. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. It was like the two men that Dick-ens—I believe it was Dickens—tellsabout: Somebody gives A a con-certina, but he cant play on it;winter coming on and no overcoat;he cant wear the concertina anymore than he can tootle it. A fewblocks away is a fellow, Mr. B. Hecan play a concertina somethinggrand, but he hasnt got one and hisfingers itch. He spends all his readymoney on a brand-new overcoat,and just then his aunt sends him an-other one. He thinks hell just swapone of them overcoats for a con-certina. So he advertises in an ex-change column. About th
. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. It was like the two men that Dick-ens—I believe it was Dickens—tellsabout: Somebody gives A a con-certina, but he cant play on it;winter coming on and no overcoat;he cant wear the concertina anymore than he can tootle it. A fewblocks away is a fellow, Mr. B. Hecan play a concertina somethinggrand, but he hasnt got one and hisfingers itch. He spends all his readymoney on a brand-new overcoat,and just then his aunt sends him an-other one. He thinks hell just swapone of them overcoats for a con-certina. So he advertises in an ex-change column. About the sametime, A advertises that hell trade one. C©°:copyright🅿️copyright:ira1l5^!/©C]hirES11i3ima§. house-broken concertina for a niceovercoat. But does either A or Bever see Bs or As advertisements ?Not on your beautiful daguerreotype. That was the way with us-all inNew York. The town was full oflonesome strangers, and we wentmoping round, stumbling over eachother and not daring to speak. They call us transients like a common sailor thats lostat sea; hes only a us poor, homeless dogs in NewYork are only transients. Why, do^J you know, 1 was that lonely I couldhave stood out in the square like alonely old cow in the rain, and justmooed for somebody to take me
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