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Show Horse That Dispenses Charity. Eddie, tho hansom cab driver, had becomo be-como a great favorite with the dwellers In tho big apartmcnt-houise. His stand was on tho corner In sight of the doorway. Except when he was driving a fore he always al-ways could be seen thero with his bay i horse and his well kept rig. Dick, tho horse, takes his meals out of ' a nose-bag, and as he is a steady-going , animal he novcr spills any of his oats by jj tossing the bag up In tho air. Perhaps this was because Eddie filled tho bag so j full that Diifk never had to exert himself i to get all tho oats ho wanted. ! In any case, the two llttlo sparrows who fluttered down from their nc3t under the cornice to the road under Dick's nose at noon In search of something to cat found llttlo to feed upon. It was Eddie who noticed them first as they hopped about the asphalt under Dick's nose. He climbed down from his perch at the back of the hansom, walked up to Dick's head and tilted the nosebag nose-bag ho a thin stream of oats fell to tho ground. The old horse turned his head as if to question Eddie as to tho reason for this waste, and he eaw the sparrows as they flew away. It was only a moment or two boforo tho birds returned, and they hopped about among the oats chirping cheerily over tholr good luck Then, to Eddlo's delight, old Dick tossed his head In the air and another shower of oats fell around tho tiny mendicants. Off thoy flew, only to return again to gorgo themselves. Thoy aro regular visitors now at tho noon hour, and Eddlo doesn't have to leave his perch to feed them. Old Dick nttonds to that. If ono shake of tho nosebag nose-bag docen't spill enough of hl3 dlnnor to satisfy them ho gives It a cocond loss. He's got the habit New York Press, |