Show he could sympathize I 1 was walking along a street given over to tho smallest of shops and almost the cheapest of restaurants when I 1 met a good looking ten year old boy in shabby respectable clothes it was autumn and I 1 carried a bunch of flaming splendid maple leaves he stopped as if the bight of them really took his breath away oh give me one ho gently es claimed in a manner that was more than polite it lifted our interview straightway into some rare superhuman atmosphere where perfect simplicity became a matter of course unfortunately tuna tely this was not BO becoming to me 1 said oh I 1 hate tol but at the same time I 1 began looking for the meanest little leaf I 1 could find when I 1 had discovered and was presenting it shame overcame me and torn with conflicting emotions 1 said 1 I know rm being horridly stingy never mind said in a big masculine comforting manner 1 I know just how you feel he smiled his thanks reassuringly and ye parted never to meet again I 1 de blare 1 could iwhite a sad little poem about it atlantic monthly |