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The traveler picked up his heavy bag and walked on. Presently he met a shivering man who asked for the price of a cup of coffee. As the traveler reached in his pocket he remembered what the old man had said. So he asked the shivering man to go with him to an all-night restaurant and he bought him a roast beef dinner. And when he left he felt better. Around the comer the traveler met an old woman sellmg flowers- on the street. “Buy my flowers,” she called, but few bought. The traveler bought aU her flowers and gently pinned them in a big Bi\nch.fev the old wcftsasi’s And his.bagfelt so light that he almost skipped as he crossed
a.n o^anage and put a ten dollar bill in the mail slot.
All night long the traveler walked the streets of the strange town. He found a policeman for a little boy who was loSt. He helped a cab driver change a tire-. He helped a scrubwoman wash the floor at the bus station. He bought coffee for some firemen Who were putting out a fire. And after a long time he went to his hotel, feeling very happy, and very young.
Just before he got into bed he walked to the window to look over the town that was no longer strange. And as the traveler saw the court house tower in the square, he suddenly realized what the old man had meant. ■■■ “-y**"' .»:■ fSi i ■ ■■ -J ■ -i 1 • - v '
hands of the clock in the court house 0 m$y minute past twelve.
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