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Show BOTH WIRE ABatNT-MlNDED. The rn'Minn llltle Art of thorny Coal Ins Itrggnr s t ents. The "sbent-mlnded beggar" was Handing on Park row, near ths bridge entrance, when the Columbia professor cams along, engrossed In a problem more unsolvable than that of Archimedes Archi-medes and hit alloyed gold crown. "Mltter." tald tho bir,r.ar, "If yer plalte, kin yer help a poor man to a cup of coffee? I ain't had nuttln' to ate for a day." Ths protessor looked at the man, but ths problem still absorbed blm. He pulled out a qunrtcr and looked at It "That's all I hare got, my man. Can you give me chango for It?" "Ylt, sir, I think I kin," and then hs started. "Here you sre. sir." said ths beggar, banding ths professor two dimes and a nlckol. Ths professor 'took ths change, but returned the nickel. "This for you and much obliged," be tald. "Thank you sir," responded ths bag-gar. bag-gar. And then the two absent-minded ones esch pursued hit way. |