Show HONESTY THE BEST POLICY if vou are dead own tp liko an man dead broke ie not au accurate term it ia relative considers himself dead brcko when he fluda that lie has a V lu hie pocket albu of less means think they aru dead broke when they can find bat a quarter ora halt ia their pockets bat with the mass of who very even when at their best dead broke araus that iu which a binau finds himself without a nickel iu his pockets pennies dont cut any ice even three or four ol 01 them wont pay a car fare and when a man car fare the walk to cumminsville Cummins ville at midnight beema long awfully long what ailed the other bight raid a resident of that suburb 1 I have a nickel to my name not a nick so I 1 tried to work the con doctor when he struck me I 1 felt lit iny pockets elret one then the other and then looked dazed 1 I had a nickel I 1 said but blame mo it I 1 know where it ie too thin old man said the heartless man iu blue have to walk a little jnet for change you got it think of a man getting off a joke like that 1 I walked but not far tried another conductor with the bame racket dibut work was heartless also I 1 know id get homo if the cara kept corn lug but the last car would be due elou then I 1 thought of the ol 01 motto honesty ie the beet policy ill try it on 1 I got ou the car and held up my bead hueu the man with the badge came along I 1 eaid im dead broke old man let me take a sneak home will you that worked to a charm he was ako tko best conductor lever saw he knew I 1 wae telling the truth the others I 1 was lying and I 1 was but not in the way they thought all bo said was all right old fellow dont give me away though cotou conr life 1 I said then I 1 curled up aud slept the klemp of the jnet bud the hereafter im going to tell the truth cost what it may cincinnati tribune |