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Show JOKE ON 8WEET CHARITY. And the Colored Porter, He Thoroughly Thorough-ly Enjoyed It. Tho other day a colored porter from one of the hotels was sent to buy some tin cups. After making tho purchaso he started back to the hotel and met ono of the hostlory's best patrons a commercial traveler and tho latter asked the negro to carry his sample caso to a Woshlngton street store. A few minutes later tho negro, sample sam-ple case, and tin cups, wero In front of the ctore. Tho traveling man was In tho store. While waiting for him, the cegro sat down on tho sample case, and in less than a Jiffy fell asleep. Ono of the tin cups was in his hand, and it fell forward, as does the cup held by a blind man. Perhaps you won't bellevo It, but that r.cgro collected 43 cents whllo he slumbered. Pas3crsby thought him a blind mendicant. And maybe that porter por-ter didn't enjoy the Joke! Ho did 'deed he did. Indianapolis News. |