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Show A Problem In .shoe Illacllar. Around on Washington Street, near La Salle, Is a man with but one leg who shines boots and shoes ill a brilliant and nrti-tic manner. Yesterday Yes-terday morning his eliair was approached ap-proached by two men who wore wooden legi also. One of them took io-tsioii of the acatit clnlr and had his -lioe shlned. Then the other put up his single shoe and hail it jpllslied. Jletweeii thetwocriis ile-s ttie.u vrerp but two shoe-, anJ when the K-cond uin g-aned bis dismi-sal he handed over a nickel aud said to hU friend. "Let me lay for tills it's on me." The one legged shiner took the coin and regarded re-garded the other two one legged men doubtfully. "Well," said the man wlio hail" iohiup-m-J to jay the bill, "what ran jou Met. about? You charge a nil kel for a shine and here are twu of us with oho shoe each. You should know how it is your-elf." The one legged shiner (lockctcd the nickel. ki--ed his lmn,l totheother two cripples, and they went their way. OiKago Jeratd. I |