New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-28
HUNTING A BOX.
,,r.unrprrcs ON WEST STREET.

on IL like n turtle was drawing freight cars ana
asked a man. who looking out Of porthole' ABOUT
my box
This man was very gentlcmanly and told me to
stand right up and look in the portfolio and make
myself at home. He read the paper was arne"
with through couple Of times and gazcd out OF the
window IN hazy sort OF way while he committed ].
10 memory / then identified myself by means vi
some letters happened to have In my POCKET. linen
he gave back my paper and told me ths' vac
not in his department, and that wanted 10 soc '
white / went around through couple OF doors
and found White He was glad to soc me- and said
II looked some like rain. told my story ana 10
seemed TO be interested right away After question
ing me while and fixing the reading matter IN INC
paper carried firmly in his memory, he sac 'na' no
had nothing TO do with ittha should see Mr. o. r.
Robinson. I approached J. p Robinson WIN ny
tale OF woe He dropped all other business anu rs
tened kindly, remarkng cheerfuy as hnished mat
IL looked as II going TO have scueo "ca'h0r
M last Though already committed to heavy rains
| assented Mr. Robinson carefully took down my
name and address slip OF paper, looRed III
largo book with canvas counterpane on IL, anu
directed me to Mr.. Johnson. Johnson shooA
| hands, read my freight receipt carefully, SAID nc
thought the prospect for Harrisons election exccnen
| and advised ME to sec Mr. Collins Collins greeted
me cheerily and sent me to Mr.. 7. II. Robinson.
T. H. Robinson smiled a non-committal smile and
set me on the road to Mr.. Brown. From brown
journeyed to Humphrey From Humphrey 10
Thomas was not far Mr.. Thomas thought a long
time and came to the conclusion that MI j. +.
Robinson was the man wanted TO see. / explained
that had seen him. and then he admitted that per-
hans IL was T. H. Robnson-he was OF the opinion
that Il Law I'm the Robinson family somewhere AS
started for the Robinson nelghborhood, he remarked
that It looked to him as II Cleveland was the man
again. T. H. Robinson thought ought to see M ~:
T SSsi that y Mr. MaSy Would H be- apt tie @
person. saw them both and Mr. Lucas pr1 scss ~
paper .se and told me that my box wasn't there He
advised to Pier a. North River od num1eg
OF my property. As passed out man who nan Ia
desk near the door remarked that SO far as ne COMO
sec the prospects for Belva Lockwoods eecuon wore
never brighter.
went over in west-st and walked along down
town. I passed large number Of men in the pocket
comb kitchen tinware or Concord grape business.
There a large sign on one building whch reah
Men wanted to 90 whaling voyages. T. S--Meh
preferred that amt afraid of whales tan man
with very sloping shoulders reading 1t, ana
asked him II he thought Of going on whaling trip
He took a piece Of dark-colored tobacco out OF his
rocket and after cutting Il in two and putting the
larger piece in his mouth, he said he guessed not. lie
believed on the whole, that he was afraid OF whales
He had DESIRE he continued to 60 to foolng around
whale trying 10 snare ID he o g9s d IL TsS some
men might like TO fool around wild whale III inc,
got
T. JOB had moro respect for whales after he got
through with 'em than when he begun On the
whole H tall man ss be wan,es o. sen1n g 10
limited states Army recruiting Office few doors
below, and he said he would look into It,
| finally arrived at the right pier and the clerk
seemed 10 be glad had called. told my story In
few carefully selected words and he read my paper
and looked a pile Of bis own Then ne saiu
that ne was sorry but that they didn't have my box
Ira boxe a
coming for a long time. but he noticed that the
freight wasn't paid on mine he thought It would turn
ND all right A well-mansged company never lost
any unpaid freight He said that the great secret OF run
ming railroad and paying a good dividend was IN
losing all the prepaid freight early in the trip and
then filing M the train with unpaid shipments.
He said better 90 up to Pier AZ, old number 30,
and SEQ what could find. He accompanied mo 10
| the door and said he hoped would come around
| next week when they were going TO rnumDer all
the piers again and have little celebration IN honor
| Of the event.
uouId not be a bad idea 10 refresh myself with an
oyster on the half she'll at Of the stands along
the sidewalk where they are placed within the reach
of all at one cent apiece. approached man wear
ing one boot and shoe and gave my ouer' nc
reached under his counter and brought up an oyster
in a half she'll and pushed forward round bottles
with long metallic nozzle on II and green label
reading Pure Bay Rum l asked him II 1t was
customary to give the oyster shampoo and stylish
hair cut well as bay rum, when he expansd INA. INA,
bottle contained neg 9ugn ma 70 remoys the
label After making the oysters toilet with me aa
% Nell and adjusted another oyster in it and began
looking for the next customer. lie said IL was inc
business was pretty good lie had thought ut first
of getting in two Shells but II didnt seem 10 DC
dealers Who didn't have any she'll at ALL but served
their oysters out of an iron spoon ana made way
for a man with panorama Of the battle OF trafalgar
| on his arms
The clerk at Pier AZ said my box had not arrived
there He asked me II sure had box coming
anyhow, and wanted to know If had tried at Pier
| 90 old number 10, or Pier 6, new number 10. Hc
also thought 1 was making mistake If neglected
to cultivate the foot of Desbrossesst, and the river
front between Duane-st and Park place lie thought,
too that might be able TO do something at the foot
OF Barclayst II struck the region or good day ior
| boxes In fact he said, there good hunting all
the way from the Battery to Yonkcrs, and he wished
me all the success In the world / went OUT anu
boarded a Belt Line car, and found that had Tor
gotten all he had told me- except that was to go to
pier g. but whether 1t the old or new number or
the ono II was going to have, could not remember
decided to 90 to all tho number IS there were The
| trip on the was quite nneventful, though We
ystopped and o,ir driver had fight with the driver
| OF an ash-cart who insisted on having the lefthand
the forward platform of our car, We, and ny we
mean driver, had to pound the asn-ca1 , man
around I'm the mud long time before we could teach
| him hts place. lie one Of the most unressonaDie
| ashcart men that ever met he didn't seem 70
know when he had got enough but kept fighting long
| aftsr he was besien Our driver had bin down lair
and square and holding him there out SIN ms
absurd ash man hung TO our drivers ear with MS
teeth and refused recognize tbs fact, obvious to
| every one I'm the car that he was defeated Even
when orr driver for the sake of the argument, ad-
miiied that he himself was whipped; this, ridiculous
| csr ON tho run Somebody in tho was 50 IN.
udlcous as laugh at the ash-man bee ause he had
mud ON his face, and he started for the rear door
| and was going 10 come in and do up the whole crowd
We all looked hard and Indignantly at rat man wh9
HADN'T thought Of laughing, and the ash man would
! have pulled him through the window Il our diNer
hadn't started up and nearly run over two ladies' IN
,,Ir, ont ~ ne way Our driver looked back IN
| and aid that the next time he took a halfhour oi
| his time TO pound q man he would select one VINO
| was open TO conviction.
AT Pier the man extremely pleasant, but