Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17
An Enterpri,ins BOY.

The Detroit brigade OF bootblackS was in
creased by one yesterday. A passenger train
from the east carried one more passenger than
the conductor knew Of because the said pas
senger was concealed on the trucks and looked
teen years old. He came across the river with
the Others, and after brief look around the
depot he walked up to hackman and said:
"Old boy, I'm right from Jersey City, with
nothing to eat for two hull days and not red
In my pocket; Pm game, l am. Lend me q
81 don t know you, replied the hickman.
"Nor you, but that's all right. A man
who won't lend live boy quarter to get
stert In life is 10 man at all. Come, what dye
say?''
He got the money, and walking up to boot
Dlack, who stood shiyertng in the cool air, he
"Boy, you'll never make a sinner in the
world. Your forte is landscape painting or
yer kit, and II ye ever want money for pint OF
1t was trade There was a new box of
backing and pretty fair brush, and the new
boy no sooner had the box under his arm than
he cried out In wonderfully shrill voice:
"COme and see me! Come and be shone by q
chap who kin make yer butes look nicer In two
m1nits than SLOUGH could In four days. Hold
out your feet an gin me chance to lay the
corner stone of fortune-and don't you forget
he secured five "blacks" as fast as he could
work and in twenty minutes he had paid back
the quarter. In half an hour he was f1fteen
cents cents an ahead, and then he rubbed his aching
arms and said:
Five got to drop sunthin' down for my stom-
ach to lay hold On, and then I'll come out and
make the fur fly. TIN take me two hours yet to
get limbered up and feel like a buzz-saw run by
chain lightning, but when I do git to work Ia
earnest snail use up brush every nine min
utes all day long"
After he had procured cheap breakfast at a
restaurant he found himself confronted by four
or five bOOtblackS who looked as IL they had
planned to give him the bounce.
"Morning, gents" said the new boy, as he
looked from one to the other. "No use giving
me any copperas, my beauties, for I've STRUCK
this town to stay. I'm right on the black I'd
rather black butes, but kin black eyes IL I'm
l strike, kick, bite and pull hair ali at one
motion, and 1t takes three policemen to puli
TINS"
The boys consulted together and concluded
not to tackle him, and In five minutes more
they were giving him their friendship. He led
said
"Now, slouches, you stick by me and III stick
by you. This town haln't never bin half worked
and know 1t. Down East we all thought you
used dishwater and stove blacking instead OF
shoe-polish. Repress yer emotion few min
The new boy move around like top, worked
ike pony engine, talked like q candidate and
MADE twenty cents In about ten minu.eS Put
ting the "chink down into his old vest pocket
ne swung his box over his shoulder, and re-
marked:
"Sixty cents afore ten O'Clock OF the first,
day Is good 'nuff. Now, want to 60 up town
see the streets, study architecture, steal me a
uog, ana this afternoon I'll feel as II was born
mere and had been in jail half dozen times
ta.La, cnlldIen; don't spend your money for
tahy "hlie I'm gone!'-t Detroit Free Press.