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Show SHE BACKED THE WINNER. Benevolent Lady Proved an "Angle" to" the Meloncholy Man. A benevolent old lady in one of the streets which still retain the red brick houses of old time New York looked cut her parlor window one day and saw a man walking up and down the sidewalk, apparently in great dejection. dejec-tion. There was something pathetic and appealing in his manner; so she took a dollar bill, put it in an envelope, en-velope, and write on the envelope, "Never say die." She slipped out of the house ia the most casual manner she could assume and handed the envelope to the man as she passed him. Next day the same melancholy man called at her house and presented her with $10. i "It's funny," he said, "you're the only one that backed that horse called 'Xever Say Die.' " |