The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-04-05
if he knew it was to return a good coat
with money in the pocket.


with money in the pocket.
Still he felt that bis father and mother
would have thought it was dishonest to
keep it, and, with the courage of reso-
lutte boy, he felt sure he could find work
in Dayton. But he did not There
were plenty of boys, and men, too, al
ready asking for work, and nobody
knew him, nor had he any recommen-
dations. For several nights he slept in
an empty freight-car near the railway
station, doing little porter's work to
pay for this shelter; then he did some
things about the tavern stable for his
board, sleeping in the shed, or on the
hay-mow; and once IN a while he caught
himself wishing he mad that forty dol
lars to get back to Connecticut, where
he had distant relatives. But the quick
thought ''What would Mother say?"
| repressed the wish at once.
AT last he found steady work on a
farm out of town, with small wages.
But he had loft and bed to himself,
and his chief work was to drive team
into Dayton and back with produce, or
to fetch lumber, coal, and feed for his
employer and the neighbors.
One day, about month after he went
to this place, as he was driving load of
coal past the express Office, walking his
horses, for the load was heavy and the
mud deep, the clerk saw him, and, run
ming to the door, called out:
s'Say, young fellow! D. you know
| anybody name OF Jack Parry?"
II guess so, said Jack, with smile;
''that's my name. What's to pay?"
''Nothin its prepaid. / had faint
reklektion that a fellow about your size
left package here a while ago directed
to James Agard. | was mt real sure I
was you, for you are MT rugged out so
fancy as you was. What have you done
with that red jacket, sonny? Haw!
haw! hawi
Jack colored; he had on an old over
coat of the farmers, but the red sack
was under it, for he had no other coat
''Well, anyhow, here S bundle for
Jack Parry, and lreckon that S for you,
since nobody else has called for it; and
it's got kind of label on to the tag,
same as letters have; Return to James
Agard & Co., Deerford, Conn, if not
called for in one month And the
months almost up, too,-it's a nigh
thing for you"
Jack did not know what to think or
say He signed receipt for the bundle
put it up on the coal, and hastily went
OF his way.
He did not get home till after dark,
and when supper was over and all his
work done he could only 90 to bed and
wait for morning, as he never was al
lowed light in his loft, and he did not
want to open the package till he was
alone But with the first dawning
light he sprang up eagerly and united
the string There lay the gray coat,
and with it the rest of the suit, set of
warm underclothing, and, on top of all
letter running thus
"DEERFORD, CONN.
JACK PARRY: am glad there is such an
honest boy in Dayton. Iwish there were more
here, but we want you for another. anyway.
If you are out of work. and / think perhaps
you are, for know how it is around the burnt
p6aEf Gs 81 S9 Sau S Coat na % b2y G the 9r
place. James Agard & Co. want boy in their
store, and want an honest one. Come prompt
ly, and bring this letter to identify yourself:
JAMES AGARD, JR.''
'.Oh, if Mother only knew it, was
the quick thought that glistened in
Jacks happy eyes, and choked him for
moment, as he laid down the letter.
Perhaps she did.
He is in Agard & Co. great whole
sale store on the Deerford wharves now,
and does credit to James Agard, Jr. S,
recommendation.
And it all came of sending the wrong
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