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Show OUR BEDTIME STORY. (Dinglcdollnr Don.) Once there was a nico Old Fossil living in u town about tho size of this. When ho wnB a little boy a man travo him a dollar to run and get changed. Ho forgot to go back with the change and that was tho first dollar he ever earned. When ho died ho had it still. He used to pack his money down into his jeans with a hay press. Ho could mako an ordinary tightwad tight-wad look liko Coal Oil Johnnie. Whenever he needed any clothing or shoes he grow sick at heart to think of the useless expense. Ho did not bother tho town merchants mer-chants very copiously, but when they saw him coming they ducked into tho trenches. Ho beat them down on their prices until they wore almost willing to give him tho goods to get rid of him. Time rolled on uuntil ono day there blew into town an outfit which rented ren-ted an empty ptoro room und offered tho good citizens a chance to buy what was left of a bankrupt fire and flood sale stock of shoes and clothing at thirty cents on tho dollar. ,Ahl those wore happy days for Din-gledollar Din-gledollar Dan. Ho loostcned up on moro coin than he had emancipated for many, many years. Money that had been mourned as lost forever camo back to life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness. He loaded up with clothes and shoes from tho bankrupt stock. And in his mind ho groaned to think of the good money ho had given the town merchants for things that wore no better than those ho was getting so cheaply now. Ho know they wore no bettor because be-cause thp bankrupt fellows told him so. One day it rained. To his astonishment tho color in his now soat ran blithely awny, the trousers trous-ers shrank timidly from his ankles, his shoes -became nice and soft liko wet pasteboard and tho soles fell off gracefully. Ho hurried to tho bankrupt salo to tell tho gentlemen but they had gone to another town about the size of this, looking for other economical buyers. Dlngledollar Dan's funeral was largely attended by his prospective hoirs. Morals Often tho principlo thing sold is tho customor. |