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Show Dowie on Wall Street Honesty. John Alaxander Dowlo, before he set out for hla Mexican colony, talked about Wall street I honesty In conclusion ho sold: H "Yes. my friend, tho honesty of these flnan- clers reminds me of that of the tramp who found a purse. Two tramps entered a rail- H road station to get a drink of lc water, and I one of them, seeing a richly dressed woman drop her pocketbook. picked it up and re- turned It to her H ' His companion was enraged and shocked ggggH " 'Don't you know belter,' he cried, 'thar. H to give back a purse like that? Why dldn i you keep It for yourself, you dolt?' 'Ah. John.' aaid the other, honest)- is th.' H best pulley "hen a policeman la lookin', and. H besides, there was nothln' In the purse.' " H Washington Post. fH |