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Show BLIND CHARLEY GOES AWAY . round, bumped the bumps and looped 1 the loop, and occasionally Charley would break a five-dollar bill to purchase pur-chase a bag of peanuts. Naturally they attracted a good deal of attention. atten-tion. People were interested at the sight of an old blind man and a little boy doing Coney together. One man, who on more than one occasion had dropped a dime in Charley's Char-ley's battered cup. was so interested that he notified the police. As a result re-sult the fact was brought to light that Charley was wealthier than many of those who had contributed to his fortune, for-tune, and consequently he has disappeared disap-peared from his wonted stand. While Wall street will miss his queer personality, per-sonality, the sting is made still sharper sharp-er by the realization of many brokers that they let a man with $100,000 in cold cash invade their stronghold without ever making a single investment invest-ment in the securities in which they deal. j Beggar Takes a Whirl at Coney Island and Then Doesn't Dare Return to His Old Corner. New York Wall street has just lost one of its most interesting and best known characters, and at the same time is minus a flourishing business. The character in question is known as Blind Charley, and the business is that of begging, by which he has accumulated ac-cumulated a fortune of more than $100,000. Kind-hearted brokers, fresh from a successful turn in the market, have ! been cheerful contributors to the battered bat-tered tin cup of the blind beggar, and so generous have been gifts that there is apparently no reason why Blind Charley should not have run his fortune for-tune up to the half-million mark if he had only used a bit of discretion The trouble began when Charley started out for Coney Island last week, all dressed up. lie looked about as much like a beggar as Andrew Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller might look If they ever took it in their heads to give Coney a whirl. The little boy who j led the way had on a new suit and a ; bright silk necktie. i They were out for a good time and ' they didn't let expense stand In the j I way. They rode or the merry-go- J 1 |