The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-28
ALL THIS ON A COLD BLUFF.
stranded Snowman who Had His
Nerve With Him.
From the New York Sun.

r rom the New York Sun
1t Isn't So" said the stereoptican men
emphatically. mo, sir! They saw =
oluh'll carry further in New York than
anywhere on earth, but | know different
'Tisnt so long since 1 put up one of the
longest bluffs on record, and it wasn't in
New York, neither"
Where was it." asked the advance
agent.
"Well, 1 don't exactly like to saw. be-
cause If give it away it might kinder
spoil the social standing of one of the
leadin' lights of that town, and I don't
want TO do that. because he an me IS
pals, see?"
Then how did you work it?" asked the
advance agent.
The stereoptican man tore a leaf out of
his contract book. lighted it at the gas
and ignlted his cigar. 1T was this way"
he said. For two minutes he remained
silent and then went on. Two wears
ago last fall me and Billy Mason were
hitting the small towns with cinegraph-
oscope outfit. In Northern Ohio we did
pretty we'll, but when we struck Eastern
Michigan we found ourselves up against
it the worst way. Ii was a frost from
start 10 finish. man had been through
there with a cinematograph about two
months before, showing a line of pictures
just like ours, and the Michigan laws
didn't propose to pay twice for seeing the
same article The consequence was that
pretty soon the nap wore off the velvet
we had accumulated in Ohio and after
a bit we had TO sell our machine to a
Baptist Sunday school SOS to get money
to come on to New York The price was
sl65 and the Baptist deacons made good
like gentlemen. They wanted me to set
the machine up in the Sunday school and
show them how to run 1t, so 1 handed the
money over to Billy Mason, and me and
the deacons started for the Sunday school
with the cinegraphoscope ahead on a
wheelbarrow. We got the machine up oil
right, but those deacons were the hard
est proposition l ever stacked up against
They had the Sunday school wired for
incandescent lamps, so there was no trou-
BILE about a light but the deacons had
about as much idea of voltage and the
positive current as l have about the high
er criticism. However, l made them
think that p'raps they understood 1t all
and then started for the hotel on a run.
SOS 10 get supper and catch the o'clock
for Detroit.
Billy met me at the door. Say did
y'ever see the picture of the King o.
France after the battle of Batavia? 1t
was az the musee once. Seems that some
other King got in on his solar plexus. an
when the artist snap-shotted him he was
Just comm to. an shoutin': AN is los,
but honor Well. Billy Mason looked Just
like he was the King o. France
Seems that after the deacons an me
80 he. a..
and paid the board bill, an settled at the
bar, an squared off with the electric lignt
people and did the gentleman by every.
body, and, when he was through In are
was just $125 left Then he went out 10
watch some boys fishin' on the ston.
bridge. Seems that Billy was sittin' on
the parapet with, boy each side of hin,
when their lines got tangled and one OF
the hooks stuck in a crack about two feet
below, and the boys couldn't reach II. Now
Billy was always a good-natured euv 60
he hung himself down over the parane,
and got the hook out He'd Just Straight
ened up again when he saw roll oe
greenbacks fioadn' in the river.
Hello says Billy, look at the green.
backs, Somebody's lost his wad.
He grabbed a rod and began anglin,
for them. but he didnt do thing bur Ara !,
the roll out OF the slack water nv the
pier ana IN nalf second the niirrapt
caught EN- and they went dancing dow,
the river and out OF sight. Billy ran for
boat and erased out into the stream
but he never even got a sight of them
afterward. In half an hour he came baclr
and man met linn as he landed
p" 'ThatH cost you half dollar savs
the man.
"'What for? shouts Billy.
Didn't you swipe my boat? saws m.
man.
And Of course Billy couldn't denv &,
But he went through pocket AFTER pocko,
and couldn't raise a cent.
Say, what dye think of thar. ho
says, "A minute ago ] had hundred ana
quarter, an now. bgeo, ] can't 9nd -
cent Where's IL gomez 9"
Down the river. ] reckon SAYS the
man '"0
what dye mean by that break?' ask,
Billy. ASKS
Well Gays the man. 4 hoarn We vas
out IN The river chasln' bills. s'pos. thc,,
was yourn We don't think people romnd
these paris goes THROWN greenbacks INTO
the river, DO ye7 Wen, I guess not That's
a Moo York trick
Then Billy tumblea that the bills was