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Show DID GOOD SAMARITAN ACT. But the Boy's Employer Took Some of the Credit to Hlmsilf. He walked along with a lordly strut, head in air -nnd shoulders well back. At Liberty street and Broadway he saw a boy searching for something In tho snow. Tho youngster, about 10, was crying as If his heart would break. "What's the tnnttcr, llttlo man?" ho asked kindly. "My boss gave mo $1 to buy som benzine, and I'vo lost it Hoo-hoo-hoo." "Well, now, don't bo a baby. Toll rao all about It." Tho child told him. "Now, take mo to your boss," said he of tho lordly strut. Vory unwillingly tho boy led him to an odlco on tho fifth floor, whero sat a fierce-looking man. "I beg your pardon, sir, for this intrusion, in-trusion, but I'vo called on a personal matter that concerns us both," said tho stranger. "This is your offlco boy?" "Yes." "And did you glvo him "1 to buy somo benzine?" "Yes." "You nro suro ho had tho monoy?" "Cortalnly." "Well, ho lost It. I simply wanted to mako suro ho had It. I'm going to mako It good, so that you will not take It out ot his wages or punish him. Here, boy, tako this dollar and run along and buy tho benzlno." "I'll see that you don't mako it-good!" it-good!" cried the employer, taking out a roll of bills ns big as a man's leg and peeling off a dollar. "Hero you aro, Charlie. Don't worry. Bo a little moro careful noxt time." "Tho boy won't bo punlshod?" "No." "Good morning." "Good morning." And tho lordly strut was continued up Broadway. New York Press. |