The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
JODsOn PutS in Goal
observation-disclosures

Il
1 trebling in the price of anthra-
cite coal, due to the big strike in
Pennsylvania, by ordering five tons
of furnace coal yesterday afternoon"
said Mr.. Jobson at breakfast one
morning last week. It'll be dumped
in front of the house about half-past
nine this morning. l also engaged a
eolored man to put it in the cellar,
End he'll be around in the neighbor-
mood of ten o'clock. 1 only mention
.his little matter to you in order that,
(; you have any idea of rushing down
tGvn before am a block away so
tat you'll be first in line at the bar
gain counters, you may abandon that
idea"
TIE colored man engaged by Mr..
Jopson to put in the coal didn't make
his appearance at ten. o'clock, nor at
IL, ncr at IL. Mrs. Jobson spent the
. entire morning, to the neglect of her
work, reering out between the par
lor curtains for him, but it was OBJ
vious that Mr.. Jobson's man got side
tracked somewhere. When half-past
IL came around, and no sign of Mr..
Jobson's coal HEAVIER, Mrs. Jobson hur-
riedly dcDncd her street apparel and
went in search of another man to
stow the coal. which had arrived in
a procession Of wagons shortly before
ten o'clock. IL the cellar. In this
search, however, she had no luck at
all. She met UP with at least seven
strong, hardy-ioching youths of color
within radius OK two squares of the
Jobson domicile, I'll of whom appeared
to be in the enjoyment of high-noon
siestas, but she couldn't induce any
of them to undertake the coal-stowing
job, although she offered as much as
$1.50 to have it doEe. All of the
siesta-enjoying colorcd youths had
''jes' bin gagged tub do nh job O. wuk
fo' uh man down de sG0ayuh dat 'ud
TEX 'em all de aftuhnocn." Mrs. job
son returned home very much dis
heartened, knowing that sIr. Jobson
would hold her personally responsible
for the slowing CT those five tons of
coal. She resumed her vigil at the
front window, asking every other col
ored man that passed if be wanted
the coal-stowing job, but each and all
of them looked efficiently at the pyra-
mid of black diamonds, scratched his
head, remarked that he didn't hev
no shovel and fed the temptation at
greatly accelerated pace.
At half-past two Mrs. Jobson re-
ceived message from Mr.. Jobson
notifying her that he'd be up with
the horse and buggy at three 70 take
her for drive. She dressed fer the
drive without any great degree of
confidence. She had a premonition
that she wasn't going to have any
drive that afternoon.
Her premonition was correct, of
course. Mr.. Jobson drove up in front
of the house at five minutes to three
and he scowled heavily when he saw
the mound of coal still standing on
the asphalt. Mrs. Jobson noted the
scowl from the front window and she
'stood by" as mariners put it. Mr..
Jobson jumped out of the buggy.
clasped the weight to the horses bit
and. dumped into the house.
Might I venture to inquire" he
asked, in tone of awful calm, whats
the reason that coal hasn't been put
away?" aa4..
1.-THE man you hired to do it didn't
come" replied Mrs. Jobson.
"oh, he didn't, hey?" snorted Mr..
Jobson. "That sounds pretty good,
Mrs. Jobson, but 1 just happen to
know that the word of that man en-
gagged to put the coal in is. just as
good as his bond, and if he wasn't
here promptly at ten o'clock to the
minute. then there's something al
mighty queer about it. You are per-
fectly certain, 1 suppose, that you
were here yourself at ten o'clock
when the man cameo" f M
r'The man didn't GOMEZ repeated
Mrs Jobson, land have been in the
house all day, except for the mortal
hour that l spent trying to beg and
implore numerous coiored men to put
the coal in
HUH" shifted Mr.. Jobson, II have
a large pastel portrait of Mrs. Jobson
wasting her valuable time over any
such trivial and frivolous matter. I'll
bet million dollars to hatpin that
I can get the very first colored man
that passes by the front gate to put
that coal in, and be burned glad of
the job"
Whereupon Mr.. Jobson took up his
stand on the front steps and awaited
the passing of the first man and
brother. The first happened to be
arrayed in very impressive clerical