Shoestrings, gents! all linen; only a nickel a pair!" A. T. Worden in Judge. . |