Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-23

then u look 70 for my cpitaph.r
iwo days later h2 gathered his little
household goods together and moved To
cheaper street down town. IIe decided
10 be very economical until he had oh
T. red good situation. DAYS passed.
and weeks, but he heard Of no opening
His funds ran very low. At last theic
came day when Ham resolved that he
would no longer haunt the agencies, but
20 out on his own account and, no mat
ter what II was accept the very fir,
thing that offered Help came that
night from very unlocked for quarter.
ON tle floor below him lived an OH
man and his little boy aud girl. Tho girl
was little mite Of a creature. and the
boy, several Years Older. was a cripple.
Ham and tho children were great
friends He used to spend the greater
part OF his time there. helping the boy.
Leo, TO sort stamps
There was hospital somewhere In the
country which had offered . cot to any
invalid who would collect million post
ago stamps. II was tho ono ambition
Of Leo'a lie now 20 gain that prize.
There were thousands and thousands OF
stamps already done mp In neat little
packages containing a hundred each. but
Leo was learning 10 his sorrow that a
million was a "monltfuus biz" number,
and the end was by no means yet.
But on the evening In question Ham
met Leos father for the frat time. Ow
de do, Mr.. Aml" he exclaimed. coming
forward and shaking hands. II was Just
,ollin Leo as I've just card Of a situation
rs would suit you nicely. It's opon air
work aud very 'calihy. I'm In the same
business myHclf for firm In Broadway.
This situation Is In Grand street. where
the wnlldns particular good, and / can
recommend the boards 90 use as being
very light I'm a sandwich man. YOU
know, and 20 you'll bc before long. I
'opc.H
1t took Ham soma little timo TO grasp
tho situation. and II took him a suil
longer time 10 consent. suppose soma
OF the old iirm-uno Of tho office bow,
oyen-wcrc to Bee him, tho whiloin book.
keeper, trcading the street between two
boards on which the virtues Ut patent
medicine were oxtollel Ia ELUSIVE terms
what would they ayi BUTT was no
time Cor reflection. lie was happy here.
and tho thought Of going out into tbs
world again fairly appalled, him. and -
he accepted the pOaitiOu and b-aau his
duties on the morrow
Really, all things considered. after a
months trial Jared dil not find 1t az
trying position ~ no expected. And
there was ono great thing about II. u On.
ahlod him 10 help Leo lie made friends
with all the shop boys along his ruuts
10y degrees, and got them 20 save all tho
stamped envelopes for him, aud IN tho
evening ho would take them away. Ia
return there were many little favos
he did for them, lilo was by no
means his old sclf nowadays and his
mind was APT 10 stray, but figures had
always been u ruling passion with him
aud he was ~ good q mathematician ~
ever There was one little oiliro boy In
the grocery Mt tho corner 20 whom ho
was boon In this respect II WINS q
part OF his duties toadd tho accounts up,
and this formed tho buuc u his small OK.
istcncc. He used TO III near tho window,
and ~ Jared passed he would stick out
his head and cxclaim,
SAY. Sandwich. suyen times iiycY'
Sometimes even no would be awaiting
him on the doorstep. and ~ Jared passed
n slip Of paper covered with figures aud
pencil would be pressed into his hands,
while the boy remarked, soto yocei
"siy, do II Tor Teller, will yurg TN all
muddlcd mp" Every night Jared car.
hcd home great bundle which filled
Loo's little soul with Joy. Tho evening
was spent Ia sorting the stamps aud
packing them away. At last there came
u day when the cupboard In the back
room could not hold another bundle, aud
yet there wcru by no means a million
there yet Winter passed and tho sum.
iner came, ana still Loo kept on count
ing, counting
Al last one night-a night when Jared
felt NO III that IA ho came In from wurl.
no told himself ho would so and Ito
down for little while before no went
IN 10 zee Leo-as he climbed the stairs
the door OF tho childs room stood op,n.
aud "a Leo caught sight Of him he
waved his crutoh enthusiastically aud
cXclaimedi
"Mr. Jared, it's millioniT
Jared took his hat OH and gave vent 70
feeble cheer.
Its millionl" no repeated. rs no
threw himself exhausted ON the bed. "a
inillionl Hipl hipl hoorayl'
Those wero the last words he ever
spoke,
There's a new sandwich man walking
In Grand street now, though tho legend
upon his back extols the Same patent
medicine ~ u did IN Jarcds time; but
he has failed TO propitiate the shop boys
Of the vicinity, and the boy in the gro.
Gerry shop was but expressing the opin-
ion Of the boys In general when, In
speaking OF old Jared Ham the other
night, he remarked, "All us follers liked
him, we did" Aud then added paren.
thetically on his own account, IAN, by
gosh. he was o dandy adder"-Acton
Davies In New York Evening Sun.
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