The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-24
a Chicago ArRonaut.

He walked up to man who was looking at
| the brown old fort disclosed by the removal OF
| the shell that made what was called Castle
! Garden, says the New YORK Times, and clearing
| his throat after the manner of all men who live
on the shores of the great lakes, said:
| Say, can you tell me where | can find a con
! tractor"
What kind of a contractor do you WANT"
"Oh, any Kind will do. You see, out In Chic
| ago when we've got anything TO do we always
get contractor the first thing, and then every
| thing is just plain sailing
We'll. what have you got for a contractor to
| doIheres'
u haven t anything just now, but expect to
have. and Id feel good deal easier if Just had
| one around with me "
What have you on foot?'
Great things, sir; biggest kind Of things. I'm
| an Argonaut.'
Nobody would suspect il"
That's probably so, but I'll look more like
one when I've been at it logger. 1t takes time,
| you know"
That's so. I never tried to be an Argonaut.
| Is it hard work."
Dreadful hard on shoe leather. haven't been
at 1t week, and have gone right through
pair of shoes. THESE stone sidewalks of yours
are awful bad on shoe leather"
What are you an Argonaut for? Isn't your
health good enough to lei you engage in some
other business?"
''Taint a question of business, it's pride. You
see we're going to have a fair out there, and
we've got to make good showing so folks from
out of town won't poke fun at us.
Il don't see what that has to do with your be-
ing an Argonaut and wearing out your shoes at
it. D."
"Of course you don't You probably didn't
hear of that meeting down in Audubon Park
the other night. did your"
Not word"
II thought so. That's Just the way the
eastern papers treat us-never say a word about
our meetings except when we have a political
convention. and then they make fun OF us. 1t
was very important gathering "
VIZ
THE Haggard Society. We are reading some
books-stories, you know-that somebody
named Haggard wrote, and trying TO make out
whether they're true, and we held a meeting
the other night. 1t was the last one this season
You can't wrestle with things like that in hot
weather"
That's fact"
We'll, we were reading one about an old
woman called She, and the thing drifUed along
till Gene Fields fell to talking and he told us
about a fellow named Jason who got a crew
together and went off looking for something
called the Golden Fleece. 1t must have been a
great curiosity Field said and just as soon as
heard that said to myself, Why shouldn't |
put in the summer looking for curiosties for
the fair talked to some of my neighbors,
and two OF them Joined me and we divided up
the country and ] got New York and here
am. We call ourselves Argonauts because that's
what Mr.. Jason and his friends called themselves
What do you think of it?''
Never heard of anything like it."
Except Jason. But may be you never
heArd Oh mini never did till Gene told US
about him -
How are you getting along?"
well, you see you can I do very much in a
week, particularly when you never had any ex-
perlence as an Argonaut l haven t found any
curiosties yet, but bought piece Of poetry
the other day that the man said he wrote him
self. He said he didn't want to brag but that
he knew that couldn't get another such piece
IN this country. OF course | can't let you see it
or tell all of it to you. for that would make it
worth less at the fair, but know the first verse;
This is the way it goes:
" Little by little said Mary Mcguire,
AS she poured kerosene on the kitchen fire;
But much by muchly was her SURPRISE
As she found herself going up to the SKIES
Did you ever hear anything like that?H
Never. The man told you the truth. How
much did you pay for it,"
sixty i've cents. He wanted 70 at first, but
when told him it was for the fair he said he'd
knock OFF 10 cents. I'm trying to fit it to the
music of a new song we've got out there-a
song called Annie Roouey-and then I'm
going to suggest that they sing it the opening
day But | don't get along very well with it,
think I'll turn the job over to Reginald De
koven He lives in our town and makes
music"
us hea carpenter?"
mo, guess not
You'll want a carpenter for job like
that"
us that SO? Well, must be going. l want
10 get some new shoes. If you run across any
body who's ever been an Argonaut wish you'd
let me know. May be could get some points
from him. l wish Jason was alive