The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-22

the attention Of every one and caused sun
dry significant uudps and winks Co pass
around the circle.
"spgakin abaout liftin, !" began the old
timer, in half sneeriug way "boys naow
hlin't whut they ulster be, not by a long
shot
jed Smith resented this, but the old
man cut him off sharply, continuing.
",Test you shet up awhile an let some
body else have a chaince Naow, | say we
old fcllcrs. any of us. could "a lifted any
Of these young sprouts who think they're
go dad fired smart an their hull diddly
darn load. ! ulster be quite II lad, though
some of We mightn't think it now the
roomyti1 an newral'gy have taken the
snap an vinegar aout OF me. But | did
got n record liitin back heels, an there
wurn't no body in aour taown could hold
II candle to me, by gulding
But the biggest thing | ever did done
the first time | was In Boston. ] was
walkin along the road past one of them
mir rippin tall buildin's what was jest
bein put up, an | stopped to see the men
/ kerry up brick an mortar Some of them
/ tellers didn't kerry up no moreu IL brick,
an the most that any kerried was 2I. II
! Jest made me sick to see 'em climbin up an
daown them long ladders sackin sech
/ little loads, so up an says, says |; why
don't you fellcrs kerry up more brick
while ye're abaout it, an then ye won't
hev to 20 so ofting'
"Woll, you'd oughter seen them critters
look at mel One az seemed to be the
boss, lac KEN raound an Hxed haow men
ny brick | cal lated could kerry up to the
top stagin. ooh, abaout 80 ur 90, says
|, offhand. Il mean 60 once, says he.
An | mean to once, says l. Well, ser,
he up an offered to bate 800 10 So |
couldn't kerry up co brick to ono load. l
took the bate on the spot, an ] beat him
fair an square. -
"How'd We do it, Uncle Joe?" one of
the listeners ventured to inquire rs the
old man paused and seemed to consider
his story finished.
"Do - snorted the old man disgust
eddy. "Why | kerried 'em upl How'd ye
think | done it, | jest climbed right up
with the brick"
"But u reg Ter hod won I hold 60 brick. Z"
"'Course it won't Think don't know
that Think I'm Oddly blinked fool l
he'd one built 'speshually for the job. But
KEN mighty nigh losin, arter all, " he
added retlectively. "Ye see, it wur like
this; Them air ladders was hitched one
top the other right up fer eight stories
! Jest rs straight as Iney COulu 20, an JneN
was nigh plumb pupendic'ler. will say
it was powerful hard pull, an | wur
BLOWN like boss with the heaVes by the
time / reached the top. An then, jest
when l was goin TO step off the ladder, Il
raound broke. Well, you'd oughter seen
me come daown that ladder with thar
tarnal big hod of brick on my shoulder
My feet went tipperty tap, tpperty tap, an
they broke out every raound of the ladder
fast as they struck 'em. Clean daown
to the graound | went, an by thutterl ]
druv my feet right daown inter the hard
earth purity nigh 10 inches 1t liketer
bruck my back, but remembered the bate,
an so pulls out my feet an right up that
air ladder / went at a run, an never
stopped till dumped the hull 60 brick Mt
the top, by guml"
Having concluded, Uncle Joe began &c
gnaw away at plug of black tobacco
apparently quite unconscious that the lis
teners were looking from one to another
and holding back roar of laughter will
the greatest difficulty. After n moment
Jed Smith ventured to say:
"Why, uncle, thought you bruck aou
ev'ry raound of the ladder when you ken
daownY Haow'd you ever git up that lad
der az lin with that load of brickf"
"Shinned up the side pieces, you diddl
hanged idjitr' squealed the old man
And everybody howled.