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Show THOUGHT HIM DOWN AND OUT I ! Old Friends Meant Well, But Rej!!y "Henry Brown" Was in No Ned of Assistance. A wealthy and middle-aged busing man who requests that his name U pot used in connection with this s;orv, llkf.8 to do his own automobile repairing. repair-ing. His garage is some distance fro:a his house, temporarily; that is, he I? renting a garage about a block a?sr from home. And one Sunday morn::.; he put on his working clothes andwer,; over to do some tinkering on his machine. ma-chine. When he had finished putter!:.; about, he was pretty dirty. His cluth-s were a mess, but that didn't make any difference, for they were regular working work-ing clothes. His hands were Us and he was sadly In need of a sha.-. So he hurried home to clean up. Al; on the sidewalk, a few doors f:a his home, he met n man whom t hadn't seen for 20 years. "VHy, isn't this Henry Brown:" asked the other roan. "Yes, it is," answered our frier.!. "And I guess you're Jim Jones. G'n to see you. What are you doing ii Cleveland?" "Just staying with friends for a days," answered the old friend, 'k:. i our hero over with a puzzled expression. expres-sion. "Do you live in Cleveland br, of course, you do." "Yes, I've lived here for 20 years.' answered Mr. Brown, who was total.'" unconscious of his appearance, a:.! wondered at the pitying and riuzri expression on the other's face. "I suppose sup-pose I'm settled here for life duni see any chance to get out of the everlasting ever-lasting grind I'm up ajalnst." "Oh, cheer up," said Jones, clappi-J him on the shoulder. "Things are mv-er mv-er too late to mend. I think I kr..' an opening for a man who Is solo." and Industrious it would be bc"er than the work you seem to be di -J now. Here's my card I'll be at ti hotel for three days. You come aiouu) tomorrow at your noon hour and I ' see what I can do for old time's sa'ns- Brown stood staring at him as t? hurried awny. Then he grlunetl f--1 entered his house. Cleveland Pis-3 Dealer. |