Show was hold ng his own A wealthy man revisiting his native village was telling his old cronies around the store stove how he had achieved his great success at the close ot of his recital an old village char acter that he had known as a boy en ter d how are you tom said the great man holding out his hand and how hae haie you been getting along all these years the old fellow shifted his quid and spat waal he said when I 1 hit this town more n 40 years ago I 1 didn dian t have a red cent an now wa al I 1 guess I 1 in holdin my own all right |