Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-21
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
HAWKINS

Jim to the railroad men IN tne bostoH
& Albany yard yesterday, when ]
were q guest of Lord Traverse's coun-
try house for u week in England"
cit oH, jim" shouted the boys.
I'VE thought you were telling us moth
ing but straight trips yo had made.
Now, Spike, he never tried to string
us with yarns but facts he could prove.
Your other stories were all right, but
when you. you long lank, old Virginia
clay-eater, start TO tell about how you
hobnobbed with royalty in England.
it's all off, it's the limit" and the boys
looked sorrowfully at Jim, who only
grinned.
"You-all are sutnly plumb scairt O
gettin' strung now. amt you? Well,
you must shore listen to this yarn an
then I'm willin' to betcher youall will
b'lieve hit.
Hit were Jest like this-one time
when | were a runnin' down home on
tn n. L. W., pore lookin' guy he
came erlong an wanted Job. He
didn't know box car from stub
switch, but he were powerful built
Teller an tn boss gin him a trial.
9TH Teller, he SEE his name was
Hawkins, an lowed 1t were as good
as any. He seen | was offended at his
tryin' to pay me an he shook hands,
an SEE somethin' bout my bein' a true
son O. something err ruther II | were
a wearin' overalls. Shore wear 'em,
l told him pretty pert like, cause l
thought he were a-makin' fun o. me.
| wear 'em an I'm proud Of hit. I'm
as good as anyone else, hain't ~ He
SEE, You're a sight better n most Of
en- So we were pretty friendly.
4 He were a-savin' his money cause
he said as how he were a-goin' home
"a long way OFF an wanted to look good
an ! guess he did, for he worked bra
kin long time an had $500 or $500
saved up. sorter helped him bout
his work cause he warn't much good
). even II he were shorely good Teller
. Sometimes he'd get out er money
cause he sailed his'n an wouldn't take
; II out tn bank. He allus paid hit back
. an | liked to help him.
( "Bimeby he comes to me an he SEE:
Well, Jim. my boy, I'm goin' to leave
you; I'm goin' home an he looked
tickled to death. He never told US
where he lived or who he were an I'd
never ask him; SO we shook hans an
seq: Hope you'll git better job
, Hawkins, an take MY advise, shake
railroadin'. You're bum at hit an vii
never git further n tn section gang.
He looked at me sharp like, to see Il
were jokin' an then he seq, solemn
like, I promise, Jim, never to do any
more railroadin', an with that he tool
tn freight for Norfolk, as he were {
still savin' his little pile. He nevel
climed a car in Virginny again.
Hit were two years after that whei
tn boom fell outen' morn thousan
! little mushroom cities down my way
! freight shippin' fell OFF an half Of III
J were laid OFF, l were one of 'em an
I had spell o. thinkin' I would give VI
) railroadin', seem as how ] were shore
ly outer 1t for a while anyway. IT
! try the sea fer a while SEE |, an
jumps a freight for Norfolk. Their
were nothin' dom In tn way Of sail
in job there an ! went north to New
York. There were no big sailin' ship
where tn sailors wore blue cloes an
danced on deck an sung songs an
spun yarns as l always b'lieved as how
there were. My little pile were run
= min blame low an found as how
were on my uppers for shore, so ! tool
}. tn first thing that come handy, whicl
r. were cattle boat.
/. Say, you all know all bout cattl
:. boat. Tough as ! were, hit nearl
5. killed me an | landed in London
4, bioomin' wreck. ! had a little O. tina
a, durn foreign money that knew moth
a, in bout. ! had been give me when
S. landed. That didn't last me but littl
\. an were near starvin'. Never S
!, blame hungry an forlorn an shore
the bad as then. | dassen't git arrest
J. ed, for knowed that meant long i'm
r. .prisonment, an ! were jest thinkir
D. OF stowin away on some durn dugou
$. or other when some one in a gree
10 high hat with dinky cape on him al
l. knee britches comes through a crow
J. on tn street an taps me on tn shou
der, lookin' as though he were plum
nj ashamed to be a speakin' to me an
- didn't blame tn pore cuss much. -
ludship desires to speak to you, m
man. seq he.
"'Huh?' SEE |, bewildered like.
"'Hi say, you know, come with me
is seq tn queer lookin' guy in tn mil
1u strel cloes, an l. followed him 'caus
to | were ready to do anything or go any
ir where. He took me up to a cab-llR
sort of wagon an as shore as preacl
Il in there set Hawkins, tn chump wht
OF couldn't set brake in half an hor
cut on'tR N. & W. in Virginny.
Jim SEE he, I'm certainly glad
see YOU He talked diffrunt from whit
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