The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-25
orson than Jack the Giant Killer

"rm not taking off my invisible coat
NJ Rlunderbore, when the weather Is
threatening as II now Is" resumed the
nIn,ng voice. "And ] give you fair warn
,ng that I'm very much Of the opinion
that you've outiived your usefulness. and
~ 7 catch you saying another word to my
friend Jimmieboy here. I'll put you in
the way Of losing your head
Al This the owner Of the gruff voice be-
Gan 10 tremble, and he trenibled so hard
that the whole building In which they
we're standing,-and when Jimmieboy
looked about him he was surprised 10
see that he had in some way entered a
huge railway station-shook like q leaf
"Stop that shaking cried a policeman
at tho entrance of the depot. DO you
want TO pull the whole station down on
your head?"
what the reply to this was Jimmieboy
never knew, for as the policeman spoke
somebody grabbed the vallse, which in
some fashion had managed to get into
Jimmieboy's hand. and pushed him and
(, head first into n huge omnibus, on the
side of which was painted In great red
letters:
HOBBS HOUSE.
Terns-Nothing a Days
"Dear me-" said Jimieboy with laugh.
IL could afford to stay there a week at
that rate"
ooh. no. you couldn't" returned the
Porter at the omnibus door. tremendous
black man with the whitest OF teeth.
Because why? We charges nothing
day but a million a week"
That's a fearful lot said Jimmiepoy'
"Mr. Hobbs must be very rich.
mo. he isn't" said the porter. but
am. Mr.. Hobbs pays me all he gets, and
gives me a check for the rest on the first
OF every month"
"The rest?" asked Jlmmieboy. THE
rest of what?"
"The rest OF the earth" returned the
porter. "He couldn't have me to port
for him II he didn't pay that. My wages
are everything n week, but l give long
credits TO Hobbs. he is such GOOD EEL
low"
'Who are you then that you are so
yaiuabie?" asked Jimmieboy.
II am the captain of the Genii." re-
turned the porter; and Mr.. Hobbs does
we'll TO have me in his employ for with
me he gets enough Aladdin's lamps for
every room in the house; and his guests
when they want anything just rub tho
lamps and the Genii appear and anything
they wish for, from shoe button to q
ten acre lot, well bring. AS a poem /
am 10 have In the Arabian Evening Ga
zette month after next will say:
IF there's anything you wish
From a ducat 10 a dish
From steeple to a coat
or a yellow gravy boat,
From a ruby to a clam.
From a river to ram.
From a donkey to a ham,
or a pot of apple jam,
Rub the lamp,
Rub the lamp
With a chamois slightly damp,
And wait for the Genii-
Eni-
When the Genli appear
Swallow bravely all you fear,
Tell EN- what it is you'd like.
Be 1t pen and ink or bike
Be 1t mucilage or string,
or a solid golden ring,
Doesn't matter anything,
These dear Gent will bring
When the lamp
You revamp
With chamois slightly damp,
And wait for the Genii-
Eni-
l."
beautiful Say It again." cried Jim
mieboy, clapping his hands with de-
light.
Not now" said the porter "for here
we are at the Hobbs house, and its
against the rules for the employees 10
recite their own poems 10 guests in the
presence OF the proprietor"
Then Jimmieboy, looking out of the
window. saw standing in the doorway
his face rcathed with smiles. no less a
person than Little Lord Fauntleroy's
dear old friend. Hobbs. extending to him
q hand of welcome.