The Telegraph Boy

I lead you?

irst. Do you k

s,

oss the street, or you

right

you about me, say

ou are

tle fool?" said the blind man, roughly.

mind he was not quite sure whether he would be willing to acknowled

entered a store devoted to

an!" whined Mills, in the t

here too often," said a young salesm

ls. "I am a poor blind man.

ld know better. Not

companion le

ortunate. A nickel was besto

ked Mills, when they

cents,

It takes a good many five-cent pieces to make a dollar.

ng, but he must do what was expected of him. Accordingly he v

y, Can you spare something

r, blind uncle" he said "poor, blind man."

n blind?" asked the

years," wh

is you

my young nephew,

in having him to

't know what I sho

you, my good man," said

a'am. May Hea

ked quickly, when the l

, suppressing with difficul

ing her neck!" muttered Mills. "I t

they did not meet

or, who was in ill-humor. "You ought to be put in

ay become blind yourself,

the angry tradesman. "Here, you boy, don't you bring that old

do but to comply with

Mills; "I'd like to pu

ght Frank. "I wouldn't like to be blind; but

lind man. They were soft-hearted, and stop

n, my pretty maid,"

," said one of the girls; "b

e not money enough to pay my rent, and

one of deep sympathy. "I have not much

your eyes!" said Mills, as he

asked as before, wh

ve cents,"

said Mills, in a t

ll applications were refus

work?" asked on

I do?" a

men work. I suppose you would r

to the bone if I could

At any rate, that boy of yours can

o take ca

could get anything

ressed forcibly by his companio

he whined. "He has to

et, Mills demanded, roughly, "Wh

t, s

wanted to

e it is

you are working fo

in a store, or an off

any good. Don't spe

s indicated a desire to go home, and they went back to the room in the old tenement-h

he money we have c

-three cents,"

dollar we would have stayed a lit

is it

Fill it with tobac

of setting the bed

f I choose to set it on fi

r; I thought I

ed it, and you ne

mper you've got!

do, watched his employer. "He looks very much as if he coul

for, boy?" demanded his em

t you, sir?" was Frank's natural que

ll when one is staring at me

look some

to do some wor

s,

y some evening papers and sell them;

said Frank,

er than sitting in that dull room

y," said the blind man, sharply. "If

ay with the money," ret

e sold the pape

s,

ected his steps to the Park, meaning to ask Dick Rafferty's