Show A AN N UNLUCKY TOSS STORY OF A NEW YEARS GIFT THAT WAS NEVER ENJOYED till tile old alc adage thares Th tres blany ft a slip Ile twixt the flip cup anil and the clr ill illustrated in the ali case of ft a beggar mid avid nl his coin lie ile was wasa 1 A miserable rasped ragged nun mill sodden apology for a man without one feature ile he had bad not work worked for ten years tin WAS a hangdog appearance and now and then lie ile furtively glanced around as if expecting a policeman to arrest him for living ile he batool in tile the fico ico corridor and gazed out of a 1 window li tile tho darkness dir kness it at newspaper row opposite anil and pondered it wis wa tile the last day of the year lie ile a I 1 friend but then lie ile lid did not hot want one all lie knew was that lie he was hungry and his chronic thirst consumed mill baill he thought of tho the morrow nun row tile new year anu caecil ed no remorse for lilt hill waited life lie he never was vt of high OL estate taft so that liis his fall fail not been mighty lie wonda wondered ed it if lie he should 0 go p through tile alio d day ay as lio lie had nt at chlis christmas tillas without a dill dinner ner the fice clock pointed to 11 lie he leaned on oil the broad window sill and dozed through tile corridor from the broadway side camo came brik bri k footsteps footstep i timed to a cheery whistle our triine roused himself from ilia his k gloom arid and looked around it was I 1 1 young yonn ninn man bright and breezy joy beono in liis eyes ho play may have just received a 6 letter from mirandi M i maybe lie lud lid collected a bad debt tore probably lie ho had just juet abado 1 made it lucky arike on oil tho tha races race at all events lie wi happy ilia audience did not appreciate this however ile ho only paw faw in tho the ni ft ell dressed chap a possible victim V so lut mechanically lie stepped forward held out 1 dirty paw and ami mumbled tile tho well avell worn r ri fraini in ill which the words hunger sick wife ife five chil dri if 11 could lie ile distinguished ill t anju jj led imagine inia ine liis ills t when the young YOM until pau cd aitt r i cursory glance lance pullard out I 1 coin 11 huid edit it to the beggar be and was tiff off baill whistling the recipient 01 wilt hurt hurried iel to the light to gnp inspect cc t I 1 ilia treasure lie girly f gasped it was ii a d dollar ul iledia he did not pursue tho philanthropist t to put iut tile traditional query di dill you envall to give me tins M not lie out of tile lie postoffice post office ho ili ambled toward the Do dowery Avery that mecca if ill all such midi as lie ile nt lit a faster gait than ho bad known fur for miny a 1 I month A short distance di tanco beyond tile bridge blidge a 1 thought occurred to him what should ILI hu do 10 ill ins bis money the Sn ilen gleam of paradise had scattered liis wits un uh ill wan cling lie sat hilt down on oil tile w alk if under adl r a erect limp wit ili feet iu in the gutter mid antl jul mused led ho thought of turkey but tile the word was a Inoc mockery kery lie he 11 had nut not tasted any for ceals lie ho now flow sketched vapidly in an ideal bill of f fare tre bran bean aup pork and yegor A I 1 plum I 1 in I pudding to top toll off iff hu he tile coat why lie ile would have enough left to take him hilti to a 1 theatre lull and even to bita ie down stair tor for once like a lord thought thrill lit crept in ill ue he had forgotten rum nim ilia his was W wi let act amended by of ruin for theatre but another quei question tion now low arose aroi e to perplex ill him should lie cut first or drink first ile he drew out tile thu pre precious iouS money now the old spotting till instinct a ertry seated it itself self ho would lit let li t dunce chance decide as any should the coin was to pay liay tile the IAN bills an and 1 it guide hit clivio cli oice if head aime title tile alie rum firt firt t it if tail the iho meal up ull lie tossed it high awl and straight 01 ji ailt down it cumer callie fil tile the balne s path but buemi hiis g if ing tia outstrip out tried pilm it struck the tj le tide bi dewalk wilk on iab edge e impish glittering exultant it rolled air I 1 lit sidewall sidewalk into tile gutter jumped j cd two or of time little it i or dirt dodged an old ibar stump and dis disappeared red into the brwer bewer lit at tilt corar come move on oil out 0 that said a policeman poli cemin as ill ho whacked liis ills dub clum close to tila man all on oil the chub bew N ew york sun |