Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
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Boy with . Pipe and Men with e Pare
Glass and a Bundle Of Brass ~ir-
This procession of destruction v.
led by "a hoy He bore ON his o..
shoulder a slender brass pipe about or
teen feet IN length II was polished iu
places. and reflected the sunlight with
a vicious glitter. Fifty feet behind
him came a man, trudsing along with
the stumping gait Of a laborer. This
man carried a large pane Of glass One
corner of it rested in the bend Of his
left arm. one corner pointed upward
two feet above his head. The two
other corners projected two feet before
and behind him This glass also re-
1ected the sunlight with a binding
fash when it happened to turn 70 the
proper angle. Fifty feet behind him
came a man carrying in his left hand
four flexible and ut times unmanage-
able brass strips, which tapped up and
down and sideways, and at times
raped on the sidewalk, now before,
now behind the carrier.
A deadlier combination could not be
imagined, and the crowds Of people on
the east side of the BOvey noted the
progress Of this parade with terror and
rage.
The boy with the pipe had two bad
tricks He did not follow the rule of
keeping 20 the right, but after lodging
that way. would suddenly change his
mind and turn TO the left Also, he
would stop suddenly, then turn abrupt
" and look in az a window. His first
bad habit made several people catch
the end II the pipe full in the breast as
they tried to dodge. When he came
suddenly TO a full stop the man who
was hurrying on behind him would
find himself staring down the end Of
the pipe, and in imminent danger Of
losing an eye. When be swung quickly
to look in a show window, these com
ing on in front would have 10 leap
back TO avoid a slap on the chest
No sooner were people coming down
clear Of the pipe than they were faced
with the deadly corners Of the pane Of
glass An old man in a beaver hat had
] lIHA hbAAEtA a EAAE sap AAAAA ANt BANB
and had readjusted his hat when the
pane of glass, creeping up on his con
fusion, caught the hat and knocked it
To the sidewalk. The laborer stopped
and watched the old a pick il up.
Tine old man, rising suddenly from his
stoUping position. got such a jab On the
top Of the head that the tears came
into his yes
The glass next eBsuuntered an old
vUman who had cnme ont from Hester
Etrs1 just after the pipe had PASSED
She had a huge bundle u 7E and
paper ON hey bod The covering d
the bundle was a piere N sacknc,
fiury and insz7Irely tied Tire bundle
sank over her forehead - that she
cUuld hardly zee.
The psure 81 glass, stIl worrying over
rs m~Hadveuture with the old man.
came on blindly, and, catching its for
ward corner in the himsy sarkiug. tore
open the bundle. The rsgs began 70
drop TO the sidewalk. The old woman
stopped and was just STOPPING owe 70
lay the bundle down, when the bras
rods came up and raped her on her
thick ankles. She gave a terrible yell
Of pain and fright and fell hat on the
sidewalk. Then &e wept loudly. The
pane Of glass and the bras rods were
already there. The pipe, hearing the
noise and seeing people coming, came
back and pushed through the crowd as
@rafu11y oa IL pguld
When the excitement subsided and
the old woman was stuffiug hack .ht
RAGS the crowd began q depart, and
the Instruments Of misfortune also.
But several hats were knocked of. a
coat was cut, and four people wert
slapped about the shins. The process
sion resumed its way, but each Of it,
three divisions kept at a respectful dis
lance from the other, as powerful foes
approaching the others proves, should
always do.-New York Sun