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Show MAGNIFICENT LA2INE88. A Mi (Mean Tramp llolda Hi Heron! for Kaee. 4s-oonrMiooiT(irfatn(iTiM!thy" lotting, but phenomenally tattered, tftfiip sat furtively dozing on a bench la Lafatette squaro, says the New Orleans Or-leans Times-Democrat. The near-by tablet of tho goedellc survey nn-zouncod nn-zouncod that he was In exactly latitude lati-tude 20 degrees 50 minutes 59 seconds sod longitude 00 degrees 4 minutes 9 tennds, but the fact disturbed him sot. Loaning back luxuriously, ho appeared ap-peared o be bursting from every seam of his dilapidated attire, and ns he piaacd In and nut of cat naps ho nodded solemnly, llko a porcelain mandarin. man-darin. Ills legs wero crossed and his suspended foot wns Incased In a shoo from which moat of the forward portion por-tion of tho solo was missing, exposing his bare anil dirty toes from below. It waa held to his foot by a string tied sround his Instep, In fact, ho was literally lit-erally "on his tippers," a rrcumstaneo which bothered him as little as the foedotlc tablet. Presently. In ono ot tils waking Intervals, ho espied a half-amoked half-amoked cigar stump lying on tho pavement pave-ment about a jard from tho bench. For a moment he surveyed It calmly, dispassionately, almost Judicially, Then he executed a remarkable strategic strat-egic movement. Without stirring tho upper portion of his body, he slowly uncrossed his legs, lowered his foot accurately and deliberately over the treasure trove, gripped It In a convul-Ho convul-Ho clutch of his toes, reversed the motion, raised his foot, carrying with It the stump, crossed his legs, Ian-fjuldly Ian-fjuldly stretched forth his hand and secured his prize. A gouty clubman, who was out for a constitutional ami who had watched the proceeding from another bench, wns tost in admiration, Why tho man Is a wonder!" bo exclaimed ex-claimed to a friend. "Thero Is something some-thing magnificent, almost supernatural In such laziness as that! Ho has ete-"led ete-"led It to un nrt, to a but, bold, It wou'd be a thousand pities It he wero disturbed for n match. I must offer blm onsl" Tho gouty clubman nroao with difficulty, hobbled down the walk, and, drawing a silver match-case from his pocket, extended It with a polite bow. Tho tramp manifested no surprise, sur-prise, but slowly extracted a match and Ignited tho stump "T'nnks," ha murmured, and closed his eyes. "Ho is iiiptrb!" said the clubman when he rejoined his friend; "he Is a record-breaker! record-breaker! Ho Is the laziest man in the world!" |