The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-11-07
EARNEDTHEIR TREAT

Elf poor Jack Hsssrly had bsen buried
anywhere within reasonable 1.s..==..sc x
the District Of Columbia 1 know one ciff
Eea thereuf Wind have placed the frsxt
wreath Of memory and gratitude parchax.
able with money VA his grave, " remarked
weil-snown ygnng real estate man ocapls
o. days after tbs announcement OF the
death Of the famous minstrel maa who had
won and loss dozen fortunes. And there
are o couple Of nea in business in this
town Of my owR ags who'd doubtless hAve
been glad TO chip IN for the purchase Of
the wreath.
You remember whs. noble, preiernst'
uraiiy gnrgcaua beings the boys al a couple
OF decades OF more ago considered minstrel
...sn 10 be, don't yoai Well, bad that.
and had II bad. The circus was not In Il
with the nihsirela, 70 far as ] was con.
csynei, ased 10 lie awake O. niSA.s and
dream Of one day wearing a eream-colored
suit, with iroek coat, and = sseameulored
plug hat and pAtsnt heather shoes, and
with big yellow diamond stuck in my
shtrt front, and Of marching along IN the
hollow square Of a minsiFeis' street pro
eession. ] didn't want 60 be president oi
the United States, bat did sure long TO
be a black face artist. and | used 10 or,
ganlEe aud put fhfsuaA three or four min.
htfei shows per vseHsien In the shed hack
Of my folks hossss, 10 which | was inter
locutor. end man, siiveF tenor and good
deal Of the rest of the whole thing. ! never
missed q minstrel show whcn wac boy
around this old t0wn--'ud do anything 10
set hold Of the necessary quarter 10 pay
for a &eAi IA the gallery 10 see The min.
strels. Say. I've swiped the lids of my
mothers kitchen stove 70 add weight 10
tie bunch Of old iron junk I've collected
10 cell to the Yunk man 10 get the priee Of
e Eiinstrcl ticket.
We'll, whea Hsveriy's mastodon min.
strelS were billed 10 show a. FoSSl's orsta
heass late in the seventies OF very early
Ia the eighties there dsdn't seem 10 he
mueh doing in the way Of my getting the
prize Of gallery seat. The ground was
covered with SNOW, and 80 there was no
chance Of picking uP enough ton junk TO
make the thing stick, and none Of the
schemes that | thought out looked ~ any
way promising Tbs very day she min
strels were doc 30 open came along, and
still was minus the price. and ] Was
pretty desperate. With two other kids of
my own age ! was on hand outside the
hotel at which the Ministries stopped early
on the morning Of their arrival, and when
the Gorgeous business manager Of the cut
III stepped out in front and asked us three
kids u we wanted 10 distribute haudhills
tor a ticket each to see ths show that
evening, you can figure how we felt. Did
N-ci
well, re clomped all over Washington
l.. Il al
o'clock IN the afternoon, without erer going
home for a nouthful TO cat, scattering those
Havcrly handbi.is at0gHd IN basement aree-
ways and handing EN- to pedestrians rat?
Who wanted to cat with such bSatthe an
:i,ipatioha as free seats al the perform
saec OF Haverly's mas,o4On Ministries
However, ~ a concession 10 onr moiherA
We all did sneak home and grab something
- r.. If the supper table after we'd got
through scattering the handbills, but Il
was merely a matter Of form, and We were
ill three Of us hanging around the old
the4icr long before seven o'clock, waiting
ilr the appearance OF that business man
eyer who had hired IA A. advertising asehis
for one admission each
He showed up about hali.past seven, and
re nailed HIM as so0n a. wc saw him for
t-oie three passes Nov, that man was a
fcan dog and "a tel him 80 Il he was
9 me feet high and saw him this minute.
lie was a msan dog and nothing else. He
looked at ~ three anxious kids for only
gbout hall a second. and then he passed
on, telling ~ to 'glt out We told him
Lat we'd been bedding Bills for him until
oar shoes were worn out, but he wouldn't
listen TO us Cit QUIT said be, booting us
at Of the theater and almost all the way
down the front steps, blame bis internal
slcAn hide.
Well, there we were, and the other kids
cut in front that were waiting to fall into
line to buy gallery tickets when the door
opened at 7.31 gave US the boot. There
we we're, after our wesFtsome day Ia the
snow aud slush, With vet feet, and now
with wellniEA broken hearts. We stood
out there IN the cold in froRt OF old Ford's
an.l all the boys had gone In bowling
with Joy. Well, we could listen TO the
bahd playing on that pogtieo, anyhow, AID
We did, has that wasn't much consolation.
We had about gwen ~ all hope when We
saw coming along at saanter from the
avenue the man whose face has perhaps
been as mueh pictured as that Of any man
that ever ltved--Mr. jack Hayeriy himself.
We waited until he came up the steps and
then wt just got together and told him our
little story, explaining hew we'd worked
aud how we'd been treated for our work.
Wait a minute, yeungsters, said this
man, whose heart was as big az iirs
bucket, and he went inside aud we could
hear him asking the business manager
who had employed US, and who Nas in the
-. h. kVe e.4fA
that day to distribute handhilis. The bust.
ness manager replied that he bad, bot thai
he eaaldn't identity than. HAverly came
to the door and beckoned Ne IN, and. pass.
Tag bis arm around the three Of W., be said
to the business manager, who poked has
head uut of the box Office window
"'Are these three the boysF
"'yes, think they are, replied that
mean dog, knowing that we could prove II.
"'Any boxes ieft, inquired HsvsFiy,
esreiessly, Of the bnsinesa manager.
"'Ies-ane,' replisd the fellow.
"Gtmme the coupons, said Havsfly,
and when he got them he said: Come
along, boys, and, passing the ticket taksr
and the uaheFs, easarted US right square
into oBe of the upper boxes, the only one
left. Then Havsriy palled out wad OF
bills, stripped off three twos, aud handed
each Of ~ one Of them, and. with kind
liz pat Oh the head and a still kindiisr
aaaiIe. he vent cut Of the bon. aud rome Of
Us ever saw him after that
''Rnt we'vs newer forgotten It, and I'd
like to nee the weather fisrcr enough to
keep ia from going 70 his tomb with SOME
Hewersifhs we're buried within reasonable
distance from Washington. - Washington
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