banjo, which is kept by one of the, leading citizens, is taken 
from an opulent case and is worshiped for one hour, an hour 
of commemoration. 
an, 
THE RAG MAN’S DOLL 
Arthur Porter, an old dealer of rags, who, living in @ 
house of his own, and having only one child, a boy eight 
years of age, went about the various streets of his town in an 
old wagon, having a bell attached to his horses neck that 
rang out a cry, one that vibrated: “Arthur, the 138 man! 
And, that the streets through which he drove were not many, 
for it was a small town, while everybody knew him, bot 
rich and poor, young and old. P 
__ That Arthur Porter was a very good man, and that his 
wife, who died when her first and last child was born, was 
a very good woman, their boy, Charles Porter, that _ his 
family surroundings were virtuous, he was made an upright 
lad, for his entire self was controlled by _the psychologica 
environments of his dear parents. Hence, Charles was known 
as Porter the Younger, just as we have the historical Dumas 
the Younger; thus, that he was distinguished from his father 
with this title, he was a celebrated personage of his time, 
so far as an appellation was concerned. 
Moreover, that we have become introduced to Porter the 
Younger, we will now enter into the most interesting part © 
his life, a time of his youth that we can not forget, for it 
is something unusual, something extraordinary, whic iS 
about love, a love affair that ver seldom happens in history 
to be compared with his. This being the case, we will now 
continue the particularity of our story. 
_. Porter the Younger went about the little town every day 
with his father for rags, whereupon, in the heart of the town, 
where an aristocratic family resided, Charles went into the 
back yard of this family for a sack of rags; in doing so, he 
came in contact with a beautiful girl of his own age, © little 
Arabian princess. And, from the first day that he saw her, 
he loved her, which caused him to frequent her neighborhood 
in order to look at her whenever she played without. Un 
the other hand, that Charles was a handsome little fellow, 
yet being very poor, he. and the little girl, May, formed an 
acquaintance that lasted twenty years. During all this time, 
when, one day, while May was showing Charles some ies 
about the back yard, the following dialogue took place, May 
being the first to speak: 
‘Charles, you are too handsome, intelligent, and honest 
to be just a rag man.” 
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