The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-05-22
Teddy.

"Newsboys? not now, sir, but hev bin,
and Teddy, too. Teddy's the little Teller
as does arrunds for the bank. I'm
workin' in the TELEGRAPH, and very good
sort O. job it is, too, sir.
"You see, it comes around kind o.
queer like, and never look down at my
decent clothes and my clean hands but I
think of that cold winters night when
Teddys father died of the tremors, and
left both of us without a home or a loaf
o. bread. I'd been stayin' at Teddys,
SEEM as how had no other place to go
to, and when both of US found
ourselves orphans we concluded there
was nothin' for us but to beg or to steal
to keep from starvin' 10 death.
T. ""' I'd lever die afore I'd take cent
as didn't belong to me- Gays Teddy, as
we stood before restaurant window,
lookin' at the good things inside and
blowin' our fingers with our breath to
keep the frost from nippen' on 'em. Il
say, Jack, wouldn't it be a rum'un, eff
some millionaire I'D a start us up in the
newspaper line? -,,s,.--.. -y.r.~-s. =.
=" Mary millionaire says I. Folks
don't 90 around huntin' for sech business
talent as you and hev got went on,
and then L turned, suddenly, tor man
as had been standin' near us. a big. we'll
logged Teller, teched me on the shoulder,
and says re:
-" well, my lads, in hard luck2' ID
80 :" should say so,' says Teddy, and
between kickin' his toes and BLOWN his
fingers to keep them warm, he told the
man all about it. t@l < -f--s~
g. And how much capital does it re-
quire to start in husiness?' he says, with
q sort O. a smile, after he had listened to
Teddy's story. r. ~ r.. -
Teddy. ! ~.... 1..a......s.. -. - nh
- The mani took out his pocket-book, and
." Tha him dollar. a.,.a ,e {.
-. 'Take that my little man, he says,
and hope you'll not deceive me or
yourself, and make good and proper
use Of it, and he jumped on car, a leav-
in US half laughin' and half cryin' at
our good luck. b "
&c My eyes' says I, Teddy, we can go
to the theater and have good meal for
onctp =
"Teddy looked sort o. grave at me.
Not much, Jack. Well buy lit
tie bread and bunk under the sidewalk
until mornin:.1 Business is business, and
mean to do q square thing by that 'ere
chap as did the handsome thing by us,
you bet2' sgs "a, .ses.,.S %-f-e.
So we went into the newspaper bust
ness, q bunkin' in q cosy spot under the
sidewalk. We got some old rags and
some straw, and it was better'n nothin'
to cover us up with.
a." i remember the night when a big
streak of luck struck us, and we went to
the theater. 1t was late when we came
home and we had crept into our bed,
and had Struggled up together to keep
warm, and was talkin' of the theater and
the actors, when we heard hurryin
ruslin sound on the sidewalk over us.
and two men came ruunin' down past
the very place Were we was, and be-
hind 'em we could hear shouts and
l runnin'. tS t555i5kEs VA z@+s -
80 80 Drop it, Bill, you foolp I heard one
on EN- say, and as 9 couple of shots was
fred, one Of the fellers jerked suthin' he
had in his hand over near where we was,
and dashed with his pal through the al
ley-way, q couple of policemen after 'em.
I we waited LOT nearly IN nOuI, not
daring to stir, for fear if the peelers
found us boozing under the sidewalk
they'd nab US and have us vagged. (Beg
parding, sir; these slang words come
natural like.) Then Teddy he creeps out
and picks sutbin up that the two fellers
had dropped. N I!
Lori he says, in a whisper; lisa
tin box!' si4g.
/ "We didn't sleep any more that night,
for we was too much excited, and as
soon as the mornin' papers was ready we
went after 'em.
"Teddy could read, and he looked
over the paper the first thing, for the box
which he had hid in the straw was upper.
most in his mind.
l 'And what do you Think Dear me! if