Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-07-13 | Page 6 | Carleton's Handkerchief

handkerchief will carleton the poet and lecturer was lecturing in a western city several years ago when on leaving the plat torm he was accost edby a pleasant shabby looking old woman mr carleton she said 1 I want to ask a great favor will you give me the handkerchief you carried while you lectured this evening why what on earth do you want it tor 1 I am very poor mr carleton aha said and it you give me that handkerchief I 1 think I 1 can live on it a year mr carlemon Car lelon stared A year you shall certainly have it and the old woman retired with the handkerchief profusely thanking him later mr carleton learned that she had embroidered broi dered his name on it and raffled ic so extensively that she did make several hundred dollars enough to keep her a year pittsburg dispatch