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Show POLICE OF LONDON OFTEN HELP NEEDY bO.VDON, Oct. 21 The fame of tho Iiondon Bobbv r ,r his , ,,iit, n. and arfabiuty b world renowned, bul contrary to the old legend, bfl I' neld In greatest honor bv bis own count: . A story recently appeared In a I.ondon newspaper relating how n policeman po-liceman lent u medical man seven shillings with which to return to his home In Brighton. The do t.,r wrote a letter of commendation to Scotland Yard, which res itted in the sf;,t. ment by an official of that offlo- that Ball) many such letters are received p ! that In many cass policemen go to remarkable exteremes In aiding the unfortunate. This summer a llMn American girl loet her parents while sightseeing, ane was found bv a policeman end when he learned the name of u,, h ,-tel ,-tel at which her people ware staying he hailed a taxlcab and paid the driver driv-er to take the child there 'J ri.-. r did not gire the little girl his name and It wae only several days later thut the father, a Chicago banker end , the girl t ame across the man on duty H was rewarded and a latter of com-men com-men da t ion sent to headquarters. , |