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Show Mllllonolre WrlnV llr.l TraJt. Chnrlea T Yarkea. the Cbleago.treet railway ni.K-nate, who la now building electric Itnea In I-ondon. ahowid early npprvclntlon of the theory of Iraylng and aelllng to ndrnntag He tell bow aa a boy be frequented a Mlearoom near hi home "One day," nld Mr. 'Ycrke, "I noticed tereral bote of onp of a certain brand which I had often been tent to buy at th corner grocery, I thought to myaelf 'That will go cheap,' o I tralghtwny ran to the corner grocery and after drawing from tho grocer a proinl.e to pay a certain price for a many boxe of onp a I could furiit.h (he, of coune. neer dreaming I would upply them), I returned to tha talearoom, A box of the aoap waa about to be knocked down to the highest bidder when I called out from my corner another bid The box waa declared aold to rAe and my name demanded. 'Chnrlea T. erkr. Junior,' 1 piped out In n ihrll) voire -t waa only 11 ycara old. The byaltnder wuru annuel, but their laugnter gave placo to amaxemenl when I bid In the entire lot of :2lxeJ I promptly delivered them to the corner cor-ner grocery and rexelvcd the price agreed upon " |