Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
70. 40.
AMERICA "PusH.~
'Gf Don't Get 2ioh Ny Son VIII" saA
 Littso Alan
INer YnrE Trhnn..L

Se~ York Trbune.I | The gates had just been thrown olsss
 at the railroad station on Maahat. su4 Beach. and a large crowd was strurglir
 to make Is way past the gate, sssSzss s
 who rcfusel to let a single 6czet s3 unpunched. A dozen men arI Eioii...,i
 hal already squeezed through the ca.os
 ant were bustlng rapidly toward the
 cars, though there was no apparent cr-
 iect tO be attained by haste, Uhau f,5
 1ttle man, with a yellow vafso. sanfie7
 through the gateway, and, seeing feg. passengers m front of him, bOit=i
 full speed toward the cars. n0t even paIsing when he had put every one else behind him. He hurried along with an anxious expression of ccuutena3ce. b.s portmanteaH pumping against bis leg, and at last dropped breathlessly into seat m one Of the numerous CrurtF cars. reporter was standing by and L thought "Ilis man must s3rely have known that there were at least lu ema.t cars standing upon the track. What cen have been the object of his uaste9' The mystery was not elUcidated by ae al- most equal precipitation of @ hali dozen others, both men and women, wbo f3l- lowed hard upon the heets of tbe winner Ot tue race AnxIous to know tile c'it''e of tirc-,s frc-,T,isa- sl.1t.ti..is, ells reporter seated himself beside tEc ilt,e mar, who had first attracted bis a.te,.- tion, and asked:
 -Why, may ! ask, were you agl those other people running?
 The man thrust his chin forward aud rubbed hls temple with his kruckis. wrinkllus hIs brow at the sama -iue with q puzzled expression.
 Because, the reporter coE+inuei. 'you know there vas a long train vitl- out soul in 1t, and you could no. have anticipated a lack of room
 Why said rhe man, brightcniug ur. ''lt wasn't for the room, but 2 always make 1t a point to get at the head of3 crowd. Most people in the city d., yen know, but 1t isn't often ! get left. Some uf the people at the gate here ks1t mc back or | shOuld have been out sooner, but managed to get ahead oi them after all. No, sir, 1t takes good press inE man to get ahead of yours trlly.
 You gain great deal of satisf. et.nr from being at tie front, ! suppose;"
 "Of course. Everybody does lf vuu have tO do thing, Jo itu3 brown: tliHl N ny IIlItl tile. T .laf. % |.. t. home, and | tell him almost every rn.tt. Johnny l say. -miui yoU don't !ct tte people get ahead of you. Anl tta. bog hasn't missed being off tlr trrv-bea- first HUt once m three woUrt arJ tIat was because he fell down. He's & c.c lif the old block, .ha- boy, ml iru proud of him."
 What if everybody tried -1'r.s
 "Nhy. then, we'd give tlru ~ -usse., l tell you. it i~ut .tr.yht.f. that eau succeed iu thus world. Lut ti- )f us tLat are fortunate bayc souo r,.- son to be proud think
 "DU you get rich fastcr for yrev 1uslT'
 I~Nel,' said the inau, -ar-ul'. -li lJn't my bop sill re-
 At this point the hepuEiue. vaistt,.j aud he little man suatchel ub'b porsm..- .eau and gathered himself together tor Inc rush. No sooner did tle sreado1 he train slackeu than he liyed from his iest and leaped upon the TlGttom. Iu ! moment he had disappeared through he gate, struggling mauful.y .o distance ! giant competitor, who was no dcuh,- 'omuelled ultimately to yield Go .he -u- Derior enterprise of tbe enerlrtic little nan.