The morning call., 1893-01-15
He Wanted to Reduce.
NUMBER TEN,

Gosh. but it's cold, amt it?"
The big gripman looked round with good
humored contempt upon his questioner.
The latter had boarded the Unions street
car at Montgomery avenue, and was evil
IDENTIFY inclined to be sociable as be sat
sucking at cOrncob pipe in one corner of
the dummy.
Gold? You don't call this cold, do you?"
growled the gripman. why this is sultry
compared to what il is nights. Where do
you come from. mister?"
"Well, just got in by the morning train
and Pm taking in the sights. Fact is. he
con tinued. confidentially, 'prunes turned
out pretty we'll this year, and tue old
woman thought ought to reduce"
ITO what ?" asked the gripman.
"Reduce-reduce my weight. you know"
explained the orchaTdist. "Two-forty is
trife too much in the old woman's eyes and
il comes awkward in pruning the trees.
Thought I'd try hot sea-bath and brisk
walk around your military reservation"
Don't do it." grunted the gripman
"Saye your money and keep riding with me
-lhat'll bring you down in hurryP'
"What do you mean?" queried the prune-
man sharply. hugging the back OF the seat
as the car rounded curve.
Just what say, Telolnsd the gTipman,
with modified gruffness, as he saw how his
surprise was working. Look at me-" he
added.
The ruddy-cheeked fruit-grower looked
up keenly at the burly form Of the knight
of the grip and laughed.
"Car-rldng don't seem TO have much Of
reducing effect with you" said he. You
can give me ten pounds and then knock the
spots outer me.
perhaps | could when | started in grip
ping, but standing here five years facing
10 acf md oil nil IVA
ever hear OF sand blastY he suddenly in
Quired.
mot that know Of"
'Well, they cuts them pretty, ornamental
figures on glass by blowing sand against il.
That's just what this west wind does. IL
cuts into our figures, see?"
You don't say" commented the rancher,
his eyes bullying.
Fact" continued his informant "When
l came on here l tipped the scales at 2I7.
and now | go under 200"
This was q little too much even for the
ready creduiity Of the fat pruneman.
lie sat chewing his pipestem all the way
through Cow Hollow without a word, but
as the car rolled safely off the trestlework
to the solid roadbed lie relieved his mind
'I'll ride with you twent: Gvo tines -
you Amt heavier than me, he said slowly.
''What?" said the gripman, whose turn it
was to be surprised, kind OF bet, eh ?"
kind of. ! guess" replied the other
quietly. Il was never f00led on hog yet,
and bet you don't go much under two
fifty"
You say that I'll go two-ffty when strip
Fed for the scales ?"
''No. / didn't | said you'd go over two
forty, and if you don't III try your sand
blast receipt for twenty-five trips"
''Pll 90 ye." said the gripman, who, by a
lucky chance, was enabled to arrange for a
substitute 10 take his Car the next trip,
while he and his companion posted off to the
nearest scales, owned by butcher friend of
the grpman.
Say, Jake" he said. accosting the
butcher, ''me and this gentleman has bet
about our weight Can we 60 into your
room TO strip"
Consent was readily given. out the trial
never came off, after all.
You better let me strip first" said the
gripman, and this is what he took off:
z One heavy blanket ulster, one pilots pea
jacket, two pairs of gloves, one sack coat
with heavy lining, two double-breasted
vests, one Shetland wool scarf two pairs
cheviOt trousers, one pair No. Il brogans,
two complete suits OF underciothes and one
chest protector.
When he was stripped he could not have
been recognized, but the prunemau mad
given uD the fight long before the chest
protector came in view
I'll ride with you," he said, land try
the sandbast. Get into your duds and come
guess hog again-its one of your city skin
games, after all ="
That was Yesterday, and to-day no doubt
will witness the commencement Of the
famous sandbaSt reduction panacea.
l., DOTTGJASS