The Washington times., 1902-03-16

gained publicity in the local papers.
The pair were attired in evening dress,
with opera hats and the other customary
embellishments. and were in every respect
pair of full-fedged dandies. Their
homes are in the uptown portion of the
city and some distance from car line,
so they set out on foot for a cab stand
When they arrived there, however, they
found every cab was out. Then they be-
gan to search for public telephone sta
tion to call an automobile, but they
couldn't find one in that locality.
We'll" said one. I'VE can't get cab
or an auto, and it's too far to pike it
back to the cars, so / think we'd better
Just walk along and hope for something
to turn up on the way"
The other youth agreed to the PROPOSE
tion. and they continued on their way.
Finally they began to get down into the
business section of the city. Convention
Hall was still long way off, and it
was growing late. Both were becoming
exceedingly weary. Presently they came
TO halt and began to survey each other
sleepily.
Say" one of the pair finally exclaimed,
1--WE can't keep this up; we'll be tired out
before we get there
Correct; 1 perfectly agree with you,
old pail replied the other. thickly.
We'll, what are we going to do? We
can't get any sort of a vehicle here"
Correct; l entirely agree with you"
Then they gazed at each other again.
Finally the first speaker chanced to no.
tice a neat push cart standing in the
doorway of a grocery almost in front of
them.
Slapping his rapdly-wilting companion
on the back, he exclaimed:
Here, wake up, Here's just the thing
we want
Boarded the Ship Of State.
No one was in sight and the cart was
wheeled out into the street. The tired
young man was unceremoniously dumped
aboard. and the jar entirely revived his
tagging mentalities. Then the other
youth began to navigate the craft down
the middle of New York Avenue. But
the task of furnishing motive power for
the vehicle was a hard one, and the boy
was very tired by the time he had gone
Two DiOChS- men, 10 TeHtdN lui5 ueltCt,
they agreed to take turns at pushing the
horseless carriage. In this mail1er they
made very fair progress until within two
blocks of the hall. Then they struck a
snag.
passing policeman CHANGED t, spy the
pair, and evidently thought they looked
suspicious. He commanded the boys to
halt, which they refused to dc. The Of
fcer ran to intercept them, but the boys
took to their heels, pushing the cart with
them. After they had gone about two
blocks the fugitives abandoned the cart
and made a desperate effort to escape.
But the cop" soon overlook them and
clutched them by the collars. He proved
a hearted individual however. and
after listening to the boys tale of woe
liberated them upon the promise that
they would return the cart Immediately
to the place where they had obtained it.
They were then fully half a mile from
the grocery where the cart belonged,
and it required every bit of their nerve
TO face that long walk back. AS they
passed Convention Hall a number OF the
people who did not care to stay to the
finish we're leaving, and they stared in
an.azement at the pair of boys in evening
dress pushing the cart. Finally, after
fully an hours delay. the youths com
pleted their journey and arrived at the
hall. But they were so tired by that
time that they were unable TO enjoy the
festivities.
Collecting by Serenade.
A prominent high school boy has, until
a short time ago. been spending his
Saturdays in the employ of a druggist.
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small, but it was sufficient to provide the
youth with pocket money for two or three
days. For some time the druggist had
been falling behindhand in his payment
of the boys wages, assuring him that he
would settle the matter in lump on
certain date. Recently, however, the boy
was discharged. and to his chagrin the
pharmacist refused TO pay his back
wages. The amount was too small, in the
boys estimation, TO raise disturbance
over. so he let the matter drop. yowing,
however. that he would get even
The lad belongs to mandolin club.
and, with a party of four of the other
club members, all, with their instru
ments. was returning from practice late
enc night last week, and, it CHANGED,
passed the house of the druggist.
Boys said the student, struck with
an inspiration, and explaining the situa-
tion TO them, lets sit on this old duff
fer's porch and play couple Of tunes.
I'll make bluff, and maybe III get that
money"
The plan was agreed to, and in a mo-
ment the FIVE were strung out along the
porch of the house, twanging their man
dolins and singing that well-known sere-
made. 60 Promise Me-" as follows: 80,
promise me, some day you'll pay that
debt. You've promised, but you haven't
paid il yet"
II was less than three minutes before a
window in the second story went up with
bang, and the man who owed the bill
stuck his head out.
''W'at'ell?' he enquired in that nice,
courteous tone ordinarily used by men
placed in a similar situation about a. m.
The situation was explained TO him, and
the student added: We've got a few
more songs left, and we're going through
the whole bill of fare, and come back
again tomorrow night, II you don't pay
I1e the wages you owe me. II you have us
arrested it'll get into the papers and
you'll be the laughing stock of the whole
town. You've got to pay
The druggist came down in less than
five minutes and paid the money.
New Home for Training School
It is reported that the new building
for the Manual Training School will soon
be completed and ready for the occu-
pancy of the institution. The pupils will
be in the seventh heaven OF bliss when
the removal actually takes place. for the
new building is in every respect a model
one. 1t contains handsome and complete
forge shops and workrooms, as well as