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Show A Mattor or Hlatiu. The street was thu foothajl ground, , the goals were marked with old tins, and thu teams were six little ragamuffins ragamuf-fins n-slde. Tiey were all keen, but one little chnp towered head nud shoiil. dcrs above tho rest lu point of athletic prowess, und it wus nut long before ho succeeded lu shooting u very clever gonl. One of those genuine sportsmen who love to encourage talent wherever they may find It culled thu ragged little fellow fel-low over. "You played very well, my hid," ho snhl. "Which will you have this box of sweets or sixpence'" Ruefully tho disheveled hero eyed the sliver coin It would have meant a good deal to hlm;"but ho manfully turned from it. " "Let's 'nvc tho toffee, guv-nor," he said. If I take the tnnucr I shall be a professional, and that won't suit me yot awhile," Answers. |