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Show Breaking a Hobo's Heart. Manager Gus Hartz was standing near the opera house box office when one of two panhandlers who had entered en-tered the lobby approached him, and, holding out an addressed and sealed envelope, begged for the price of a postage stamp. "It's for me mudder, boss," he sniveled. sniv-eled. "You'se wouldn't turn down er guy fer de price er de stamp, would youse?" "Xever," said the manager, deft'j grasping the envelope and throwing U through the box-office-window. "Here Fred," addressing himself to Treac urer Fred Coan, "stamp this and have it mailed." The velocity of the proceeding fairly fair-ly took the panhandler's breath jiay. Then, backing away to where his partner part-ner awaited him, he whispered, "Noth-In' "Noth-In' doing, bo the guy's wise." Cleveland Cleve-land Leader. |