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Show Scented a Bargain. A worker in the Salvation Army tells the following story: "A down-and-out beggar came along an uptown street the other day where I was getting ready to hold a meeting. meet-ing. The man looked pretty much up against it, and I watched him to see what he would do. "He approached a bystander, shame facedly, and muttered something. some-thing. The man asked him to repeat It, and I heard the beggar say: " 'Please, sir, will you give me 10 cents for a bed?' " 'Certainly, certainly,' the man replied, re-plied, taking a dime from his pocket 'Where is the bed?'" Boston Traveler. |