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This is after all a small world" re-
marked a weH-known resident of the city
TO a Star Exporter. "and l have had repeat
ed evidences of it. but one instance more
than all the rest impressed the fact on me
i'm a way that 1 shall never forget. Forty
five years ago | was somewhat younger
than / am now. Indeed. | was but boy
then | was one of many boys who did not
have as D1uch spending money as l could
have gotten rid of easily. About the only
way I could get spending money was to
carr il. This | did by doing odd jobs, car
rEing water, for very few houses were sup
piled by Potomac water in those days, end
in nearly every other way that came a
hoy's way. one evening l was specially
arxious To get some money, and with an
other boy. who. like myself. was armed
with a broom. We entered into the business
Of crossing Sweepers. depending on the
kindness OF passerS by To CHIP in a few
pennies. The place We picked out was
from Dr. Samuel b. Waite's drug store,
then at the corner of 9TH and Louisiana
avenue to the old Bank of Washington.
There great deal of traffic between
those two points. and the mud was very
deep in consequence of heavy SIush about
the wIHG-Up Of the winter Business was
very good ur at least the passers by were,
and in less than two hours We had collect
,i about II cents between us, for We mad
lgTred In divide equally. The last piece of
money handed me L thought to be penny.
and as atterward learned the glVer also
lnUUght So. but when We counted up IN the
light at the drug store il proved to he a
uVy-dOlIar gOId piece. / knew that who
ever gave il 10 me supposed 1t was u penny.
and / had SCrupieS about spending 1t. aid
not have any reason 10 do so, Tor the 10
cents We earned outside Of it. with our
previous capital of - cents, gave us all We
needed ID II old WASH
IngJuu TAedtcr where the late JOhn I. Ray
mVud was playing III a farce Anyhow, the
- WAS not ia the Divide. My partner,
leading dentist mere, dld not INSIST on II, Tor
il was regarded more ii ma than a part
Of our earnIng>-tnat s. god piece renamed
my property until tWU years ago. when /
surrendered il To its owner, VINO proved the
property by describing the three letters
which ne himself had cut on il. At the
time mentioned / was IN Athens, Greece,
having gone there to witness the Olympian
games. one evening. while at a hotel in
Athens, noticed on the register the name
II a b0yhoud friend, although he was ten
years older than 1 was, ana 1 sent my card
Jo him. 1t proved To be he. Like myself.
he lived in the old third ward. l had not
seen him for thirty years for he has lived
abroad the greater part of his life. He is
q wrlL-knuwu American lawyer. who has
PrarIced his profession in Rome for over
twenty-five years Uf course. We got to
talking over old times in Washington and
about the boys OF our day. Incidentally he
mentioned the dentist who was my partRer
on the street sweeping transaction and
something put 1t into my head to tell OF
gtJtlLS The - gold piece. To my great sur
prise, the Roman lawyer said. 1 remember
YOU both, ana the particular night YOU
speak Of you Wore Il red comfort and your
associate mad Il broom whIcn had no han
ule. And / am the man VINO handed you
lne - gold piece. which had the letters f.
T. l. cut on it OF course L handed him
the coin. which. as you may imagine. was
| CARRIED m
years ou my watch chain. We spent a
very pleasant Week tugc. her, and on my re-
turn there came with me TWO Roman scarf
pms tE" ot them, you see, | wear. Or.
-, my dentist friend ana street sweeping
partner, has the other. Now, are you VIII
Ing TO asEVe with me that this is a small
world after ala 10 think that l had 10 go
all the way TO one Of the nrsJ cities started
i'll tins world To ind the owner of the coin
ana that / found MN there shows as |
say, that this world, after all, is some
what small.
he pleasant part of pclicc work is be-
tween the hours Of midnight and d o'clock
IL th= morning. explained an old police
officer 10 Il Star reporter, though think
the general IDEA among the people at large
Is tuat that tour OF duty is the most trying.
To an CfHCer who takes an interest IN Do
Aue work the latter part of the night,
though ii offers the best opportunities TOR
good police work, is the most agreeable
trick Of duty. Except that il is necessary
To- keep ones eyes open constantly for any
thing that may turn up. there is very little
tAat happens even on what are known as
the most dangerous beats. As one grows
OLD III tho police service his sentInrntaIItv
increases, ana as he advances in the years
OF MS own HE n sees things, or the lack
II Things. that lac would never notice when
N cold weather III the after part 1f utp~ut
Hl't an owner can wrap himself up with
less c'hSIIerdtIOn as TO now he LOOKS than
te c'Jtt during L daylight trick Of duty
Ia Day Jiue hc must wear mis- uniform ami
tiidt alone In the after Dart of Inc pIpbt
Ae can add things necessary for comfort
4h@tr Is practically nothing to do and Yer
NJ d'el more real police work on the after
MliniSht lrlck than in the two other tricks
iHs.L 20 10 make up the Jweutv-fofIr hn,irs
ne Is also under more responsibility and
can | help but feel IL. DurlHs the dav tbe
'''LtrF Ats every one to assist him, IN that
every one VIII readily call on MIN shut1Id
ms services be- Needed. II is the same d1rr
inS the fore part Of the night The streets
are iuli, and hreS. accidents and the of her
happenings IN police work are instantly
discovered and reported In the after uart
uI the night the officer has pra,..IcalIv no
on" 10 help him, and yet every .,.e IeIus
MN by simply not belng out 1t 5 crowds
'Ii- make Hohc" work The alsehce of
ly all responsibility. and he simolv wan
ders around. it is the rcstful trick Of drtv
and II is the trick in which a good oftic;r
takes the most satisfaction in doing his
duty" MS
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The activity and capacity of the mind
IS past human comprehension observed =
locomotive engineer to a Star reporter. II
had an experience in connection with my
c"n mind which convinc,s me that the
81 ID Of a locomotive is as nothing com
pared with IL / was running on the road
between here and New York. and If feu
nay lot. in consequence of mispyaca3
switch, 10 he pitched over into a creek, loco
motive and all. from a bridge. L knsw ex-
sctIy wheh the locomotive left the track.
and il was not long 1 assure you, before the
locomotive and l reached the bottom. and
yet during that time hundreds of occur
reHces in my life We're vivldly flashed
through nay mind Things that | had not
thought o. for years passed through my