Show A NEW DODGE LOOK OUT FOR tue the VETERAN WHO llo lio ILAS nas JUST LOST HIS lils alj alv ay baci moving 31 oving leisurely alou alon sr under the tho full glare from the electric lights light mast at bridge square last night a well known citizen had bad his attention attracted to a object that lay di erectly I 1 in his bis path the thi man llad had bouc touched dd it with his foot and it had bad rattled and jingled over the stone flags until it settled in position posit iop ion again a few yards a ds further on lie lle stooped gown gowl down a and ny d picked eked hitup it etwas was an ordinary looking g trinket at arg first glance gia gla nce nee plainly of little worth so far as intrinsic cintr c values go attached to it niia nila fas a d blue ribbon a trifle faded and oving showing sli sil the marks of age and usage the che rhe man wan examined it more closely clo cio gely or oc one side ide was a portrait of gen sherman shernan and the letters GA G A R on the other side was a picture ird of a battle scene that was a all ali vee evidently E Wi dently some old veteran had lost it a relic of the days when he had bad marshed with sherman and fought the battles of his bis country the finder was putting the badge in his pocket and pre preparing aring to move away when a weird f looking boking old man scrambled around the corner from wabash street looking about on the pavement in n an anxious sort of way as it ra fin tin in search of something he had dropped ile he was clad in a tattered plue army coat his bare toes peeped out through his bis well weli worn shoes his beard was walked with difficulty aw owing n to a lame leg and on his left side SIN he carried an empty sleeve A more woe specimen of humanity could not well be imagined the old fellow came around the comer just as the man who picked up the badge started to resume ticked his is journey they almost collided as they met face to face A thousand pardons sir whined the poor old man but jm im lookin bookin for so methin that I 1 loose for all the gold in st paul its my army badee sir I 1 dropped it somewhere hereabout have you seen it sir and the old man looked into the eyes 0 of f his companion beseechingly the tears rolling down his cheeks in a moment the badge was transferred from the pocket of the finder to the handoc hand of the old man the latter iatter was most demonstrative in indis his expressions of joy and gratitude he kissed the old trinket in a passionate way and said he would be calef careful ul never to lose it again amin 1 I had a bite to eat nor aora a bed ded to sleep in for two days and ni nights said the old fellow but I 1 would won starve rather than part with and he pressed it to his lips again this had the effect of softening the citizen at once and he laid a bright silver piece in the veterans palm and gud went nis his way the recipient of the bounty remained in an abject attitude until his liis benefactor had disappeared from sight ane tieh n he dropped the bad badge ge on the walk again arain and retired to to his i former orme r position within a few minutes the old oid man had I 1 landed banded another sucker I 1 and obtained a 25 cent piece then the reporter emerged from the doorway and accosted the old beggar what sort of a game is this youre play playing lugi 1 asked the reporter presently he ejaculated s you aint goin to put the police onto me are you being assured ag that thattie the reporter had no sug sur such intention the fellow thawed 0 out uit tit and consented to talk this racket is new in the west he said but ive followed it for a good ina lna many ears inace the east does it pay we Y I 1 1 dont doni mind you that it does i ive lve badeas high as 25 in one day most alost everybody evry body comes down have I 1 done well today to day fairly so a good days wages that last quarter quai makes 1 can live on that and have my beer too no you dont drink I 1 well funny for a newspaper man st paul pioneer press |