Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
$500 WEST. YOUNG MAN"

~.ss SEQ WEST, YOUNG MAN."
AYouthf full Aspira,nnt ran looking for orr a place
to Grow Up Vith. suias 60
The other day, while Iswas seated ia
the Kennard House, Cleveland, waiting
flor supper and train time, the omnibus
] backed nap to the door, thea porter ran "a
out and a boy about IL years old de-
I scended from the vehicle With an Saif
Observation-Disclosures He haad-
Led, his old saehel ytos the porte. iallS and
7 walked down to the office without look
Ting to the right OF left. His shoes were
4 old and Lworn, his hair was long aid
uneven, and as he halted before the
lst6neFfOr q 1ionient to warm his hands
he pulled out half-copsumeds cigar
from his pocket and lighted it. lad
!, The, porter came llalong at slow
pace, a lookaof disgust on bis face, and
as he reached the stove he dropped the
fwaywortf saefel 4st the bey's feet.
pd" Here !yous look iaoutIn exclaimed
the lad ssThat there sachelE contains
wealth, and you'd better be a leetle har-
monious in handling It. - Is Kennard at
honepn tns..a,,a .-.f,.,.7ra s7~.f sv'
The porter grasped for breath and
4 pointed to the clerk behind the desk.
: The boy. walked up TO the register,
picked up a pen and laboriously wrote;
Jim rite, from New York" Wiping
off the pen on his elbow he remarked
to the clerk. ~ iri os s.qsrb ''A8"" 12
"Supper for one is how mueh21l
"SeVenty- five cents, ~ replied the
clerk, after looking him over. ass "'''
3" Whewi but that's. hard pan, that
is! After a fellow has been putting up
at the Fifth Avenue for a year these
Western prices knock him down. Cnly
kseyenty- five cents, eh? Can you change
IA dollar bill?''
| : The clerk handed him back two shil-
lings, and the boy relighted his stub,
walked back to where the porter had
taken aseat and IN q tone OF reproach
! observed: % - .s -
"There's that 'ere sachel right
| where you dropped it,. You leave it
there and .et it get stolen if you want
this house sued for $4,000 damages!"
The porter hesitated little and final
ly took the sachel to the cloak room
aud procured check.
| "That's more like bizze-te- business, ~
remarked .Jim, as he pocketed the
check. " You probably thought was
some one. horse member of thelegisla-
ture from some scrub town counties,
but that's where you got left: Twenty
minutes to supper, Ell? Well, you find
me one of the daily papers, .. -
| Jim sat down near the stove, and the
| porter, laboring under seeming mag
netic influence, hunted up a paper and
handed it TO him.
| | happened to sit next to the boy at
supper. He gave his napkin critical
examination, scanned the tablespread,
and when the waiter came aleng to
him James remarked:
"Oysters fried in crumbs, milk toast,
green tea, a billed egg,s hot biscuit, and
you want to jump as if Goldfish was
forty cents q pound and the market
rising :"
The waiter didn't jump. He moved
off at slow pace. ....,
"I'n fix him!" whispered the boy,
in confidential way. "He probably
owns brown stone front ON some
high-toneds street. I'll. buy the next
house to him; tear it down, put up a
boiler shop, and I'll hammer Texas out
of his7peace and harmony!" .. So.
Jim seemed to have an affection for
fried oysters. AS he lifted up che tenth
one and dropped it behind his teeth, he
turned to me and said:
"Fair to medium, but yet | sigh for
the bivalves of the ST. Nicholas. It's
Gurus, isn't it, how feller will get
used to one race of oysters ?''
While the waiter was absent after
second cup of tea, the boy had a strug-
gle with himself as to whether he had
better leave shinplaster beside his
plate. l heard him saying TO himself:
, "Of course it would look kind 20
stylish and unique to. put down two
shillings for that fawning syeophant to
pick up, but / am not on the unique
Just now: I'm looking for land, and
land Costs money" 7zfA.
ii met him again en- the train He
was asking me if l knew Of a lively
town In the West where go-ahead
boy about his, size could, commence at
the foot Of the ladder and grow up,
when the conductor came aleng and
called for tickets. .ssfxsks nj -
"Halfs fare, of course" replied Jim,
as he felt in hisnpockets.A ~ sssss. g
"Full ticket" said the conductor,
reaching right and left.
els this a bigger road than the New
York Central?" demanded the boy.
'TheY didn't charge but half fare on
that road, and it has three more tracks
on than this. Don't count me out in
that way, Mr.. Conductor" <
"Ticket! ticket!" called the official.
''Pass on and come and see me later,
for the cash iS in NV boot ~ ranl;od
Jim, getting ready to pull off one.
In about twenty minutes the conduc-
tor returned, and the boy rendered him
half fare in small change and said:
"Don't be tough on a feller. There
wasn't room for both Boss Tweed and
me in New York, and SO I'm looking
for Western town to grow up with :,
"You are old enough for full fare, 2
observed the conductor. 'a
"That's where my looks deceive me,