The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
SLUG NUMBER ELEVEN.

peiotos suppose; Wnat Womans q PFC
turs over that case, you ask Why,
that's Nan. She was slug II. Oh,
no. Slug IL wasn't her nickr ame.
Twas her number, See here is o
.'slug eleven
Printers use their slug numbers
10 mark their matter else how could
they make up their strings ? a
stringi oh, We paste all our dupes
together, and that makes q string
that shows what we have done.
Here's my string for today-a regu-
lar rope, amt iti
Want to know about Nan, ehi
Well she WAS the only female type
Better We had, and che was o huns
msr. She could talk longer and on
occasions louder, and truth compells
me to say broader tban-well than
some girls. Pretty2 Not exactly,
just so-so. Slender, lively, hair the
color OF canned salmon, teeth pretty
we'll justified aud eyes that were us
ually blue, but liable to turn green
Il she got mad. Boys used to say
that il Nan was going to Paradise
shed be late getting there; but ]
never saw anything bad about her
except, once in q while, her tongue.
Mister, don't you get it into your
head that because Q girl sets type or
works in factory among lot Of
men she can't be good
ITO resume my yarn. Once there
came along q hap dsome young fellow
chat We dubbed Mr.. Kokuk, because
be came from the town OF Kokuk.
Nan took quite fancy o him. lie
and the Rat were t the only
persons in the off nat Nan did
notice. we calloa him the Rat boz
cause he ID IT bacI o US whsn We
struck. We took nIm back out OF
pity but no one loved him. Lank,
,cadaverous, pook-mRrGed, thin-lipN
ped fellow, with eyes like tHo holes
burnt in o blanket.
- "Well, Nan aud Mr.. kokuk went
to two cv tbres dances and circus
or two-we used to get plenty of
comps to such things then-and first
We knew they were engaged. The
very next thing We went on o strike
again, all except Nan and the Rat.
He said his wife was dying, and be
had to earn what he could. 1t wasn't
much because he was regular black
smith. We call poor printer a
blacksmith. Mans eyes turned
green as she said she wouldn't GO
because she didn't want, 80 there'
About o week after the strike began
Mr.. Kokuk and | were 10 q saloon
opposite where the Rats roomed,
and we saw Nan come in at the FAM
lily entrance and buy flask OF whis-
key. We we're in there celebrating
the end Of the strike. All went back
next day and late in the evening,
when only Mr.. Kokuk, Nan and l
were left in the Office I heard him so
over and tell Nan he must break off
the engagement because she had
gone back on the strikers, and mole
particularly for the reason that he
would never marry a woman that
bought whisky by the flask in sa-
loon. Mr.. Kokuk was q kind OF a
goody-goody fellow, you see. Nan
wheeled about on her stool, her
Dyes snapped till the lashes fairly
cracked, aud she said: you are a
little plaster Of paris god, Amt you 7
Be careful you don't tip over or you'll
break in two. You ought to 60 as a
missionary to the cannibals. You
wouldn't be good eating, but they
sin't very particular
"Mr. Kokuk put on bis coat and
went away. but after be had gone /
went to lift handful Of type out OF
Q form that stood near Mans case
and saw that her eyes were sweat
ing. Tears as big as rain drops fell
down over her case. She kept on
throwing in type. She tossed the
'a's into the % box, and comas over
among the periods, and caps down
among the lower case letters in a
reckless manner. The matter che set
Che next day was 30 lotsy that
the foreman threatened to discharge
her. What do mean by lousyi
Why, foil Of mistakes to be sure
I knew the reasNp and corrected
sons Of her gai,;sJ.s 70 help her out
Al the next md OF our union
soms enc said thsE 'nhad been pro-