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Show What Rolling Stone Does Get. After an absence of flvo or six years, Ephrnlm returned to tho Httlo town In Maryland where ho had been born and reared. From his brown derby hat to his patent leather shoes ho was dressed In the tiptop of fash-Ion. fash-Ion. His first call was made on his brother Dill, a slow, plodding kind of darky," who had never even been to Baltimore. Ephrnlm told with great enthusiasm his experiences In Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and other places, In which ho had plied his calling call-ing of barber. Ho wound' up rather softly with: "Say, Hill, kin jou len' mo two dollars?" mil looked with Just n touch of scorn at the flno clothes of tho wanderer wan-derer and drew a small roll of bills from his pocket. Ho peeled off. two ones, handed them to his brother and said: "It's tho old story, I see, Eph. A rolling stono gathers no moss.' Ephrnlm . drew himself up, adjusted adjust-ed his coat by the lapels, flecked on imaginary speck of dust from his sleeve, nnd replied: "Yes, Hill, but ho gits a mighty. Bight o' polish.' |