Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-03-26
a NAN In
THE MAEING

The stsrT Of skagNisr y very Slsa-
pas. bat It goes atpaiSAt ~ that rPok
- ~ hesEt tAat y always WsiMhG
- respSnd - the SFsre Rnd Rreet
things ~ lie. BkaGsles was not hls
name. sons eAe EaFs kim that titls
ths thiFd day sftsr he teok the Job.
Il vas aaaliy sSFtAiisa - "Skas."
Whea be aru4 sAae 70 the sRsc ~
atted hks = Rsuae's tati N . ell;
but he had 80 cid lsek--thS iseR
Of . baeden bsTOsA Ms ysaFa. Ne
Wss wan aud paie, And his n'Ase vas
red every time he cane ~ fgoS the
weather. HIS ahoes sad steokfnSs
we're vSatiiAted bsFSnd oadurones
V aaybody except a beg.
Bat skag vss q faithfui yeFtsr-
ct arst. Bright and uHFig he swept
the Ofies aaa duSssa tAs SssA8-
that is, used the duster-Aal ~
eight s'eaosk ~ Waa over in IN csr-
ser. his hale Dlastered bact sas hia
face washed, save fer the hiHh-watsF
@rk about his seek.
nut by degrees SkhG's SzthuuiRsa
svUg his aev rssitlon laaGuisAaS.
The ejerRs osuplainOd - uaSnDttSa
Uasts-bashets Aad dusty aesks. n
Van aiIo noticed that BkaG's oiSthal
voro daily GroRiAS more shabby, kia
hair iSuger. his shoes more run ever,
ana Il was evident that his mind was
act en- his work.
A usSriRand frsa tAs ''eess" lad
tNS desired eject Ne became ASrs
puiactuAl, tOsk mere iAtSrsst IN his
Verk. ssSned sheeTy. Aad ss@oti=Sa
Vttstie6 . LITTLE. But Bkhg's Nor&
vas spasmSdie. Il was NOT long be-
fore he was as had as ever. His
work lAgGed. be vas SLOW about get
ting reund mornings, and his inter
sgt--OutwaTdly, at ieEst-wAs Of the
wooden Indian variety. The crown
ina and fnsl test OF ,a1ursaes on
the part of the ohles force cans
when he went to sleep IN his ehlir.
'Sksg, come here!"
It was the boss. SkaE shufSsd
into the managers priTste Office. and
at on the edge OF ehSir, nervous
and fidgety. The boss did net spsAk
Tor a ninute-his way Of imIrsssins
q eulprit
"SkRg, this thing has sns fsf
saogghl You are not paving httcn.
tion to your work. Look At TIE
dust on my desk-it's frigbtful. Th.s
is Monday. I'll give you Just one
week. Saturday winds ycu up u1-
less you come out Of that trance.
That's ALL"
Skag shifted and shufasd back ~
ais chair, where he tugged at the
seam OF his trousers and Eazed
rscanly ost OF the window.
g1R Rest H.ssa.1g uass SlaSe &ssP-
y EfEseeaed. IaA AN tkESEeA See
Tsrk ais SsEf izPrs~et. re Ss47s g
rapher even diEeArded her wotS
sleeves. her DESK wEs so clean.
But no one noticed thEt s&EEt
face was growing thinner and hi
syelids more Dropping.
Saturday night, after ave o'oloei..
SAAG stayed and cleaned up the Of
Sec Re would be that much ahead
uheu Monday came.
AoaAay morning The once ESs
- clean as Dutch kitchen, bat
there vas no Sksg. Noon arrived.
Aad SAIL no Skss. at which the boSs
VAKed wrGthy.
"JOnes, so up to the kids hou-s
cad zee what the trouble Is. 5SN
Aia II he SaN't get here By tNs
O'eiSck. be needn't come at all"
HAsn Jones returned bS went iats
the managers private once aac
sloHeA the door. Later he cane oV,
With = lsaS sheet OF payer in hi,
hGad. The boss had heaGS4 the
uSt vita twenty-five dollars.
"WkSt brought It ont" Gsksd the
SosnOGNPher.
Exposure, snd not OnoHGh 10
RSSB bedy and Bosl together. TIE
hia's been sittlAg Wp nights with her
eS9 . month. FuFsrsi's Wednesday" )"
RkAG Re still VOrkinE. He veArs
. heV suit. aad the hish-wster mark
FOSEa his hSck has disappeared. And
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