The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-02-08

For several days this week, there
was one face missing from the army
Of employees at the round house and
in consequence the noontime chats
and story swapping, the exchange of
repartec between the men, was woe
fully lacking in spirit and spice.
'Booster,'' as he is Familiarity and
popularity known to his fellow asso-
states, is a son OF the Emerald Isle
and a person looking into his coun-
tenance sees therein written, the spirit
Of Irish wit and hunor to the fullest
extent. But Booster has come to
grief and for several days this week
he has been sitting by the kitchen
fire, grumbling over his bad luck and
eondering over the lesson he should
aave learned in early childhood of al
white from you" Boosters" is the
proud owner of knife, a jacknife,
we will call it out Of courtesy to
"Boostel,' though this is misnomer
and an insult to cutlery in general.
Booster" sat by the fire the other
evening whiting d piece Of lzindling
No one knows where he obtained the
kindlins; wood but the Great Northern
Nat cars at the yards have some very
tough wood on them for delivery and
nle piece "Booster' was Whiting was
tough Follow out the conclusion,
please. As "Booster' whitfield, pretty
visions Of working in climate some
lime where no bitter blasts as5ail the
ears and nose, where bananas and
tropical fruits grow in plenty and
where Great Northern firemen are new
81 compelled to await for week a
eail to duty but can get in overtime
every day il they wish, filled his mind
lie smiled as he Whitfield and had al
ready III fancy distributed some Of
he coin Of the realm he was to earn
in this land OF perpetual sunshine,
where firemen wear kid gloves and
''biled' shirts, when the knife Slip
ped and 'Booster,' with howl of
pain sprang from his chair, executed
several steps that would make a sun
dance Indian green with envy and
called FOL help. Upon investigation it
was discovered that the knife had
penetrated the fleshy part Of ''Boost-
er's leg to a considerable depth, in
flicting painful but fortunately not
serious wound. Booster" has been
nursing it care fully and has laid his
plaything aside. The knife is in dis
repute and Booster" will hereafter
select a slab pile not made up of such
tough samples OF wood.
Booster has been missed by the
boys. He bears the title of being
the premium distributor of that subtle
and not wholly unknown product Of
the human voice, "hollihock." AS
distributor Of tepid ozone Booster"
has any one at the shops beat off the
board, So the Man is informed, and as
a financier Pierpont Morgan looks like
Ell Suilu AL toIupai 1So1 W tl1e WHY
Irishman. Booster" can pay more
debts with $500 note and come out
with the same identical note and sew
eral of his fellow employees owing
him to boot, than any man in the en-
ploy OF Jim Hill, SO the Man is in
formed on good authority. Well,
Booster" is q good fellow and the
writer will smoke on him at any time
and agree to say no more. The boys
at the shop are singing this little me
iody this week:
We shall meet, but we'll rot miss
him
We are tired of tepid ali
We are happy now at noon time
For there is no Booster" there.
But they VIII be glad to see him back
just thu same.