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Show ;HB She Moved Slowly. .'wjB( . Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch of lthodo AEW Island tells this story on himself, llu s tis hrre on business recently and stopped ui the Fifth Avenue hotel for scs'cral days The first night he was ln town an elderly woman etopjied him near the hotel and said: "Please, air, svlll you' tell me the svay to Harlem?" "Harlem I" cxclalmod the Senator, "Why, my jjood woraun, you are about tsvo miles from there, nnd T Hhould ud-vlse ud-vlse you to take a cab." "Is It no far ns that?" inquired lhe woman. "Then I'll havo to svulk," and hIio sighed licavlly as she dress' her Hhasvl more tlplitly over lier sliouldera. The Senator s heart ss'as touchcKl. "Let me aefllst you, madam," he anld. "Hero are tsvo dollars." J "God bless you, sir." said tho svoman, fervently. Two nigh tn later the Senator svas again stopped near the hotel by the same woman. . "Please, sir, can you toll me the ss-av rfl to Harlem?" nho asked. tH I 'Good Lord, svoman. has'en't you got wH to Harlem yet?" he rej)lled as he paaseA on. New York Press. jFH |