The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
(Copyright.)

A llFst SnuDDy dldn [ care much Tor "A his employer He was too partic- A ular in his dress for Snubbys au- tocratic taste; and though he had to ad- init to himself that the tout ensemble was good to look upon, Snubby much pre- ferred a man who wore striped sweater with plenty of diamonds and dirt there on. or a soft-collared shirt, Hike de Giants wears"
 However. this feeling lasted only until the first Thursday of his servitude. Upon that day, shortly before noon. his em- ployer called him to his desk, and when Snubby finally condescended to extinguish half inch of cigarette that he was sur reptitiously smoking in the supply closet, where there was plenty of paper and other interesting inflammabale matter and grant his employer an audience, he was asked:
 My boy, do you think that your grand mother could conveniently die-eh-let us say day before yesterday, so that the fu- neral could be held this afternoon?"
 Snubby scratched his nose, uncompre- hending; but on general principles, he an- swered:
 Sure"
 Such being the case,' continued his
 
 today at noon; and I happen to have a ticket to the ball game given me by a friend who varies his profession as fan by occasional lapses into the law. If the obsequies are over in time, you might possibly find an opportunity to use 1t. And here's a quarter for expenses"
 Snubby took the ticket and the coin; and, needless to say, he used both, and to the full. And he returned home that evening full of peanuts and pain and enthusiasm with his voice as weak as his regard for his hitherto despised en1- ployer was strong
 He's d good guy. all righ all right, he that night confided to Muggsy Me Graw as they sat behind an ash barrel An geo. but de Giants pounds dem od- der guys all over de damon. De pitcher Is lef' handed guy an dey dim get moren two hits off'n him de whole game He's a good guy ter woik for he went on condescending1y. s"Hes good guy even if he does part his roof in de middle an wear no more joolry dan White Wings. He made a crack about me gran mudder wot got by me; but seen de game an he gimme quarter too. Me fer him. He's a good guy.
 Muggsy opined that his friend was tight and wished that he could get lob wit a guy like dat. And when they separated, Muggsy to continue to wlsh, snubbv to dream of ball game played ,n a diamond as big as Manhattan ls- land with a home pitcher that threw balls with the precision and frequency ,f A rapid-fire gun and visiting batters that struck out with gratifying mutual regularity and promptitude, there was nutual agreement to the fact tf>-. the gentleman in question was good guy
 And then when. one afternoon just be- Ore closing time, his employer happened 70 come suddenly upon SnupDy ana ms cigarette in the supply room and merely pointed out to him, as one man might to ,nother the danger of smoking amid ,uch inflammable material and asked ,im to please refrain from so doing Tn future Snubby, who from precedent, had lxpected to be first cursed and then dis- charged, waxed so respectful and peneVo- lent and admiring that he forswore to- oacco and its delights in business hours md even began to pay as much atten- lion to his employer as he did to ms ehi- ployer's stenographer. And he con1ideo 10 his friend Muggsy that he had come to consider his employer a greater man than Spike Haggerty, the lightweight ,hampion who ran the saloon on Four leenth street; which was rank heresy ana therefore precipitated fistic argument rom which the two emerged with more s,In,ps and fewer teeth and several auui- uonal rents in their raiment; and yet with A more abiding respect for one an- ,ther and an even stronger affection; for with the young. blows ofttimes form closer and more lasting ties than do kisses.
 But then when the employer one holiday look "de push out for a day on his yacht md entertained them to more dlnerent tinds of eatables than the aforesaid push vnew existed, and brought them back in he evening food -distended. sunburned and happy, snubby paeanzed his employer to loud and enthusiastic chorus. There vas no argument. And Spike HaRgerty, md even the pitcher of de Giants" oined the Has-Beens
 One morning, after he had held ms po- dtion for an even twain of months (wnich vas record performance with Snuppy)' ,e entered the office to find his employer Ilready there, sitting at his desk pelore m open letter Snubby's first thought ras that he was late; but a glance at he clock told him that his newborn sense duty had not betrayed him.
 He chanced to draw near the desk and