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Show HIS ONE AVAILABLE ASSET. Mr. Johnson Willing to Give Well-Wrlt-ten Note of Hand. Tho financial prospects of Mr. Washington Wash-ington Lnfayetto Johnson woro decidedly decid-edly clouded, but he still preserved a sangulno spirit, which his friends did not always appreciate "I'd llko to borrow Jcs a llttlo money ob you," said Mr. Johnson, confidentially, con-fidentially, to a friend. "I I wouldn't ax you fo' It, but I nln' got a slnglo cent left ln do worl'." "Whnt secu'ity can you gib mo?" nsked his friend, without any enthusiasm. enthusi-asm. "Why, I gib you my noto ob hand!" and Mr. Johnson looked pained and amazed at Buch a question. "I reckon you don' know what a good, clear handwriting I got In do cbonlng school." Youth's Companion. |