The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-09
COME JUST TOO LATE.
SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS LEFT BEHIND
BY THE OCEAN LINERS.
They Are known as LaGEers Along
the New York Steamship Piers, and
They Generally Manage to Raise a
Rumpus on the Dock.

'"There he comes,' growled the old
Waterman at the entrance to the steam
ship pier. swishing his stick as a hanson
clattered circuitously through the jam OF
wagons and trucks.
The warm looking man in the cab was
wriggling around in the seat and bawl-
! Ing at the driver to make haste, and the
jehu in turn was bowling at the truck
men under the shed to turn out and give
| him room. The "All ashore and All
aboard" words had already been passed
on the steamer and on the pier, and the
unshipping of the gangways was III prog
| resS.
Il was waiting for him. went on the
| old pier Waterman. Il knew he'd be
along. l wouldn't have felt comfortable
if he hadn't showed up. | don't think
ship could have any luck on her passage
| if there wasn't Mt least one of EN-.
Sometimes there are several of EN-"
Several WHAT"
"Laggers, we call EN- replied the old
watchman-'folks that stop on their way
to steamer to play marbles or jacks or
| pegtop-the ones that come scrambnG
/ along when the chief engineers standing
| by to get his first bells from the bridge.
! I've been standing watch along the fronts
| of these docks since the days when the
side wheel packets had the passenger
trade of the western ocean, and not once
| have | seen boat all ready TO slide out
| without one or more of these laSSers
banging up at the last minute.
! They're about equally divided between
men and women. And when they're left
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