The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-20

fore she finally approached close
enough to be tied up.
1t was now considerably after six,
and this time Joe went to the other
end of the boat and stood there boldly.
If a deck hand tried to put him off he
intended Offering him an egg. but
again he escaped notice.
This time the boat was loaded with
passengers and Joe was sorry that ne
had not taken partners into his enter
prise. He would not have eggs enough
to go around.
If his own stomach was a good index,
the passengers must be getting hum
CRY. The keen air had sharpened his
appetite, but he valued his stock in
trade too much to encroach upon 1t
himself just then.
The bell changed and the great boat
pushed out into the sea of ice. The
passengers. with thoughts of cosy dim
ners awiting them in Jersey, peered
anxiously across the darkness to the
lights on the other shore, butNthe pack
had been getting more and
more tightly wedged. and when
they We're mid-steam the boat an
swered a signal from the pilot in ad-
vance of his giving it and stopped.
Joe's spirits began to leap in the dark
| like greyhounds. The passengers
would soon begin to be hungry.
One hour went by and they were still
| in mid-stream. And Joe had heard
number OF men make remarks about
the nearness of hunger and the distance
| of dinner.
When two hours had passed Joe felt
| so hungry himself that he took an egg
out of the basket and began to eat it
| without salt.
You're in luck, Johnny" said a
| broker who stood next to him.
IT'S your luck fer ten cents" said
Joe, with his heart in his mouth-along-
side of the egg. II have dem fer sale"
do you mean to say that you and
the Central road have cooked up a
scheme to rob us while were out hereE'
do youse want an egg for a dime?"
was Joe's answer.
Il could eat house. Sell me an egg
| instead"
"Gf us der dime''
A dime and an egg exchanged own
ers. and then Joe remembered his salt
and offered a pinch of 1t to the broker.
Nov l think I'll live to see home
and mother" said the broker, who
seemed a jovial sort of chap. Say,
was this a flyer on your part?'
yes, sir; but 1 guess L didn't bring
near enough"
And he certainly had not brought
| enough. The broker went around the
boat with him to see fair play and to
enjoy the fun, and he told him to put
up the price to twenty cents an egg,
as it was golden opportunity.
Twenty cents put it beyond the
pockets of some who were hungriest,
but there were very few women on
| board, and the broker treated every
child on the boat to a twenty-cent egg
| And they tasted as good as If they
had cost forty cents.
1t was as Joe had said, winter pic
mic, and he could have sold ten bas-
kets of eggs, for when a man is hum
CRY money lessons in value.
1t was agreed by the passengers that
the small boy had long head, and no
one begrudged him the pocketful of
jingling coins that were his when the
basket was empty.
what are you going to do with that
| money! asked the broker when at 3
o'clock the boat slowly approached the
slip.
ICON ter spen' it," andswered Joe.
Better put Ii in the Dime Savings
Bank 1t won't be yours If you spend
| it, but IL you put ii in the bank you'll
feel like putting more there to keep
| it from getting lonesome. Here's my
| card. Come and see me some day
when you're down near Wall street.
Well, so long. Make hay while the ice
lasts"
80 long. / will"
Joe went ashore and treated himself
| to good warm dinner. Then he dared
the river again and by II o'clock he
| was safe in Mrs. Clancy's rooms, where
he had counted up his returns. He had
eaten one egg himself and his dinner
had cost him fifteen cents That left
him SIC As which, as the result of a
two-dollar outlay. was not bad.
Next morning he told his story to
Mrs. Clancy and insisted on making
her share his good fortune to the ex-
tent of a dollar Then he went to West
street and found that to his sorrow
that the ice was on the move. So he
went to Jim Bagsley's and paid him
for the eggs and gave him a villain
| Gus cigar, which Jim smoked with
great relish after dinner that day.
THAT boy has a good heart" said
he to his wife.
AS for Joe, he took the advice Of the
broker and opened an account In the
| Dime Savings Bank, and 1t is not be-
yond the bounds of possibility that he
| added to it from time to time But
that does not belong to the account OF
his corner in eggs.
|