The evening times., 1900-01-11

sand. says the boss, maybe a thousand
twenty-five, or thousand and nifty
Nonsense" the old man SAYS. why.
/ We got a man working for me that could
PICK mat safe up and carry it of as easy
as he could loaf Of bread
Wei. il he can saws the boss. III
give him the safe
All right says the old man. .You ser
the safe out en- the sidewalk al 10 o-rlo,lr
tomorrow morning and IN bring nv man
aICnE' ana il ne cant carry IL TIL 5 for
And az 10 O'Clock the old man v-,,,I4
come Win the giant he'd had the sale set
OUT on the sidewalk so that the giant could
get INT on it. and straighten up with Ks
The safe man was always amazed when
he saw the giant come along. he'd road
aDout MIN likely as not but he'd never he
teNed What he read, and even now when
ne saw that the stories about his size were
true, ne didn't believe 10 possible that anv
man, however big he was. could nick mn
ana carry of half-ton safe. But he was
Fefy soon undeceived about that. for he
giant would pick it up and carry il on win
tne utmost facility. with thousands OF peo-
pie following. We used TO have the hand
waiting IN the next cross street. lust
around the corner, and when the giant had
picked the safe up and carried il along 10
lhat corner the band would strike m and
"heel INTO this street and march on. plav-
lhs' and then the giant would toss the safa
up on his shoulder, where he could carry
II Hare conveniently, and march along he
hind the band, with all the people boTIinp
suppose you'd think that after getting
'his free advertisement out Of 1t the old
man would send the safe back: but that's
"here you d misjudge the old man: he'd
Keep lhe safe, every time and ship IL to
New York; and after the close of the sea
son sell the lot here by auction.
You say you don't recall anv apctfon
sales OF that character in New York; No
my soe, don't believe you do: these sales
were years ago before your time. but an
the same our safe sale was one Of the in
eidents Of the year in those days.
we always held this sale in some pub-
ic nan. where there was plenty OF head
room Tor the giant. We'd have the stags
ana the front Of the hall shored nm 10
carry the extra weight. and we'd have the
auctioneer on the stage. and the safes FOR
sale ranged along on the floor by the or
ehestra. When everything was ready The
auctioneer would say to the giant who
was sitting near;
Now, sir will you have the kindness
TO hand me up No. on the catalogue?"
And the giant would rise and pick I'D
NO. l. half-tOnneT. maybe, and set il up
on the stage as though IL was foot-ss:Iare
paper box, instead OF being OF iron and
Dig as packing box We used TO have
crowds At these sales always, and they al
ways used 10 be simply carried away bv
TINS. And the giant would set 'em up as
Iast as the auctioneer called for them
there being maybe thirty of EN- altogether
80 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 It at the beginning
where we got the safe another and much
bigger free advertisement in the accounts
oil that strange auction sale printed in the
pape~S Tar 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 il was one Of the
most profitable for the show: and. as long
as the great giant lived. we used TO give
every year, az the close OF the season fbJs
auction sale Of safes; this being the last
thing we did before going into winter quar-
ters." A-