One day last week a coal miner long out of work approached the telegraph office at Tamaqua, Pa. There could not have been many coins left in his pocket, but there was a high romantic resolve in his heart. The wastrels of the world have often boasted how they gave their last two shillings to a beggar. But the miner was no wastrel. He intended to give his two shillings to the telegraph company. He sat down at a table and began to write. It did not...
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