Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-13

NOW come, MI. hoDlnson, said q Ger
tain stranger who had called up the coll
May. To-day is Saturday. I'll give yo,
till Monday A man with your studiou
and refined tastes ought not to hes
itate, it seems to ME. You will b.
in the best. and, to you, the mos
congenial of society-that Of the great mind
of the illustrious dead, you know; and fo
my part, 1 needn't look at you twice t,
prognosticate that, with such literary facili
ties as the situation would give you, yol
could make name for yourself as an au
thor"
"O-h," gasped Mr.. Robinson; "do 70,
really think so? It is one of the fondes
"And yet what?"
'HI am not sure that it would be
right thing to do"
Think it over; that is all ask
Here's my address. Send me line, Yes
or No, and the matter may be considered
finished. Goodby, must be off -
Mr.. Robinson grasped the stranger,
hand, and was about to let it drop and re-
turn to his studies, when something i'm.
PEELED him to give it another little squeeze
and whisper with sigh: ''Well, sir, so be
it. win do what you desire"
That settled 156 more votes.
The next day was Sunday, which brought
Mr.. Banks, the ironworkers' representa-
tive, divers duties of extreme Importance.
Mr.. Banks was leading deacon of the Mount
Carmel Chapel of the New Primitive Meth
odist Connexion. The ironworkers did not
think much of John Hammer, especially as
their works were the property of relation
of the Conservative candidate who might
be tempted to propose something disagreea-
| 10 in IL, of r.
Banks was a potent force in the district,
and he was to have his own way.
At the morning service the deacon's sharp
| eyes discerned a pleasant-taced stranger,
and after service the stranger aceosted Mr..
Banks.
''Come into the pastors room," said the
deacon-''he'll have changed his clothes and
gone by now''
'Thank you, Mr.. Banks" said the
stranger, "but think our conversation will
be better in the open air, and as the day is
mild for the time of year, if you have no
OBJECTION"
frNot mite" said Mr. Banks.
When they had walked up and down the
pavement in front of the ugly little chapel
for about half an hour the angry looks and
gesticulations with which the deacon had at
first seemed to receive the strangers COM
munication wholly disappeared. 1t was
dinner time ere they parted, and at parting
Mr.. Banks smiled a beaming smile upon the
stranger.
'Tt'n be an acceptable wurruk, sir, and
do power of good. One can't hev fold
too large for the stray lambs that hev to be
gathered into it.
'Goodby," said the stranger. "You shall
hear from me-"
81 wish you good day, sit," said Mr..
Banks; and as he walked to his home he
shifted the smell of roast meat which per-
vaded the thoroughfare, and held his head
high, and looked everyone and everything
full in the face, with an expression in which
conscious uprightness and contentment were
agreeably mingled.
4
The committee meeting of the labor can
choly farce. Only Mr.. Perkins and Mr..
Abbott attended it. Mr.. Perkins repre-
sented the locksmiths and Mr.. Abbott the
tin-plate workers.
"What wornt to know is this" said Mr..
Perkins to Mr.. Abbott: "Who's to pay for |
the vehicles to bring the men to the pole?"
81 hev heered that they're all took by |
Fitzroy," remarked Mr.. Abbott, with a |
mournful shake of the head.
"And why ar'n't the others here, eh? |
Robinson, 1 know, has bin called to his |
SICK m0tner; Dut ne ain Z ALL
'Banks, 1 heered, have had kick-up at |
his chapel-something smart's on, I've
heered"
'Well, Mr.. Abbott, I don't know as |
we've newt to stay for, and I'll be glad of |
my bellyful at supper. And so wish you |
good night"
''Good night, Mr.. Perkins, sir, said Mr.
Abbott, who was common mechanic, |
whereas Mr.. Perkins employed 15 hands in |
a factory of his own.
r
The next morning, which was Tuesday,
the 26th of May, Mr. Perkins met Mr.. Jug
gins in the street, and promptly stopped |
him.
care we all of the same mind that we was
a while ago?" he asked; and then he tight
ened his mouth, and tried to look intelli- |
gent
"Hush" said Mr.. Juggins, with finger
set vertically across his lips for one moment.
have cup of coffee.
"What's the meaning of it all?'' con-
tinued Mr.. Perkins, much excited.
'Things be changed, Perkins," said Mr..
Juggins, when they were seated in the far
corner of the big room, and concealed from
the outer world by the vapor that eddied
from two elephantine mugs. "What do you
,hink of Hammer taking to drink in this
Tay?"
''Drinkp' exclaimed Mr.. Perkins, and his
niger involuntarily grasped the bit of blue
.ibbon that patched his coat where he had
rayed it against the desk.
''It was only the other night saw him in
he Jolly Bacchus' in state-well, I won't
We all know what that
means. The man amt strong enough in the |
lead. If he sees fit to elevate himself
N account Of two birds in the
,ush which he thinks are both his,
What II it be when he becomes our master, ,
% to speak, and free to play the gentleman
It our expense?"
'T'm main sorry" said Mr.. Perkins, med
but, Of course, there's nowt more i
O be done. What shall you do?"
'It doesn't matter to anybody what
ritzroy must come in, whether we back /
i'm or don't. Better an aristocrat than a t
runkard." |
"Much BETTER sighed Mr.. Perkins. f
'Then we needn't trouble about hiring cars f
nd all that?' t
"Of course not Don'tyou see, we ought to
ave done it weeks ago, really It's provi-
ential, and nothing else, that we held our
ands.'
"Wellp' said Mr.. Perkins. 4
"Well!' said Mr.. Juggins; and thus they
arted.
s. n
To his extreme irritation, Mr.. Abbott, the +
in-plate representative, found himself all I
lone in the committee room of the labor l
andidate on the Tuesday evening. Having a
Jumped up and down the chamber for half i
n hour, with his hands in his pockets, he n
eparted, and called upon Mr.. Juggins.