The evening times., 1900-01-11

SAND. says the boss. maybe a thousand
twenty-five, or thousand and fifty
Nonsense the old man saws. why
We got man working for me that could
PICK that safe up and carry it of as tasy
as he could a loaf OF bread
Wen, n he can says The boss. III
give him the safe
All right says the old man -You rar
the safe cut on the sidewalk al 10 o'clock
lOihorTo" morning and Fll bring my man
along and II ne can't carry il III nav for
And at 10 O'Clock the old man worI5
come with the giant; he'd had the safe set
out on the sidewalk so that the giant could
get Iiit on II, and straighJen up With il
The safe man was always amazed when
ne saw the giant come along: he'd road
aDouJ MIN likely as not, but he'd never ba-
iie'ed What he'd read; and even now when
ne saw that the stories about his size were
true ne didn't believe it possible that anv
man however big he was could pick up
and carry of a half-t0n safe But he ,,-,s
very soon undeceived about that for ,hc
giant would pick it up and carry il on with
'He utmost facility, with thousands Of peo-
PIE lolowlng. We used TO have the band
waiting IN the next cross street inst
around the corner, and when the giant had
picked the safe up and carried il along IN
that corner the band would strike up and
"heel INTO this street and march on. play-
IH6' ana then the giant would toss the safe
up on MS shoulder. where be could carry
II more conveniently. and march along he
Dlnd the band, with all the people bowIine
suppose you'd think that after getting
lhlS free advertisement out Of n the ola
man would send the safe back: but that's
where you'd misjudge the old man. bea
Keep the safe. every time and shin IL tn
New York; and after the close of the sea
son sell the lot here by auction.
You say you don't recall any auction
sales OF that character In New York? No
my son, don't believe you do: these sales
were years ago before your time; bur all
the same our safe sale was one Of the in
cidents OF the year in those dayS
We always held this sale IN some nub.
lie hail. where there Was plenty OF head
room Tor the giant Wed have the staga
ana the front Of the hall shored nm 10
carry the extra weight, and we'd have tbe
auctioneer on the stage. and the safes for
sale ranged along on the floor by the or
chestra When everything was ready The
auctioneer would say TO the giant who
was sitting near:
Now, sir, Will you have the kindness
TO hand ne up No on the catalogue?"
And the giant would rise and pick I'D
NO L. haIf-tonner, maybe, and set it up
on the stage as though IL was foot-sauare
paper box, instead OF being OF iron and
Dig as packing box. We used 20 have
crowds at these sales always. and they al
ways used TO be simply carried away by
this. And the giant would set EN- up as
fast as the auctioneer called for them
there being maybe thirty Of EN- altogether.
So the old man used to make the safe
business pay at both ends, and really in
the middle, too; for We used to get a big
advertisement out OF il at the beginning
Where we got the safe, another and a much
bigger free advertisement in the accounts
OF that strange auction sale printed in the
papers far and near, and we got something
Ior the safes in cash; IL was not only one
OF the greatest things the giant did. con-
sidered by itself, but it was one CT the
most profitable for the show: and. as long
as the great giant lived. we used 10 give
every year at the close OF the season. this
auction sale Of safes; this being II Q LAST
thlng we did before going into winte. quar-
ters." a