The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-08-26

its frosts.
Here little Johnny Jones, who
proudly wore The scarlet-bralced
coat and silver shield of he wing.
ed Mercury of the city messenger
service, eyed it wislfully. When
freckles were dealt out Johnny
must have stood at the head of the
row; when noses were passed he
was forgotten until The last, when,
in The confusion his nasal append.
age was hastily adjusted wrong
side up, up-iilied skywards, like a
flower TO The sun, instead of hav.
ing the downward infection re.
commen led by the best anlhOri-
lies on the architecture Of noses.
Johnny's most striking feature,
however, Was pair Of eyes so odd.
ly focused that il was possible Tor
linn to nonchalantly study the
shop window sweets over the way
and at the same time to see the
exact time when the old woman
was engaged with his confederate,
and he could swipe The sweet. BY
the time she could hobble 10 the
corner, Johnny was far up the
block, and when the policeman
could excuse himself from the
maid in the area way and start in
purtuit, Johnny's legs were dang.
ling from The back OF a swift NOV.
ing wagon, and Johnny's dirty fin
gers waved impalienlly from the
up of his tilted nose.
All day the boy poured over The
book, his heart thrilled with heroic
hope. lie read 1t in the park.
where he waited, where a good old
lady had paid his car fare, because
she wanted him to hurry, sent him
after her minister to bless a dying
man. The man died alone, the
minister was gone, and Johnny
charged extra pay for having to
wait. He read more oil it when Il
young mother called HIM to 60 for
her husband, because the baby
was dying. The husband finished
his conference with his typewriter,
and the baby recovered from his
collie, when again Johnny charged
extra tor waiting. But worst Of
all, he read on the steps at the
dressmakers, where a pretty w0.
man sent him for a gown that was
10 be done at 5 O'clock, for her to
wear to dinner. 1t was finished
al $50. So was The book. And
with the spoils of the day Johnny
bought hat with a prodlgious
bnm, a shirt Of scarlet hue, an old
army revolver, and then stealing
home in the dusk to appropriate
the best butcher knife as sOuven.
ir of home and mother, lie dazzled
the eyes of his chnms and filled
their souls with ambition like hi
own.
In the shadowy freight yards ov
er he Jersey borders, "our young
heroes" as they say IN the Sunda,
school library works, crawled into
an empty cattle car and begar
their journey 10 fame and fortune
1t was moi all auspicious begin
ming, for freight cars are not fitted
up with woven-wire mattresses
and down cOverlets. Still swee
sleep came to the bouyant heart
and bright visions of a fair future
But not TO Johnny Jones, for ht
was doing sentinel duty, and trying
to decide whether, when he lonnt
his gold mine, he would have
candy shop or a cigar factory,whei
suddenly heavy hand clui chez
The extra fullness al The rear o
his trousers, and before he coul'
cry "Halt, vlllianp' or, "Stay
scoundrel y before he could cove
the frightened Toe with The "col
glistening muzzle Of his slx-shoo'
err" he heard something drop oul
side that freight car.
When his nose stopped bleedin
, he discovered that it was Johnn
Jones, and that his two associat
rufians were taking account {
black and blue spots not far off.
5 The three would-be conspiraiol
y held a council of war, and as a rt
$ suit Of ITS deliberations bega
r counting how many railroad ,le
il takes TO make a section alon
0 the line from Newark back 10 Jel
!, sey City. In the cold light
!. early dawn they confiscated som
4 green apples and some raw eg.
? for their breakfast, because eac
/. of The women at whose doors The
J. begged for food had a big dog
e hired man or wet mop wailir
n to welcome them. The eggs an
g apples entered into a little inte
d necine strife OF their own tn
# made the conspirators sad and e
|. en- sadder and put the value
Is mothers and mustard plasters WI
@ above par. Still they were chez
|. ell by thoughts Of a kindly We
o come at home, Of the joy OF The
Is fond parents at their safe retur
n Of the pots Of jam that would
is opened, The extra Jumps Of sug
!. in the steaming coffee, the pos
% billty of cigarettes to be purchas'
n with the pennies The old mi
n. would she'll out in the exuberan
n Of his Joy.
/. Alas! for earthly expectatic
Ia for the futility OF human hop,
Johnny jones' pa received hi