The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-03-07

by the lean, hungry, characterless. I
>yenomot1s worm :of gutter philosophy. I
They were getting away" r.: I
was lucky throw folr:. him, :; and +
he always said. So I
providence was in. that brickbat."
he declared. Il had noabusiness. alone.
to follow such mud. It's a foolish
jack -lantern-lnighty 'onsarti11'.', /
Jim never saw or heard Of the "fel- !
lers" after that moment when: they
disappeared so .fngloriously down: the
alley. In the presence Of a brick-poI-
ished nose fame loses her charm and
ambition loses cast We do not SUD-
pose their names will go laundering
down the ages" if they did think so
for time, for no one, in the upper )
world of intelligent life, ever heard Of
them again.
Jim was on his feet in moment but
he preferred remaining upon the bat
tlefeld, a victor against twice his
number, to following in their hasty re-
treat. He felt his head, which seemed
as big as two barrels, and there lust
over his ear near the top of his skull
was a beautiful knot" about the size
of a walnut, made by the glancing
stroke of the stone.
Jim went straight to the dispatcher's
office. He knew where it was.
few minutes before the train went
out next morning, bright and sunny,
the president, his wife, and two chill
dren got out Of the carriage Friends
who were going with them got out of
the other carriage. The whole party
went into the depot, the nurse having
the children in keeping.
Did they know of the danger in their
way
It was gay, smiling, cheerful, mod
! ern party that entered the special
| coach. The president talked a moment
on the outside of the coach with Car
Isle and two other gentlemen and
then stepped aboard just as the train
was ready to leave.
All enjoyed the morning ride very
much. AS they whirled along, the g1or-
ious sunshine, pure and unadulterable
thank our lucky stars for that
smiled lovingly through the windows
and kissed the soft cheeks Of the two
children. The mother, always gorgeous
in her gentle sweetness, looked happy,
like one who has a. charitable, expan-
sive view Of life. She smiled more
sweetly than the sunshine upon her
children.
State problems and the heavy con-
dition of mind necessary to weigh
them we'll and fairly were all left re-
hind by the president in the White
House: He was cheerful. He always
enjoyed a rest.
Mile after mile was gone over, and
nothing happened. But didn't they
know Of the danger ahead? Did no
one know anything about it? Did no
one tell them of it, Or was it all a
hoax? Or had Jim's fight with the
villains defeated the dastardly piot?
Let us be brief: even to the. omission
of one or two minor facts, However,
they are not needful to clear and
full understandings of the story.
a At once, then, allow sit to be- said,
that the party arriHsd safely, d *tthe
nnountains,',*no t:: al straw even I'M the
way to interrupt them. :ss:@;**:':: -. ::
Why? The answer to that question
involves the conclusions of it all, and
Jim must appear again. =
AS we know, Jim appeared at the
dispatcher's office, of course in the
full uniform of a genuine tramp. You
know to most people tramp is not a
respectable" person, and so much un-
certainty clings to him-unlike the
aureole to saint, more like the dis
agreeable odor to the poor fellows
clothes-that he is not always believed
when he is even telling the truth. But
he succeeded in planting a large sized
| in Io toLo r,o
TN trying to run it down, here's
what I got" and Jim felt the growing
lump on his hatless head And hi
made the dispatcher feel it, too. There
was no berry odor on Jim's breath, anG
this fact counted very greatly in his
favor.
Jim explained that he was a fireman
out Of job, and that he had just come
in with his old friend Rude Vanover
who said place might be found fol
him here.
We'll see," echoed the dispatcher.
See what?-a job, or the plot % ex.
ploded Jim with grin.
"Both," answered the telegraph
operator, pounding away on the brass
GAIL right, them" and Jim Boss went
out.
With no care for his clothes, hare
and dirty and torn, shuffling around
only from the policemen, with another
old hat on his head that he had rescued
) from foul neglect in some alley, jim
saw the president and his family entel
the depot, and saw the train roll Out
quietly and away. Nobody saw jim
!, except to look meanly at him. He die
not care. It was an experience new
, and valuable, and grand lesson from
, the great book of life. .><::
! TITS my old clothes they -frown at,'
unused the" impurturbable Jim
Clothes usually make ones destiny
, and tailors make clothes"
. Quietly, humorgusly, initiating tn
: step of a snob aristocrat-Jim, tn,
{ king. in his splendid good-humor ant
! mockery of fate" AMI destiny ant
, '1uck"-Jim walked away satisfied. A
I a back-door he had for breakfas
what he called a .*hand-out;' that IL
t a cold bite not on a plate and withou
him IN tho Lifohor, do