The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-03-10
THE TWO GEORGES.

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fa2.. THE TWO GEORGES.
This story has no moral. Only fable.
need morals, and this is not fable. q
There were two of the Georges, com
monty called George l. and George II.
not that they belonged to the House o
Hapsburgh. or any other royal house
but to very ordinary-looking yellow
brick, with two front doors and two
door bells. George /. went in at the
right-hand door, and George Ii. at the
left that is, when they went in at all
for they were usually plotting together
IN some convenient corner, or carving
their plans into execution in all sorts OIL
lnconvenient ones. This time it was q
tramp. l.s,..,-4 ~
3 Everything had been arranged be.
forehand to the minutest details, except
that they were not going anywhere in
particular, and that is just where they
had the advantage of ordinary travel
ers. They could 90 east, west, north
or south without the trouble of chang
ing their minds. Saturday morning
they seized their luncheon boxes and
rushed out at the gate with long
drawn wheop. There was Toodles
hanging bY his heels from the park
fence. Toodles saw them, but before
he could reverse himself they had dart
ed through the alley and around a
corner. -.
"a close dodge said George L.
.'"He' d have been an awful nuisance"
- IS soon have girl along,'' said
George III. BY this time they were in
front of an auction store. and they
stopped to. look atsthe crowd and at the
man on the barrel. George Ii. often
entertained serious thoughts of being
an auctioneer instead of hac driver,
but was not quite decided. Such a
motley crowd: Two Indian squaws
bidding for gay cotton handkerchiefs;
a farmer buying an immense pair of
cowhide boots; colored woman carry
ing away an astonishing. chrome; pack
ages OF spoons, warranted pure silver,
going out oyer the heads of the crowd
in every direction; and, of all strange
things, some old show frames from a.
photographers. filed with miscella-
neous assortment OF, uncles and aunts,
grandmothers and cousins, were sold to
a man with a taste for art and scanty
supply of relations! ~.
Wish they'd put up one Of those
pistols" said George Lea pistol is a
handy thing to have on tramp ss.
The opportunity of the Georges came
presently when the man held up what
he called ian assorted lot" and called
for bids. $3.50. an s,..fs.... &.
Zone cint!' shouted "a jolly Irish
man; which bid was followed by two!
three! four! until some one offered
five, when George II. said: e
ss.Let's we bid, it's a whole box
fulLo And in less than two minutes
the Georges had invested five cents
each, and found themselves the happy.
possessors of, two old candle-boxes CON
tanning three rusty forks. a nutmeg
CRATER, a bottle of /, indelible ink, an
iron spoon, a bunch Of lamp-wicks. a
pa emit nife-sharpener, and a miscel-i
laneous mixture of knitting-needles,
halr-pins, wooden pin-holders, ten
penny nails and odd buttons.
:. That's what | call bargain -
ehuckled George l.; and tucking their
boxes under their arms they marched
toward the bridge, moved BY the in
stlnct that always draws boys to places
where there is a chance of breaking
their snecks. 4. They, stopped on the
highest arch to look down at the river
rushing along a hundred feet below.
1t was enough to make ones brain reel,
but they minded it no more than if thew
had been flies, born to hang upon the
ceiling by their toe-nails Down on 1
the Island was the pretty Club House.
and two OF the .Boat-C were lust
starting out to practice. They wore
red skufl-caps, and had no clothes to
speak OF, but it was wonderful to see
how they fitted themselves into the |
trail little shells, balanced the long
oars and shot away up the stream.
. ~ m going TO make me one of those |
boats this winter,'' said George III. !
George II. always was going to make
any thing he fancied, from a rat-traD
to a high-pressure engine. He had
been known to undertake steam saw
mill with no better material than an
cid wood-saw. two boards from the
back fence, and joint of rusty stove
pipe. 81 y Es-s-sE =.
Tell you whatm suddenly exclaim-
I'd George l., "let's have Stand and |
sell our things"
Lets go peddling," suggested |
aeorge III. there's more five dollars
worth in these boxes" e Is. e -
After a brief discussion they turned
pack to Fourth street and waited for a !
EAR. George I. was intimately acouaint- !
I'd with one driver, and George II. was
IN con idential terms with another; but
Is neither OF them CHANGED along thew
we're forced to pay two cents for a ride
n the platform, the driver winking at
he shortage. AS they came to the |
DOT OF steep hill, a sleepy old horse
hay out of a barrel BY the
oadside, with one eye cooked critically
owards them, suddenly grabbed a
'arting bite and trottedinto line. The
lriEer, without slackening speed.
cached down his stick to fasten the /
angling hook into place. The new
omer helped to, pull the car up the
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