Griggs courier., 1892-10-07
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Acoupl0 OF men who looked - though
khey had never been ON the water b
x tore, met for the first time on tho decl
{ OF ono Of the Fall River boats.
s'Whesv are you going TOP" asked ths
arst
..rm going to Newport; where On
you going TOP"
s.pm going to Fall River to look for q
Job, and IL don't find one there I'll
try my luck at New Bedford" " said the
arst man.
81 never knew you cou Id 60 to Boston
BY water BEFORE murmured the second
nan, .sdo you think there . any chance
sfgetting sea siclx?''
81 guess not" rep lied the drst indi-
vidual, 'sbut what are you going to do
n Newport?"
''I'm going to try to get the position
sf bathing master at ono OF the big
hotela Iweigh 800 pounds, and natur-
ely float like cork. You see the
weight that enables me to earn q living
during the winter is just the thing to
pull me through the summer ON the
crest Of the wave Of fortune"
"What do you work at during the
winter that makes your weight tell in
your favor?"
81 drive coal cart and am always
weighed with the coal What are you
yeing to do in Fall River?"
30, I'm just going to look around to
zee what can find in the way of light
employment Do you know anything
about Fall River?''
Nothing at all, but If you want to
know anything about Detroit, can
pour out the information wholesale"
81 suppose If was going to Detroit,
and wanted to know something about
Il, 1t would be just my luck to run up
against ma n who could only tell me
something about the White mountains
suppose you are from Detroit, eh?''
81 used to be when drove Wood
ward avenue car"
''You are pretty stoutfor car driving, /"
broke in the other; 81 should think
when going down hill it would be nec-
sssary to have conductor as heavy as
yourself to stand at the rear end of the
sar to keep it from toppling over the
horses."
sPlease don't talk in that unkind
way, for am very sensitive had to
weep little while ago when heard q
man down stairs ask q friend If he
thought the Fall River line weighed
ne when bought my ticket and
shargcd me so much a pound for my
passage. am very easily mortified
about my weight; at the same time
would not care to be as thin rs you
sre."
"lt 10 q mere ma tier of taste," said
the other. "YQu can stand cold weather
better han I can, and I can beat you
Ill to pieces crawling under bureau
to pick collar button out of q crack.
What are you going to do il you can't
get work in Newport?''
81 dunno. What are you going to do
II you can't find work in Fall River or
New Bedford?"
81 dunno" Il
.The outlook Is dismal Suppose we
step in and listen to the music and
drown our sorrow in it."
s'An right; but I could drown mine
better in couple Of good, hot, greasy
erullerA I wouldn't ask for coffee"
"And If I could get cup of coffee
wouldn't ask for the crullers. But I'd
Gather have plate Of beans than both.
It's awful to be broke in such place as
this, amt it?"
eyes! but it isn't half as bad as being
broke in the far west and having to
walk home through snowdrifts on q
railroad track"
'.Thats 50; there's nothing like being
satisfied, is there?'
Nothing"
seThen let's be satisfied.n
sAll right"
''And we'll go and get drink Of ice
water and try to imagine it champagne,
chr"
'sThat's just what we'll do"
And away they walked, and drank
each others health at the cooler. and,
In imagining the water champagne,
proved that they were possessed Of the
happiest imaginations on all that float
hg palace. Detroit Free Press.