The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-03
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Looking for Work, Information. Cigar
cites or Anything of the Kind.
From the New York Tribune.
mo-" he said, only he pronounced it
''naw," and fingered aifectionately over
the word, ~ amt workin'. You're city
people, amt you?"
"Yes,n
~ suppose you got tired of it,"
"Oh, no., only a change"
"Well. i thought you might o. got tired
of it. I'm tired of the country. l was
born in the country. was in the city
once"
didn't you like it,"
"Yes,l liked it,but I couldn't stay. What
l would like would be to get with a ann
lily that would board and clothe me. I
don't suppose you want me
'No, not just at present, ! thank you."
"Sou see. | don't care il | didn't work
steady. All ] care about is To get work
one or two days i'm the summer, / suppose
you haven't got any work."
mot Just now"
"Oh il don't make much difference. |
don't suppose you've got any old pants? ?"
mot now."
These is about the best I've got"
"Very sorry"
"What | wanted TO ask you about is a
story l read about a boy in New York
who's 10 years old and only Is inches high.
I'm eight feet, l guess. Let's see, there's
"A inches i'm a foot, n there?
"Some people don't think so."
ale amt a foot high, then. Do you
know l can hardly believe that. Isuppose
there are lots of things in the city which
we don't have here.'
mo doubt of it,"
"Wetl, | wouldn't o. believed il il !
hadn't read il with my Owl eyes. Less
h a foot-about half n foot" and he
thought over il for awhile.
"Sas :" hc went ON. "do you know those
people down 'here9"
They're from New York. They just
moved In. You don't know 'em
mot yet"
They're neighbors of yours. You New
Workers. amt very sociable, are you?"
perhaps not"
"Those people there will he leavin', |
guess, with a lot OF bills behind EN-"
"That's too bad"
ayes. They owe n lola and a quarter
already in one place that / know. i never
owed but five cents just n nickel fora pipe,
and il worried me a good deal. Do you
owe anything in this placer"
"You shouldn't ask questions like
that"
"Oh, 1 Just wanted to know. Wondered
when I found that out about those people.
/ suppose you work, don't YOU"
"Oh. yes"
''In the city?
"Yes."
~ don't suppose you'd mind tellin' me
your business"
"Well, yes, TO be frank with you"
Nobody around here knows. and we'd
like tn know"
That's too bad"
II don't suppose you want To tell me?'
"Oh. il doesn't make any difference"
"But l guess you amt goin' To tell me "
"You are quite right this time"
al see you've got some berries out there
No: I thought you might. They're worth
Is cents n quart
"Ncver mind"
'Say, that's a cigarette. amt il"
at was one"
at is now. amt it?"
at Is the end of one."
81 don't suppose you'd care IL ! picked
il up, would YOU"
Mot at ALL"
II don't suppose you've got a match,
have your"
"Oh, yes, several of them"
"Iuu wouldnt?-thauk you. Say. is i
true that you buy beer by the case?"
Questions of that Kind are not to he
answered."
That's what they say about you"
avery we'll"
~ suppose IL you got any work you't
give il TO a Teller, wouldn't YOU"
Perhaps"
II don't suppose you've got anothel
match? Thank you. Good-by. I'll com,
in and see you again"
Mrs. Poots Grows Sarcastic.
From the Texas siftings.