The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

ton. But one serious omission had been
made by his instructor. He had not told
him what Mr.. Edison looked like, So
when, soon after he took UP his post, the
boy was approached by a portly. shabbily
dressed man who attempted to push past
him ne grabbed that man in such a way
that the man stopped and gasped in as
constituent
What Is the matter with you, boy?'
demanded the man Indignantly.
You can't so in there" retorted the boy
with just as much spirit.
why not?" said the man.
Because no one can go in there with
out written permission or when MIR. Edison
sends out for him."
ION! / see" said the man, and then he
turned on his slippered heel and walked
off, while the boy looked after the dirty
yellow buster which the man wore, and
said several things to himself not at all
complimentary of "blokes wot would try
TO bluff past him" But the boy was sur
prised about five minutes afterward TO see
the man in the yellow buster coming back
accompanied by the Instructor" who
looked very, very. serious and who said:
Boy, don't you know who this gentle
man is?"
No" said the boy. but he didn't have
any pass and Mr.. Edison wasn't with
him"
why this Is Mr. Edison" gasped the
instructor
The boy collapsed.
can so in?" asked the inventor with
twinkle in his eve. But the boy hung
his head, while the instructor started in
20 berate him for his mistake. Then MIR.
Edison turned around and stopped that
Instructor on the spot, while he at the
same time commended the boy for his Wig
lance 1t was the fault of the teacher
not of the boy, he said. Nevertheless. the
effect of the incident on the boy was such
that he never could enter the same room
where the inventor worked without a Visi-
bic tremor. Mr., Edison, who Is fond of a
| joke, sought TO reassure him by winking
at nam tremendously every time he came
in, but that did not seem to mend matters.
one day he was very sick, and an investi-
cation showed that he had been chewing
! tobacco. 1t nearly killed him, and he re-
signed his position in consequence.
THAT boy" said the inventor afterward
reminded me of the first chew of tobacco
ever took. [ was about as big as he
| is, and with two other iittle fellows had
saved up a lot OF scrap iron and tin and
zinc which we meant to sell when the
holidays came around. There was a large
boy in the neighborhood Cl think he must
have become bunco steerer afterWard)
we had been in swimming he came 90 a.
and said:
" Say, you fellows, if you will give me
that tin and iron and stuff you have. I'll
| teach you how to chew
THE proposition struck us being very
| fair particularly as he agreed to furnish
the tobacco Well we were quite willing
| so he brought some old Canadian cut
down to a sand bank by the river lie
divided the stuff into three parts and gave
us each one. Then he said:
Now, you must do exactly as I saw
and you must do il right away or you'll
never learn to chew"
Now, then, he shouted, hold II
up"
I'VE held 1t up"
Put IL in your mouth he yelled.
| I'VE put IL in"
Chew! he Kissed. dramatically
| eve worked away al a great rate
Swallow it. he scheeched.
1--WE gulped 1t down. and then that young
rascal fairly rolled down the bank will
! laughter while we soon rolled down the
other side sicker, / suppose, than any OF
us had been In our lives before or since
One Of the boys nearly died, and they
had a very serious time with him. Tha,
| was my first experience with tobacco"