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Show RICH MEN in Dir ricwLTicn. Occasions When Millionaires Hs.v Had to Cjrrow Cnrf.iioi, A man of large fortune Is nut Infrn. .pienily aught short of pocket iliniik..'. I l.ate I wn John II. II. ' ke feller lo li.il r.iw five cents fir mi fare, ai d It Is no um iiininnn thing for Uncle Kusarll Snce to be "broke." The ether ciciiit.g a man of no iniatl prominence In the community found himself at Thirl) fourth street and Mxth avenue wllh only four eeuls In hla clothes, and be was In a hurry lo go home, un Lie upper west side. Not raring to have a check cashed at a bar or hotel, nnd feeling a delicacy In npiiroacblng a atrangcr on so trivial a aubjeet, he appealed to Ihe crippled newsboy, alio piles tits trade at the foot of tho elevated ilnlra, for tho loan of a cent. "Hiiro!" exclaimed Ihe capitalist, hauling nut a fistful of coins; "won't you help yourself. Whut good will a penny do a gliitlcn.sn the likes of you?" The gentleman took one rent and role home. On Ibe following afternoon ho stepped off Ihe tialn at Thirl y fourth atre-t and slipped fifty mic reels Into Iho boy's hand. "Hut what fur?" said the cripple. "Interest." replied Ine borrower. "The rent you lent me and half a ilollnr for Interest. Awfully obliged." Just one touch of liallllv. New York I'ress. |
