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FAMOUS SONGS
London, was nervously opened, and a most un-lovely, unclean specimen of ragged humanity dragged himself in. He looked as though he had not had a bath for months. His beard was unkempt, dirty, and matted. In the place of boots he wore some filthy rags, and altogether he was a most pitiable and degraded-looking object.
One of the clerks eyed him cautiously, and told him to clear out as speedily as possible.
Two ladies who were in the shop noticed his woe-begone appearance, and were about to give him some money, when the kind-hearted manager stepped forward, and seeing the poor fellow shivering with cold and, apparently, hunger, took him into the workshop so that he might have a " warm up" by the fire. A few minutes later Mr. Turner, the proprietor, came in, and seeing the ragged individual, asked what he wanted, and " who allowed you in ?"
"I did," said the manager; "the poor fellow looked so cold and miserable, that I could not send him into the piercing wind again without giving him a warm; and besides, he says he has some business with you."
" Business with me ?"
" Yes, sir; I have a song I should like you to listen to," answered the tramp.
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