Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-22

gentlemen whom he had met had eVI-
IDENTIFY been ''stufin' him.
.'Been whatp" asked Jerry, not I'M
derstanding this particular piece of
slang.
Ben stufin' yer-givin' yer tarts-
playin' it on yer. They didn't know
any Joe Bartlett, an you'd walk
nightly long ways in this city afore yer
found cows in a front-yard, or a field of
pumpkins.
but what shall I do asked Jerry
after pause, during which he began to
understand that he had been dull in not
| realizing before that the boys had been
fooling him.
EFF was you should 90 home an
start over ag'in. don't see any other
way, fur you might hunt round here
for a week an then never find yer
cousin.
''But 1 don't even know where the
depot is, - walled Jerry.
And just at that moment he felt more
like crying than he had ever felt in his
life.
''Well, seems how I've finished my
roast turkey" said the boy, as he swal-
lowed the last crumb of bread, "I'll show
yer the way, an next time you come to
New York I'd wise yer to get some glue
an stick your Cousins directions right
on the end Of yer nose, where you can
see it. d"
This was direct insinuation that
Jerry's nose turned up even more than
he thought it did; but in view of the
fact that this boy was about to render
him a great favor, he concluded that it
was not well to resist it.
The walk was a long one, and the two
had plenty of time to get acquainted be-
fore it was ended. The city boy, after
learning all he could about Jerry, told
him that his name was Tom Jackson.
sometimes called Shakey Jack.for con-
yenience.
''Where do you liVeP" asked Jerry.
''Anywheres [ kin git a chance.
| Sometimes me an some other fellers
sleeps on Their. docks, when there's
freight on 'em ter keep the wind off.
| Sometimes we gifts into a stable, an
sometimes it so cold that we keep go
in all night SOS we wont freeze"
'Hain't yer got any father or moth
er?'' asked Jerry, to whom this phase of
life was startlingly new.
mary one"
''Where do you get things to eat?''
W
and when we're strapped we goes with
out was goin' ter buy five turkeys
and six pies ter-day; but [ hadn't any
money, so [ hooked piece of bread
down ter Finnegan's. -
''What! Hain't you had nOthin' to eat
to-day, and Thanksgivin', too?'
''NOt a whOOter," replied Shakey,
calmly.
''WeI, see here" and Jerry was very
earnest now. ''I've got two whole dol
lars, an hain't had any dinner, though
l had big breakfast. Now when we
find the depot We'll go somewhere and
get big dinner"
''See here, Jerry, and Shakey stopped,
turned his companion round so that
he could look him full in the face.
''d'yer mean that?"
''Of course [ do
''Then I'll take yer where yer want
| ter 90. L hain't had a swell dinner
sence Dick Moses got a dollar fur lug
! gin mans valise down ter Fulton Fer
ry; but then we did have sumner
and Tom sighed as he thought of that
/ last dinner
'..Why, I'd walk way home with yer
ter get all could eat once
|
cried Jerry, seized by thought which
seemed little less than inspiration. 81
live on big farm, an 1 hain't got any
brothers or sisters, an we'd have an
awful good time
'''Twouldn't do said Tom, shaking
his head mOurnfully. '"Twouldn't do,
no how"
"Why notP"
''Your folks would fire me out afore I
got my nose inside Their door. An then
where would be?''
''They wouldn't do anything of the
kind, said Jerry, essentially. 1.-The
very minute my mother knew you didn' t
have no home or nothin' to eat, she'd
fill You right up, an make you stay
there"
''I'd like ter co. said Tom, mourn
fully, ''fur it must be mighty nice livin'
there; but I don't dare.
''We'u see bout that, was Jerry
reply; and he said nothing more until
inc his new-fOund friend firmly by the
sleeve of his tattered jacket, as if afraid
of losing him, he marched boldly up to
the ticket office, threw down the two
dollar bill with lordly air, as he asked
for ticket to his home.
There, he said, as he held the piece
of pasteboard in one hand and the
twenty. cents which had been returned
to him as change in the other there's
your ticket, an I've got mine in my
pocket. This is all the money I've got
left an it won't make much of dinner
for us; but We'll get plenty when we
get home"
care you really goin' ter take me?''
asked Tom, anxiously.
''Of course I am replied Jerry.
Don't you see the ticket? Now show
me where we can buy somethin' with
this, and then I'll show you what q
Thanksgivin' dinner is when we get
home. y
Tom was not long showing this won
derfully generous friend where the
wealth could be squandered, and when
that important transaction was ended il
was time for the train tn start