The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-14


them, or l might have forgotten there
ever was wiener and become a specu-
lator.
l found Mr.. Farmer chasing two
small boys, whom he accused of pulling
his whiskers, throwing apples at him
and calling him vile names. l told
him had little business to talk about
and asked him to table. AS soon as
we were seated he started to IeLeat the
abuse the boys heaped upon him and
he was in an awful mood. / thought
it good time to strike so said: "Do
you know you are going to be arrest
edp' And before he had time to an
swer continued, "you might as well
own up, for am here to befriend you"
He persisted in knowing why he was
going to be arrested. "You stole our
wieners and unless you produce them
in short order you will spend the next
five years in prison." OF course he pro-
tested his innocence and after laying
the whole case before him, asked him
if it did not look badly for him. He
said it did. I told him we did not need
any material testimony to prove his
guilt; that any jury would convict him
on the circumstantial evidence we had
against him. Before l left him he
promised to buy all the wieners we
wanted, and no doubt would have made
good if we did not stop him. As the
next boat was about due by this time,
several of us started for the docks to
meet it, but as soon az we reached the
main read we all stood still, for there,
stretched along the center of the road
for blocks, lay our missing luxaries.
Some time after enc of the youngsters
I interviewed told us he, rode on the
wagon from the docks unknown to the
farmer and for. joke dropped the
wieners in the road.
Besides baseball, races, climbing the
greasy pole and swimming, there were
many other games Of amusement and
all enjoyed themselves immensely.
A young chap who is thrown on his
own recourses and starts in as Eews-
boy has indeed a, hard road to travel
| for few years at least. He learns the
value of money through earning it him.
self, becomes more manly as he ad-
vances and is learning all the time from
our greatest teacher, experience. The
ingenuity displayed by some boys to
secure and hold customers is indeed
remarkable. And unless they have
ways of retaining customers they will
never be success as newsboys. Again
a boy may be able to hold customers
and be success as q newsboy, but he
may prove himself failure in other
things.
Here is good illustration: During
my last few years as a newsbOy l haG
q great chum, also a newsboy, and We
both had good corners. He quit some
years before me and went to work fol
one of his customers at the Lackawan
ma steel mills. This was several years
ago and today he is assistant superin
tendent of the plant. also quit, bu
instead of going to work as my chun
did, took the opposite road, which ha
but one end. The results are, tina
while he is enjoying all the pleasures
liberty has In store for a man, I an
isolated from all congenial companion
J ship and deprived of nearly all tn
. pleasures of my boyhood days, withou
: which few can maintain intellectual
!, life.
If were to tell you of some of tn
schemes used to skin the newsboy ou
of his papers you would immediatel
propose me for an active member o
the Ananias Club. have always nc
ticed that when selling a paper to
t woman, she would never let go of he
: money until the proper change wa
: placed In her other hand, no matte
what the value of the coin might bs
Many will ask you if you have a Gel
!. tain paper, and if you have any trad
at all you must handle all papers. Yo
, start folding it up as small as possibl
while she is fumbling the contents 9
! her handbag only TO find she has notl
: ing smaller than qusrter and think
Q you haven't enough coins to change i
q but for encouragement she will say, 8
: will be back soon and have the prope
: change" In such cases Railways CAV
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