TOBACCO LEAVES 



antiquity. His Roman nose was fractured 

 from some forgotten fall, his legs were 

 scarred by the pocket-knives of vandals 

 innumerable, his left arm was evidently a 

 restoration, and from scalp-lock to moc- 

 casin his weather-beaten frame bore heavy 

 traces of the touch of time. 



His origin is enveloped in mystery, but 

 according to tradition he has stood at his 

 present post for more than forty years. 

 Historical personages are said to have re- 

 clined against his breast when overcome 

 by fatigue on their way home from lodge ; 

 there are even stories but let that pass. 

 Suffice it to say he is a landmark a red- 

 man with a record. 



Nor has he figured before the public 

 solely in the character of a curbstone sen- 

 try. On more than one occasion he has 

 been borrowed to lend realism to a sidewalk 

 setting on the stage. His last appearance 

 in that capacity was when he enacted the 



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