The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-10-08
BILL AND
JOSIAH


dlscernment could have told from the
start what would happen to Josiah
Sneech II was useless to send g
pale-faccd highbrow like that to col
lege. He wouldn't do anything but
study. Now Bill Wing was differ
ent; BIN would do anything but
study.
"Thmderation, sir" angrily ex
claimed BIZ, when a professor once re
preached him for lack of familiarity
with the textbook -"Thunderation and
blazes, sir. a fellow can't know every
thing! Besides, sir Sneech-Josy
Sneech-cOmes from my town, and he
does my studying for mel" Bill
glared Indignantly at the professor.
With ayerted eyes the professor re-
marked sagely: "Sneech? o, Sneech
will never amount TO anything!"
We'll, said Bill Wing, Il can't help
it; why doesn't he get wise and play
ball?"
Precisely
But Josiah Sneech stood no more
chance of playing baseball than he did
of being a success in the game Of
life. He had a glass arm from birth.
He could not have hit a balloon, 10
1t was fastened in front of HIM
Bill Wing was the goods.
1t takes a sure-enough college ath-
lete to make a success in life. Bill
was the greatest pitcher the old uni
versity had ever turned out. Courte-
Gus, affable, distinguished in his bear
ing, possessed of muscles like iron,
and generalship such as Napoleon
and handful Of officers in the worlds
history have acquired through sea
sons of stress. Bill Wing developed
into the "headiest" pitcher that ever
made batsman wildly smash the air
and bite his lips in sorrow.
Was Bill Wing the goods?
Certainly.
Josiah Sneech Travelled for a hard
ware firm, in a half-hearted ATTEMPT
to sell patent egg beaters to house
wives who shOOed him OFF the prem
ises, the summer vacation before he
went back TO college for his senior
year. This was really the nearest an.
proach to anything useful that poor
Sneech accomplished in his college
career. The fellow was perfectly fool.
ish about books. He used to study
till the midnight oil refused to burn.
Sneech took book with him to the
only ball game he Witnessed during
the brilliant season prior to gradua.
ton A foul tip ripped into the
bleechers, made straight for Sneecb.
broke his finger, and dashed Jevon's
logic to earth. Oh. anybody could see
the finish of Sneech.
Hoodooed from the start, and
man marked for the cold unconcern
OF a world that was eagerly waiting
Tor a stalwart, popular, wide-awake
fellow like Bill Wing.
Bill was graduated. Some of the
more conservative professors did not
FULLY understand how the athletic com
mittee fixed it.
Also poor Josiah Sneech was gradu.
ated.
Poor sneech! What a struggle
with an unapDreciative world was to
come to him!
ALREADY he was catalogued as a
nature by such persons as ever let
.helr eyes rest upon his pallid, mourn.
lul FEATURES, his painfully stopping
and his forlorn, hopeless
aspect He looked like a ruin.
The post college career of Bill
wing began right away. 1t differed
no whit in brilliance from his efful-
gent college existence. Bill pitched
ball for the Giants all sum-
ner. His salary was said to be the
highest ever paid to a Young
,ter."
by some unexpected vagary of fate.
Iosish Sneech landed job shortly
liter graduation. He read law and
worked as office boy at three dollars
'er week in dingy office where day
lght was a myth and got in only by
accident.
And Sneech did nothing but get dis.
lked by the junior clerks on account
L his disgusting habit of studious,
ess.
On the diamond, Bill Wing was
mining the plaudits- of the mul,
itude.
Eleven years fed Eleven years
n diamond and in dingy office.
In sumptuous, library a keenreyed.
nan was turning the pages of his
ewspaper carelessly. He brushed
ack the hair from his brow. The
iamond on his finger caught a ray
I light from the $4,000 mirror across
he room and flashed gorgeously. The
eye fell upon glaring
eadlines, as follows:
"Sneech Wins in Brilliant Battle"
Eminent Young Corporation Counsel
Puts Legal Talent to Rout"
Mimi" said the gentleman. MIMI.
lie appeared in no wise dispIeased
Using he threw out his chest ana
'aced back and forth upon the thick
'elvet carpet. Presently, he touched
silver bell An obsequious serving
nan appeared.
James" said the gentleman. %
wish you would order the baroucha