The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
JasOn'S Elevator Adventures.
BY oTHo WILLIAMSON.

ences, for in his town everyone knew everyone else, and just how bad or now good boy was was common @ l,,t Know1eqhfse, ~ hs,n sS several et times he replied; What do you
 ','so i've can know whether you are non est and whether you know how to run an
 Of course I'm honest" protested Jason, Indignantly No one had eyer stap qufsnUned nn@ I don't know how to run an elevator; He used to be the day boy in the Atalanta Apartment House. where my ae uncle eor Iives. ta+ him a lot of times. I can stop right on ttlhe level with the floor almost every
 He was, about ito give up his quest in despair ''If don't get something here 1 I'll give up and go back home" he salq bouse meRf Wbere his ah uncie lived l It was not a very nice house, and the janitor who Twas running the elevator. looked cross.
 "so, you want job. do you?" he replied In answer to Jason's request. Wen. n SICK. or this one; so you can 1all-to tnis ming sgo% yoy VI bave me to tTeckon with, and I'll give you. such fdrubbing as you won't want again In a hurry n Look sds, sharp now-there's cal
 There was no lever with a smooth han de, that responded to the touch, as Inere fore. In this one he had to take hold of the cable and give 1t a pull downward to start it. and then another pull upward to stop 1t.
 It was a most unsympathetic cable. and Jason had a hard time getting It to stop at the right place. He made several iaise sc3s You are ve5y s5 sTkwafo astb oor DV Wbo -Iad summoned the elevator.
 ''I haven't quite got the hang of It, re- piled Jason. Its different from the one
 Well. we certainly take great risks when we trust our lives to such ignorant boys" she replied tartly as Jason blun-- dered, trying to land her on the ground
 My. but this cable hurts my hands" Jason said to the tanitor little later. and have something to take hold with?"
 Yes. I will" said Janon meckly.
 "Bov. what makes this elevator shake so ?nt asked one of the passengers. T be- lieve It's because you don't know how sHeret Ter boy, I told you to let me out at it fs Now. Now don't o you give me ne any imperH- renoe. I won't have it."
 .Jasop heard many such remarks In the fSs astof oere who S0RDants hsaped aSsss i upon linn Sand threatened to discharge I fIiht. fRenabrnberi1g the difficulty he had st@o ey st to hs posf It %Ss buss s one, and he worked harder than he ever had in his fife. One evening Peter Long l came around on nlS way nome IIOUl ms new place and said, 'Hullo. Jason. d'you want a better job than the one you've | got?'
 You bet" said Jason heartily.
 All right. they want a boy at the Ru- bens Studios, and you've had experience now I guess you can get it."
 Jason got the place. but he found new 1 troubles.
 What do you mean by letting thieves and beggArs into the building7" he was | asked when he had innocently carried a decent-lookfng woman to the top floor. I That woman was a thief.'
 The elevator was a better one than the l one he had previously had. but 1t was | cratic. Once 1t stopped halfway between floors and nothing he could do had any effect upon 1t. An expert had to be sent for to come and release them. A woman caught her lace frock in the gate and before Jason could stop the eie- vator the dress had been ruined She in- sisted that he. would have to pay for 1t. but he did not.
 He was just beginning to think that he was finally getting control of the situa- tion when on one of his, trips something slipped, and up and up scooted the ele- vator with Jason and passenger in 1t. He was sure they were going out of the roof, but at the last minute something broke and something caught and there they were, safe enough, but so scared that Jason vowed then and there that if he came out alive he would leave eleva- tors alone and go back to his fathers store. And he did.