The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-05-18

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90 credit WIS.
Then be scot 90 With bis lesdtr sritine
aud paid no more attention 70 me, mol
even when | thsnksd him
showed the no,s 10 the delivery msn'
sto simply whisiisd. bat gave me tos
pspss willingly pov. sci them 90 the
lrsio spd se got susy 90 time, sfier oil.
New, IA 10 cusious hoe these thines
stick 10 ons's memory. l can remember
very we'll the cro~d that waited u the
Grsi place ne ctoppsd. The people we're
terribly existed. They vssted thoss
papers faster then I could Give them on.
There we're so many wsitins that ! could
not serve them oil by The time the train
pulled ont l,gsve me smother idea. ]
raised the price 10 ten cen,s shen we
reached the next place. sud sold them
Is fest ss I coul VI that ! got rid OF
some ban drsds Of psptrs Il The hfst three
or fonf places. Further oa several men
offered me twenty fvs csatf, and tbev
were 40 eager thst made ths nearly fatal
mistake of getting down among them
Well, you never nav sueh . mob They
knocked me about sLsmsfully and had
to fsbt my usy back 10 the train 10 time
TO &c, on before II pnlleJ ont Thsn II
grew worse as We went further on Tor, you
see, the day was advancing and more peo
pie we're up to hear the news. and the
thought thst the train might pull ont st
any mom ent always made them crszy to
be waited 90. Those telee rams did their
work we'll Why, when We pulled into
Port Huron tao thirds Of my stock we're
gone.
just where the train entered the out
skirts OF the town the was 9 big sand pile.
10 selling papers 10 that city never used
to ride iuto tle regular station. The en-
sineer would slow up on the curve near
the ssnd pile aud used to inmp cf and
work my wsy up through the tow. yell
ing the news ss went, ! did not yell
any news this day. II seemed that some
persons must have known about my habit
OF jumping, for when We pulled around
the curve there WAS On enormous mob
waiting. Why, l never saw the town
turn out SO many people. At first did
not think they we're waiting for me, l
thought there WAS celebration on hand.
But knew what they wanted minute
aiterwsrd. When jumped down on the
sand they gave one great yell and came
for me all together. was frightened and
1 think would have ruu away II bad
had time to think, but they closed in on
all sides sad Il couldn't get away. The
crush was something terrible. They
screamed at me and pulled me; they tore
my clothes and fought one another TO get
to me. They did not even allow me to
sell the papers 10 the regular way. did
not bsve to take advantage OF the situs
tion aud rsise the price. They put II up
Tor me. Men thrust twenty i've oenfs,
fifty cent notep, dollars and two dollars
into my pockets aud dragged pspes away
from me. Some OF them would get pa
par and then have 10 fight for itAfterWard.
II wss iendisb. aud they still kept 1t mp
after the papers we're oil gone. sod | stood
there with my hands and pockets foil of
money. Why never got of the sand
pile and I was eight when they got
Well. when pulled myself together
aud pinned up the rents go could 30
into town. and counted my money.
iound was about $3.50 ahead on the day.
went back snd paid my bill at the paper
off Sc. and the money. we'll, did things
with that, too. Bot what was more 10
The poiot, | saw thst sll that happened
really resulted from those kilograms.
thought il the telegraph would do such
Y onderfuI thing thtre must be something
10 il worth studying. Idil study it and
hat practically is what led ms into the
business OF inveotips.