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Show i llow Danny Lost Coat. He walked down to the end of the pier where tlie stevedores were working and looked sadly at the water. "How deep is it heref" he asked one of the men. "I duiitio." "Do you think it's deep enough to drown amuu?" "I gesso." "Well, anyplace is good enough for me," lie said despairingly, aa i;' iiegan to atrip oft his cont. and vest. "Are yez goin' ter jtrntpf" asked one of the stevedores. "Ves, I'm tired of life." "Thot coa-at an' wescott will fit my Danny." "It will, hey? Well, your Danny can have it if some one doesn't come along and jerk me out of the water." "Jerk ye out, is it? Shure, an' there's no danger of that. The last felley that went over there wuz a gurrul, and she wtiss bit iu two paces with wan bite ov a big shark so quick that she never let a J.'. squeak out of her." "i Tin vniiiii! man who wanted to die y!ulkiTliUiidii!ion?ie dociw anil loouca ' earnestly at the water. Then he put oa ' ' " " his coat and vest and walked away. y "Kf I had kept pie mouth shut I'd had a 1 foine coot an' westott fur Danny. It's me mouth that's always gettin' me into Hi thrubble. tliv us a hand wid de bale, 1 Jloiko." Jfew York Evening Sun. |