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By WINIFRED WILLARDMAN WILLARD _ M MAN ooys1'1 ooys11 l/ l lr / [ AN r < orange urantii- urantii urantiianu - and anu bunch ouiicn ot of 01 boys boyson boyson ' on the lower East S de of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York The man tossed the orange orangeto orangeto orangeto to see the boys scramble tor for It ItOne itOne itOne One chap about 10 fought like a ayoung ayoung ayoung young t gcr ger gar tooth and nail eyes eyesflashhg eyesflashlig eyesflashing flashhg flashl-ig flashl ig - face grim fists hitting to fu tor fur fur r ously-all ously all ously - all tor for an orange The Theman Theman Theman man . who .ho ho had to sed it told his w wife wifeat wifeat e eat at home I saw the meanest boy boym boyin boym m in the world this morn ng D dn do t tcare tcare tcare care for anybody or anything anythmg except exceptto to hog an orange hunselfBusmess himselfBusiness himself hunself himselfBusiness Business Busmess took that man later the thesame thesame thesame same day to a p tifully bfully poor room roomOn roomOn roomOn On a cot m in the corner a httle lIttle g rl s scheeks scheeks scheeks cheeks flamed with fever and her herbody herbody herbody body was wasted with suffering suITermg The Thedoor Thedoor Thedoor door flew open In bolted that httle little httlechap littlechap httlechap chap the meanest boy in the theworld theworld theworld world Breathless with running runmng he heuptoed hetiptoed hetiptoed uptoed tiptoed up to h s s ster s bed and andwhispered andwhispered andwhispered whispered excitedly Here s an or orange orange orange ange I brung ye S s fought for Itcause itcause it itcause cause I thought ye d like it How Howher Howher Howher her eyes sparkled ! 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Flimsy Fltmsy Evidence EvidenceA A big bishop spoke rather eaus taus eaustIe taustically caustically tIe tically ally and disparagingly dlsparagmgIy about a awoman awoman awoman woman m in public pubhc life We who traveledthe traveled traveledthe traveledthe the nation and who had an excep exceptonal except tonal t onal salary Why doesn t she shewear shewear shewear wear better clothes ? he askedsame askedsame asked askedsame same old things thmgs season m in and andout andout andout out that hat certainly certamIy s been on the theroad theroad theroad road winter wmter and summer two sohd solid sohdyears solidyears solidyears years It had She knew it better betterthan betterthan betterthan than the bishop But he just didn dldn t tknow tknow tknow know that her money was spent m in mstead instead instead stead for nurses and comforts for forher forher forher her sick father whom she adored adoredWhat adoredWhat adoredWhat What did a new hat matter if father fatherneeded fatherneeded fatherneeded needed what the cost of o1 a hat could couldprovIde couldprovide couldprovide9 provIde ' Just judging Judgmg on fiunsy flimsy fiunsyeVIdence flimsyevidence flimsyevidence eVIdence ! For months two people dOdged dOdgedeach dodgedeach dodgedeach each other Each knew the other otherwas otherwas otherwas was haughty unapproachable cold coldand coldand coldand and undesirable Finally Fmally they metDidn met metDldn metDidn Dldn Didn t want to tried to avoid it and andcouldn andcouldn andcouldn couldn t . t . Almost at once barrIers barrIersbegan barriersbegan barriersbegan began to talL fall From the dislike of ofmIsunderstanding ofmisunderstanding ofmisunderstanding mIsunderstanding they got proper properappraisals properappraisals properappraisals appraisals of each other to theIr theIrsurprISed theirsurprised theirsurprised surprISed satisfaction each began beganto beganto to enjoy then to admire the other otherFor otherFor otherFor For the first time they saw behmd behind behmdthe behindthe behindthe the scenes and found only what was wasgood wasgood wasgood good . . Nearly always so sol solCase ! Case of the Railroad Man ManIt It seemed strange that the man manwho manwho manwho who lived in m Wash ngton breakfast breakfasted ed ungodly early walked tour four long longblocks longblocks longblocks blocks took a street car across elty city eltythen citythen citythen then rode the tiresome tram every everyday everyday everyday day to his Ills Baltimore office We Wecould Wecould Wecould could all have told him lum how muchshorter much muchshorter muchshorter shorter simpler sunpler and more sensible sensiblefor sensiblefor sensibletor for him to step into mto the bus in front frontof frontof frontof of his house and out at his office officemost officemost officemost most anybody would know enough enoughto to do it this easier quicker qwcker way wayThen wayThen wayThen Then we learned that he is of the therailroad therailroad therailroad railroad staff and it ft is Ius his MS protes profes protesslOnal professional protessional slOnal sional responsibility responslblhty to take the thetram thetrain thetram tram train Buses weren t his 1me line 1meTra lineTra lineTra Tra ns were ' We sat in 1D Judgment Judgmentwithout judgmentwithout judgmentwithout without knowing knowmg what we were talk talkmg talksag talkmg mg sag about . . 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