The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14
p1Lnr JrMIsoN on 4 rARM.
A Now Fork East Side Boys Two weeks n
tho Country.

tho Country.
READING. Pa, Aug. 13.-Billy Unison Ia one
OF a two carload lot OF young Americans from
the Bowery and adjacent streets OF New York
that have been soiourning on east Pennsyl-
vania firms tho past two weeks. Billy took
his first trip on n Reading Railroad coal train
down the Schuylkill Valley this week. Tho
brakeman found him. black and grlmy. on a
gondola Of pea coal. lying on the broad Of his
back, knees elevated and crossed. smoking a
cigarette and looking up into the sky.
what you doing here 2" asked the rail-
roader.
Just seeing how millionaires sleeps and
smokes on palace cars" said the y%oungstSr.
sitting UT.
You're a runaway from home" said tho
brakeman.
mo, boss. I amt. I stop up at Eli Gruber's.
near the Leesport crossing. Been there nearly
two weeks. 1 jumped your train for q ride
Town the valley. and I'm going back again this
afternoon"
Where do you live when you're home
New York. They brought us in the country
for an airing"
so you want to get back ~
"Oh, can a duck swim"
Better stay out in the country and grow up
a farmer"
Amt got no farm, so what's the use OF being
q farmer"
You might own one come day." said the
brakeman.
Come off, boss. I'd have to save fifty years
for a farm, and then I'd be ready to cash In"
But you like the country"
Beautiful. " said the lad with sarcasm. II
like to hear the Kitty Catharines [katydidsl at
night and then the dogs bark until morning.
Oh. yes. l like it. with q string to it."
How early do you get up?"
up at 5. and help to milk. Drive to the
creamery two miles. Hold the horse until the
old man gets back. Stop at the tavern. 1
water. SO does the boss. 1 give the horse
pump stuff and he takes his straight. They
have fve;cent bitters in this valley. Get home
fer BTo1 Sre1 1nS c az sOG oua : fr H'Slo Ssi,t6 Tah Itch
onions or bacon. Wash out milk cans: Set'em
in the sun. Clean out stables; pitch down hay,
eggs. OH 1 can't tell you all the bill OF fare
ner comes esq Grub is SoSSdd.., I help to MAX make I tre
In the KITCHEN every meal. lcarrythe wood and
t help to Al i, The he two ytOn big lFRRn al RStS for 70 t hot W water !. { ron on
on the stacks when they took In the grain.
Some other fellows can come out and take a
the best thing about corn is the eating Of
the young ears. They're good people I'm with.
RRey,d n give me me- & a doll arro or t SSS' a en month nnd
board and clothes II "a stay but it's too lone
some. You don near anything. All the boys
only set SSsS The once in a While fiiS Two Two boys lsf i
a big crowd in the country; Then they sit
ing that I know. and 1 don't know moth
inE matt ' a1S pa sso away sG the time In We But sTT'a I'VE
got %stouter and redder and l feel bully. I've
been Watching your trains ms ! run u d9En through
abouts and / put Of this trip until the last thing.
the brakeman; It's out Of the sun there"
viii Ii,iNt96; t I'd T5 rather efr Be 3s up here and get the breeze
Soap and water will take off the coal dirt. J."
said the brakeman. What do you do at
Sci papers. run errands. help me brother
and carry wash"
Me mother washes for longshoremen."
The brakcman's duties called him away. The
train 1d ln6or e and crea ie and groa ned down
try, was beautifully green Just after the rain,
and the air was cool and pure.
stretch. even the ensineer looked back at the 6
the ever:changing panoramic landscape about
him. When the brakeman returned the lad
Ain going to put me off. are you ?"
oh. no! Stay there as long as you please. f"
say, can you pass me back on the next
brakeman.
Say. if you ever get to New York. I'll show
you around II l meet you," said the boy. trying
to- light q cigarette, at which he failed
eller was transferred to an up coal train which
ran empty. He got q place on the engine and
crossings at grade. That part Of his railroad
trip he said he enjoyed most OF all.
As between a farmer and an engineer. he said
he'd rather be a conductor on a swell road. The
lad finally got back to the farm, the train slowed
up for him. and he crawled DOWN from the
engine.
Yes" said the lad: know it by the hogs"
The boy jumped and landed on his feet and
waving his hand shouted: "S'long!" and the
train was off while the crew waved the lad q
Rood-by.