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besides a wonderful new outfit of clothes and a private car. At last he would have those things for which he had craved. Instead of tattered rags he would dress in the finest clothes; instead of "riding the rails," he would have a private car in which to travel, and-and at this last thought the old man's eyes filled with tears-he would start an account in a bank :md build a home for old and worn-out Brothers of the Road, who, AS he used to be, were poor and needy. Then--
lie never finished his beftutiful dream. A lcHv moan, a rush, and the aftemoon express blowing for the next crossing wns all that the silent trees heard.
Tho next day a section gang reported finding the body of nn aged tramp on the tracks. ' There were no clues which would lend to his identity, and the only remarkable thing about him was an unusual small leather tobacco pouch, filled with cigarette ends, which the hobo held tightly clutched in one hand.
E. REINHOLD RoGERs, JB.
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