The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-28
How Mr.. Skinner got Promoted,

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TWO aoiiaIs la tlleatres ana operas,
p1fchaseI IoW ten cent cigars Pc!
uay, ana .Doognt gooa ciotnes and
other necessanes 4 OF lie. Now, any
one with onc-tnlrd OF an eye can see
:iI . eiilnce tilat some skliiul nnancler-
ing was necessary I'd enable SKINNER
nItef making mese expenditures, to
Lay LAY up somethlng 1or q rainy day:
~. .no el''.ii - y rainy uay never Iound
SKINNER WITH q cent lad up; lie sait!
nc would rather nave something laid
nP LOT bright, eIeaf DAY, anyhow,
because t',en ne Ieit more IKE travel
ing afounu ahd spehdlns money.
:, II was onIy natuiai, therefore, that
SKINNER shonld look Wlstf1lliy for
ward 10 promotion, with an increase
oi salary. lie nad been ID the en-
.nioy OF Caiep hlosphlst, Tor nearly
three years, anu looked as II he had
reached tne summit OF posltlon In
thab establishment.
one day whist pemoanlng his pow
er1y, ana wishing tnat he was O mem-
~ - . lAlilliahy Mug, go lna1 ne
might M gecapnoin.ed inspector OF Smok.
ea Gaass aa lof ! otal Ecllpses at q salary OF
So'Vu yeaf-Whlist medltatfng this,
ne picked up paper, and his eye fell
upon an art1cle entitled, How a Clerk
Uot Iromoted. SKINNER was inter-
estea te. at once.
The article related how a certain
times wos;la fairly boil over with mas
sion, and the next minute would he
MS gentle and nliahle as an india r,h-
her ,loll-;t tnl,l how tho ralana,
having 4 ,Iisnnte with lis clerl, -
to iu,t him ont If his of,;eo
Rnt fla clert w,s foo nncb fa, II -,
and in the melee Tho e,nnloya. ,ras,
down. his nose nainf,ll,. =,
naired. and his clnthes sn;laJ VIZ,
ffhe Colonel hail washed h;s ,o+tar.,1 vi
and hrnsbed lie olathas
he Summoned his damonstrat;ra o.h., LII,
and adtIresse,T him thus. "a n;na
thing vo,,,ve done-havn,t ,one r..
into 3 had scr,na a. ,;,1,a., oI
y,,ur emnlover. Won v;llain5 AID 49,
yon Internal scaInp. Won ara d;sehnrn u"
ID from your ,uesent ,lesl. ond ho.s'
after vo,, viii IA ~ M ,nnGla,,.;a1 I 80
Jerk Will, ynur saiar,, ;nara.sa.i
s25Oin >''''>"
When Skinner reo1 tb;s ha oo,. .
hidden hmm rs If snn,ahoar ~ i"h;na 81.
VAS ,,rpin0 hin with a n;,, Ha l
IMPLICIT confitlence :--ntWspsii,s
.eints- had land he would
ave tried ais one right on the spot,
,s,l,1-l. -l.re1 1I.,,,ssss,be berefl ff1at klosphlst
vas a sipeWy chap<'t sort OF a mus
:le-map-and q donbt fingered IN ms
mind whether lie womb come OUT lifst
,est IN Il Dout oI thls KIM.
But he was neternlned 70 make an
fort TO have MS salary raised so he
'lltered upon course OF framing,
ust as It he was matched to hight Ned
lG1ant, the irish BALDWIN, Tor tue
iampionsnip. ne became an carry
,ird and arose with the lark out IN
tead OF catching the worm ne would
'atch hold OF dum4-Deiis ana develop
ns,muscie ana he hao q sahd nag sns-
pended IN ms room, anu TINS lie
you'd punch 1or nan all nour at
:. 4 -.
tlspiay q siedse- hammer arm 1hat
'rawny olacksmltli wouid not nave
'een ashamed 70 own.
He was now fealy 10 test the news
'aper pfomotaoh plan-and an oppor-
unity soon oHefea. :,
One day hlospnst entered the Of
ice in a dreadful 6ad humor.ne was
ust as morose ana ugly as II ne ilaa
ost thirty cents. approaching SKIM
ner's desk, ne tolo nm 70 make OUT
mother oiil for bronghhe f1snt away
ma take 1t 10 MN, anu not 70 leave
lntli the money was paau'
SKINNER q'nelly DuC hrniy, repi,eo'
nat he haa 'ifeaay askeu -, ofous1he
onrteen times lor t',at Dill, ana II
le-Caieo-w'h'Ieu tile money very
''tn, ~, He !. nn. LII ILL., ~ ~ nam,1',s % ;,1h
rms repiy aaaeu 10 oa'eos IN u"
nor, 1or sfloo'ils okiln.'el uy VIC
;oat collaf, no Mls J1s. =, Ii1 '1I
u fepI'ilahnlne , l'ln, WIN 1 ms Doo.,
Nhen nus e,elk s'1.i1n.A ..;1t p'n.eu a,. !"
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