The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-05-23
AN ENTERPRIsING BOY.
TFrOn the Detroit Fres Prsss.l

The Detroit brigane of bootblacks was increased by one yesterday. A passenger train from the Eas: carried Une more pas senger than she conductor knew of, because the said passenger was concealed on the trunks aud looked more like a hunk of mud than live boy IA years old. He came across the river with the others, and after . briet look around the depot he walked up to hsckman and said:
 "Old boy, I'm right from Jersey City, with nothing to eat for two hull days and not red in my pocket. I'm game, I am. Lend me quarter and I'll make it a dol far before noon."
 II don't know you, "replied the hackman.
 "Nor you, but that's all right. A man who won't lend a live boy quarter to get 6 start m lite is no man at all. Come, what dye sayl"
 He got the money, and walking up to a bootblack who stood shivering in the cool ar, he said:
 Boy, you'll never make sinner Tn the world. Your forte is landscape painting or counting bank notes. LII gin ye s quater for yer kit, and if ye ever want mon ey fer pint of peanuts call on me-"
 1t was trade. There was a new box of
 
 new boy, no sooner had the box under his. arm than he cried tout in a wonderfully shrilI voice:
 "Come and see mel Come and be shone by chap who kin make yer butes look nicer in two minits than slouch could in four days. Hold out your feet an gin me a chance to lay the corner stone of fort une-and don't forget Itl'
 .GF.l could work and in twenty minutes he had paid back the quarter. In half an hour he was fifteen cents ahead, and then he raissl his aching arms and sad:
 i've got to drop sunthin' down for my stomach to lay hold on, and then I'll come out and make the fur fly. It'il take me two hours yet to get limoered up and feel like buzz-saw run by chain lightring, but when l do git to work in earnest shsIl use up brush every nine minutes all day long,"
 Alter he had procured cheap breakfast at restaurant he found himself confront ed by four or five booiblacks who looked as if 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 if I'm forced to. I'm Keely motor-oDly more SD. strike. kick. bite and pull hair all in one motion. and il takes three policemen lo pull me away from the maugled remains of my yicums."
 The boys consulted together and conclu ded not to tackle him, and in five minutes more they were gIvi"g him their riend-hip. He leo them back to the depot, stood them in. .lIne and said:
 "Now, sloucbes, you stick by me and I'll stuck by you. This town hain't never been half worked, and know it. Down East we all thought you used dishwater and stove blacking instead of shoe polish. Repress yer emotion a lew minutes and see me tear myself all to flinders"
 The new boy moved around like top, worked like pony engine, talked like and made 20 cents in about ten minutes. Putting the ''chinK" down into hss old vest pocket, he swung his box over his shoulder, and remarked:
 Sixty cents afore ten o'clock of the first day is good huff. Now, want to go up town, see the streets. study architecture, steal me a dog, and this afternoon I'll feel as if was born here and had been in Jail half dozen times. Ta-tH. children; don't spend your money for taffy while I'm goneH