The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

place on the roadway.
But now the next thing to do was
to get job at cleaning a sidewalk.
He might work all day in the middle
of the street and no one would even
thank him.
He went up the stoop of a dwelling
house on the corner of the street and
said to the girl who answered the bell:
Clean the sidewalk for quarter"
The maid shut the door in his face
and Joe thought he had been repulsed,
and ran down the stoop and up the
steps next door, but before he could
ring this bell, the girl opened the door
again and looked up and down the
street. Then seeing him she said:
THE missus says yes, an come to
the basemint when we are through,
an not be maxim me climb the stairs
fer the like O. you
Joe brought his dog from the street
and to his joy he found that the plough
would just go in at the front yard
gate, so he began to clear the snow in
the yard first, and the dog was bright
and knew so well what was wanted of
him, that it could not have been more
than a quarter of an hour when the
whole job was done, and all the snow
lay in the middle OF the street.
He rang the rear bell this time and
the girl came to the door after a leng
thy wait.
What is it We want now?" said she,
not noticing that the job was done.
my money" said Joe, briefly.
is it done We are?" said she, and
then she looked out and saw his dog
and plough.
"Oh, it's only wort tin cints if We
done it so aisy" said she.
Il done it by machinery, an machin-
cry comes high" said Joe, positively
and the girl saw that he was not one
to be cheated of his due without dis
turbance, so reluctant two dimes and
nickel fell into his palm.
A crowd of the boys on the block
had been. attracted by the unusual
sibht of the dog plough and long be-
fore Joe had finished the first job he
had several orders waiting for him.
When the dog showed signs of being
fatigued by his work, one of the boys
tied an extra rope to the plough and
Joe went into harness with Teddy, and
between them they cleaned every side
walk on the block in a little over four
hours.
He would have done even more
work, but an ill-natured man with
shovel came up to him and threatened
direful things If he didn't stop taking
the bread out of honest mems mouths
by using a plough. Joe might have ar
gued it out with him, but nightfall
was at hand, and the dog was tired
and he had made over three dollars,
so he decided to knock off and call it
half a day, and began to look out for
a conveyance to take him down town
again.
By rare good luck he espied his friend
of the early Afternoon, the truck driver
and he was only too glad to have the
boys company down town, and as his
load was lighter they made better
time, Joe telling his story as they went
and the dog Teddy content this time
to ride at the expense of his friends
the horses.
Another snow fall came in the night
but next day Joe did not have to go so
far to seek for work, as the fame OF
his contrivance had spread around the
market, and he hired the dog for an
other day and by night he had addeu
over four dollars to his earnings. he
found that without the weight OF the
wagon the plough ran more easily ana
just as we'll, so Teddy was able 10
work without becoming tired, and SO
many passersby said Good dog tina,
dare say he was glad he had secured
the job.