Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-11-25

ENSNERING AN "AD."

i..terr.5oated as to their qua EncationS
II "a jop. Ihcre was but one JOB, ana
tsere were SIX boys. 1t was four MIN
ties STANDARD tn.e, after the first
s:lich Of stars, fresh from the presses,
l. d begun to go of at the Star desk
ne sax Eoys LAD Dten IJIteIIng out
.-.e tie StIr once, regarding each
i.er sdai .icioEsiy white they waited
the paper. 1neir purpose was to
Nc. !. each and al OF them, in con-
ny The ''i:elp Wanted" ads in the
s,ar. they all got paper at ptactl-
Z ..iy the sane uiIl-e, they all turned
ID the II clip Wanted column at prac-
cal}.y tie same instant and they all
Wv at once that there was only one
e,oy Wanted ad- worth sprint
uEdIe wrapper in department store,
Tree and a Ea;i Fer week. regard ng
t.lch other OFT OF the tails OF their re-
ectiye eyes. they made for the door
and started to sprint for the + street
{ apartment store. 1t Was dead heat
between tie entire six of them They
Isulled up at the delivery clerks side
tioor at the same instdnt-al although
they had taken different routes-and
they all asked in a breath where the
delivery clerk (the Individual desig-
mated in the ad. as the employer of
bundle wrapPers) happened to be at
that moment
for him. said a boy who, already be-
ing possession of job in the delivery
department, was unnaturaIy naughty
and in every sense superior to the
hoverers at the gates The grandeur
of a boy who has got a job in his re-
1ationship to boys who are only hunt
ing for a job is manifestation worth
the price of admission, any how
The average age of the six boys was
nIN of
quite scrubbed and dore up, with nice
little knickerbockeTs, clean overhang-
ing collars, and other indications that
they had been sent forth by fond
mothers or sisters TO win out in the
game of life. These two scrubbed
boys, while still regarding each other
suspiciously, yet held aloof from the
other four boys, who We're not quite
up to their class in outward makeup.
Two of them, in fact, were quite
slouchy and common looking, with
long pants" peaked caps bearing
large advertising letters thereon, and
the butts of surreptitiopsly smoked
cigarettes in their hands as they
waited. Another was a large, coarse
boy, whose mouth indicated that he
was addicted to the mastication of to-
bacco.
The sixth boy was a dark horse,
without any of the other five suspect
ing it. He was all boy. His suit was
pretty well worn, but it was brushed.
His shoes were worn down to the up
pers, but they had been polished with
stove polish, which made them appear
as if the boy had essayed a bluff at
getting them to look the best they
could look, anyhow. The boy needed
a hair cut, but his hair was brushed
He had around his neck collar about
four sizes too large for him, which
told of a raid, made with a good pur-
pose, on the collar repository of his
big brother his father. His face
was clean, and shiny, and freckled.
lie passed the other five boys up as
soon as he found that it was a case of
wait for the delivery clerk. and, out
side the door, he interested himself to
the exclusion of everything else in an
aggregation of five fox terrier pups
which a colored man had for sale on
the pavement. He seemed to be con-
tent to let the other five boys get in
ahead of him when the signal came
The fashion with which he kept his
gaze away from the delivery clerks
door seemed almost fatalistic. All of
the other boys had their eyes glued
to that door when the boy with lob
appeared.
''Come on in, you kids, one at q
time, announced that important per-
sonage, appearing suddenly in the
doorway. THE boss'u have look at
you. Hey, YOU come first" Indicating
the boy with the marks of the tobacco
juice around his mouth
You don't look swift enough for
the job" said the delivery clerk, dis
posing of this one quickly. want a
boy with action to him. Wait outside
till 1 see the others.
Hey, Archie, you can sail in now,''
said the boy with job, appearing
again in the doorway, and addressing
one of the scrubbed boys with knick-
erbockers and overhanging collar
"um-ever worked before?" was the
way the delivery clerk tackled the
boy.
No. sir. and l only want to work
through the school vacation" replied
the scrubbed boy, in nice little train
ed voice. Il don't really have to work,
you know, but"
Don't, hey?" asked the delivery
clerk ''Well, / want boy that does
have to work. and want boy perma-
nently- That will do. SON.
Hey, you. Geggy, the boss'l dish
You up now" said the boy with job,
showing up again at the doorway and
addressing the other scrubbed boy.
You don't have to work, either. /
sappose?" said the delivery clerk,
looking his boy over.
s'Er-um-yes. sir. if 1 can find
something where | can go home to
dinner at five o'clock. We have din
rer at five O'Clock at our house. and
my mother won't let me take any
THING where the hours are,