The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21

have in no sense been u.lder test or on
wager. but purely as matte - u 1e9tr So ~
One day he found II nece cess. a. miles from
here He left the Southern ae suie aigbf
al a. m. and arrived at Cor, a.ll s, essl an
minutes before y m lie rem Ten miles
an hour I,eoper says when ne Is IL. - a
hurry he never waits for ualA '.banV
this same occasion ne went on - ~ - untfi
about twelve miles, remained theIe Sjno
the next morning at I O'Clock, Teacs as a.
home via Salem, where ne stopPeI ~ ' as
at 3 p. m. The distance cover See in
nearly seventy miles, anu ne i'4''+N -
about eight hours. go, tere
Salem is twenty-five miles from Is .le-
Leoper went 10 that city traIa s 1,fpIa
mess ana was back in nine noun t rtlS-
nook is likewise about nfty nl',fE i'mrs w.
the road being by no means ..toened
Leoper left this pace az : d - IA iii,,g,er ana
an hour al Mountain House for dliialel az
arrived in Tillamook at p m. LS So
desired TO see a man living near on W
berg about sixteen miles dlStan - dissn-
irving at the mans nome ne VIZ ~ IN,
pointed 10 hear that ne ha1 Just - tI+st
horseback for this city; Ls9 { 5is nm ~
back and arrived here ahead o. ills taT saw
II sounds incredible to hear LSYp-i ~
that he can travel further in q gag bas
anv liverv team in the place, bNt ne m IN
made that statement, ana tle M -
ali know he has money 10 pach -, traa
,ronoinenf man Of this place nav a u I
in his dooryard, and desiring 70 10 1,oi,ld
removed, ne asked LeopeT Wh sea, , il 10
etnaI SEA- 20 sbupn the brush and refill me
hole "TWet1ty cents an hour, was ny ne
reply. to which MT. zoos s' for that KIND
If work A little later he summouSq 20 a.
per and told him he would give IN nm roe &c
to do the job. LeopeT slASu ~ eIIo,,-i,,ar
ana accented the offer On the IolloW.us
morning he set to work, az n,,,,r IL ana
teen hours, the job was eoil ~ t ' ra,.
he had made SIS instead OF ~ oe4i'9 ~
ho arotber old resident had a piece of
ground he wished 10 have ,spaqNui.,e i -,
asked Leoper what he would cuaiS +lo
do it. Twenty cents an hour, Masts,s1
answer, but the old gentleman Ho4 HII5'
nav any man such wages Tor spauhaa19r, -
If Leoper wanted to do the JOB IoI S9 ~ "a
might do it, He accepted, ana com VtTeb
the work in twelve hours, more imam
ling his 20 cents an hour. -. 81
Neither of the two gentleme2 mentor V
has since given Leoper STROKE ~ me-
the only reason stated being that ,r 10y
cannot afford TO pay such wages. 1nSSe
are not the only ones who have no %otN
for Leoper for the same reason; but Leo
per is never out of work, there being
plenty who patronize him for the very Iee-
sons that a few have for not dong 50
on another occasion Leoper lett mere
at a. m. by train for st. Joe, walked
the remaining distance of over two Nll S
to Lafayette, sawed two cords OF cruz
nary cordwood into stove lengths, sawiu
each stick twice. walked the entire Dis
lance of five miles home, arriving peIore
3 >. m.
THESE are but a rev OF the pneuOnelldl
accomplishments of this man. Every day
adds more of the same kind He will tell
you at any time that one very aggraVat-
ing feature of his work for certain ones
is that he has to do a part of the job
and then go to another in order 10 make
the work string out and save himself
from the common complaint that he has
made too much money-that such wages
are too large for the class Of work he fol-
| lows.
Leoper is not a fairy, nor is this fable.
la lG my ma ~ n
| the pains of coming to McMinnville, or
! he would no doubt be glad TO vindicate
| his record as a pedestrian in quickly COM
! ing to him if positively assured of his
| 30 cents an hour"