The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
THREE OVERTURNED EYES.
START ~ LIFE or TOMMY. WHO
COCLD MEET EMERGENCIES.
A Hurried Trip From Boston 10 Answer Al
Advertisement lnteriude In the shape Of
Alright with a Big Man Bnrniog to Avengs
an Insult An Engineers Recommendations.

There may be a moral in this story, although
II, exact nature would seem 10 b" uncertain.
Perhaps that l. the penalty for its being true.
Tommy was a young man IN Boston look
ing for a start In life. He had a document 10
his trunk which certified that he was an 8.
B, and that he knew all sorts Of things about
electrical engineering One day he saw an
advertisement in a New York paper, in which
the National Cold Storage Company Of New York
expressed a desire for the services of a COM
petent young man a. assistant superintendent
Of it, new plant. Tommy knew about the
National Cold Storage Company and its new
plant, They were respectively the largest
things Of the kind In the country. and any con-
nection with them would be likely to be a de-
sirahla one.
So Tommy packed a modest bag and went
To New York on the morning train, He would
have liked 10 wait for two star letters OF recom-
mendation which he knew he could get. But
rs the men who would have written these two
letters happened 10 be ont Of town. and as the
hours specified In the advertisement for maxi
Ing application were the next day between
20 and /, he went without them.
That night IN New York. having nothing
better TO do. 10 went 10 a theatre with a roof.
garden attachment. When the vaudeville
pdIcit Dil l' NltIl''i IpT n HtTpll preparatory
70 going 10 bed. A. he was leaving the the
atrc a man accompanied by three wor on pre-
ceded him out Of the door. They we. NICE
looking people 'he man a big. prosp, Gus.
looking clap in evening clothes, and the wo!. IN
in pretty summer dresses. As Tommy passed
them at the door they stopped TO speak to some
acqlalntances, That l.. the man and one
Of the women stopped. The other two women
walked LltVlN IN nhp1I Al tho carppr fhav
turned into the comparatively quiet street
that ran along one side Of the theatre, EVIL
IDENTIFY under the impression that their escort
was close behind. 4 few yards down this
street a tail man with a Van Dy Ike beard stood
on the curb. As the two young women ap-
preached he turned toward them. and a. they
got opposite him. he took on his hat and stepped
IN their path.
Good evening, pretty little girls he said.
one OF The young women looked hastily
glued The man stood with his feet far apart
and smiled into her eyes like a satyr. Then
be- put out his hand and attempted 70 chuck
Tharcupon four things happened in quick
succession. Tommy. who had been only q
lew yards behind the Young women and who
had seen III. whole Incident. dashed forward
and laid hold Of the Van Dyke-bearded man.
The later made IA terrific squirm and took
W I1 b'HlN NV u al dlltg > lsdNlIk u DhIt Oh
Young women fed back toward the corner:
they did not notice Tommy al all At the same
moment the young woInen's escort and the
other woman appeared around the corner.
The two Young women began TO speak to the
big man with one voice.
"stand right here a moment. he said. and
hurried up 10 Tommy.
Did you address those two ladies'" he asked,
No" answered Tommy pleasantly. Il hap
you lie" said the big man. and hit Tommy
in the eye.
Tommy was annoyed as he picked him
self up from the sidewalk. Also the big man
had hold Of his collar. The big man evidently
contemplated nothing 80 vulgar as a street
Of Tommy's teeth down his throat AS a lesson.
and then 20 proceed on his way. But Tommy
had another s~pecialty besides electrical, en-.
glneering- football NJ taok'e " vac n lntcd
Of him that he had rubbed a Yale tackles nose
90 continuously In the dust. during a match
Gam I, that t q the close the Yale tackle had
nGd been iohd oil spaITing; lie booked hue
mans build. no was sure that 1t would mako
an IMPRESSION.
Then for q spare Of two minutes things hap
as a buffalo, and he undoubtedly knew what
q boxing glove was. But also, undoubtedly,
ne was /. good iiyor and Tommy hammered
lip, which needed a stitch. and his nose. which
called aloud Tor the attention OF a surgeon.
on the other hand, Tommy..s own eye was
sealed like u Government envelope.
who evidently appreciated the fact hat they
were getting a choice sample OF the fistic art
gt a bargain price, The three women who
had acc2mpaied the big man stood where
h IRry cos sSdd E,GE pr bGroo ons x6rn T Urn y e their
bearded man had acCosted uttered a little
cry OF horror. This distracted the big mans
attention for a fraction OF a second, and Tommy
promptly inside right-countered him on tho
Jaw and brought him 10 his knees, Then two
po lTSit6 , %ine up In;s,b,,,o, . rOr,, ~,
IA my party" said the big man sternly through
who .6T E"d BSs slS srspsd the young woman
all: IL was a tall man with o beard"
The man wot spoke TO the young lady cut
coy d tha' there alley said q Cabman whose
Ter was Us comm roun' the corner wen 10
The tg man regarded the two young women
ironlcaily. Tommy smiled out o. his one eye,
and me Policeman and The crowd smiled too.
VIII you be 80 kind as to call a cab. o~ficerf'
Just a moment. said the policeman. You
assaulted this young man, didn't your"
u did, said the big man. tenderly testing
th" D"ny structure Of his nose with his pocket
DO You want TO make a conplaintP" asked
Not AZ all, " said Tommy with great genial
Then they called a cab for the big man and
bis party, and Tommy went 20 his hotel and
10 bed.
The next morning when Tommy consulted
q MIRROR hl~ eye T"senbl"d a Turner sunset.
lie Wa, strongly tempted to 90 back 10 Boston
on the morning train. Within three hours he
Wa 20 Apply 10 n stranger for a responsible
lace, without q -ign Of a recommendation
aud an "y" that looked a. though he had spent
tho l%r"NIuu, night on the Bowery. Then for
~" first time Tommy swore AT the big man.
But II O'Clock found him at the Office Of the
IN, charge smiled -crptica!y when Tommy
told hlul h- business, Then he informed
1rnamy that the President had been called out
Of town ltd' DAY, and applications would have
Z" b' made on tn" day following,
Tommy b%rvIthed q Sigh Of relief and went
back e. hl- hotel. tn" rest OF that DAY and
night he wore Il bee i-t-dk poultica over his
eye, This was beneficial from n medical point
OF view, but a, lar ~ appearances went, the
eye wa more C.drIugly lmpToSSionIstio the
nest morning than before. Tommy felt de-
| r"-r'd rs he started for the Cold Storage of
ice. There Wer" four or Eve applicants in
tie outer Office, who looked ~ though they
had boon lroht T up IN scii-reepecting Chris
tau ln'nos. Tommy sat IN one corner and
giared AZ any on" be caught looking At his eye.
lo n there t"p hours DO. ore hi turn came.
] hon the clerk -p.d the President would ses
him. ard aW.l,l again fos>tmi-tically. But
b. tIis tine Tommy !"it too much hk" n social
oUtcr~l 90 rr-o0t III.
Tie President .at a. a handsome berry desk,
tie VIZ a large man, hut il" was al" and looked
~ III upper Typ va, generously decorated
WITH cpurt-pia-'or, aud there was a sort Of paste
board bridge over his nose, held on by COURT
plaster H. f|Hht eve was covered by apatCh,
ard h,-i'i' "y" wa. llrtly closed and 81 aColOr
scheme tln' rlynllcd Tommy, own ~Tommy's
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