Show His Last Dime By Katherine Edelman AN DRISCOLL was broke D DAN Well WeIl almost broke He had one thin dime hiding in the dark depths of a purse that had once held bills of three figures He had held It for 20 years ever since he had found it while ploughing ploughing plough plough- ing on his fathers father's farm His lucky dime dime that's that's what he had called it Dan laughed grimly at the thought Lucky Had anyone ever been so unlucky as him Here was the whole town preparing for Christmas shopping shopping shopping shop shop- ping spending oodles of ot mon money y and he was a penniless weary wander wander- er A lucky dime A little place around the corner caught his eye Dan entered his nostrils quivering under the tantalizing tantalizing tanta tanta- odors He looked around with greedy eyes his mouth watering with longing Soup roast fowl potatoes potatoes potatoes po po- luscious mince pie But he mustn't think about such things He had just one dime the dime the price of ot a acup acup cup of coffee and a doughnut or a hamburger Which would it be The |