The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04

We already hay" ninety dollars t. y"Tr
credit
Cant help IL rrpli 81 Rllv I want
tn keep ah"ld I'm going H. send -'m"
more m this letter aud h" did
some 81 Blly'~ CTis.s nave come Il pwu
IN history u" u~"l t. mount the stairs
~ the Unitarian Church tower every day
- watch for the steamer from the con
ilnent as they saw IN NantuCket Nv
the wav. they sometimes even speak 81
gong ~ or coming from Am" -lca' II
seems T. widen the thirty mile >;r"tCh e
water - the broadnsSs ~ a sea. bat
is an old tim" habit II speech. aim -
extinct now
Well Billy u-.,I - climb away M into
the topmost cn1mher ~ IN" tpWC-.
windOwel Cuppl from which Won ~"
almost ever" aCr. of the island and miles
II water m all directions In "a" Wind w.
thee" were thea and -tIll are NC" hftl.
framel openings large enough fpr m"
UaE-ag" ~ Rlllv'= horn When he strhtsi
the Steamer h" thrust the horn through
each ot these openings IA turn and bleV
a felrfUl blast o. tn" four quarters u
h"'ven
And could YOU hear him all over town
Young lady ask"i the contemporary II
7 Billy She received pitying glance
Hear him. Well Il you couldn't have
heard hIm three mil" you'd "A had q ben
deef,- was the answer
Having thus informed all Nantucket
q the approach 81 the steamer Billy would
hurry down - thu wharf where his
bundle u papers WAS thrown over - him
while the boat wa- corning around p her
berth HuTrie ily glanCIng AZ IA" head
lines and ringing HE bell or roaring spas
medically through hts trumn"t. Billy
would then shout the news or his Ncr-i on
of u There was sometimes CuI-iierable
difference between them
The CholCest mIXup- resulted when
Billy combined the news Of The day with
local announcements In order 10 sN-
MI N,.i1. ay... -.
said that Nantucket fairly riots IN Auc-
tons They auction everything there
from farms to- fans and from corner lots
TO whales teeth. hut they are particu-
larry addicted tn meat auctions Not
IN the summer time. IN" strangers clean
up all the eatahles then. hut Saturday
night out Of season - sacred "a the time
honored meat auction
The custom thrived in the ens also
which gave rise To particularly fine
specimen 81 Billys crying The news
had just come 81 the b,'tle Of Manassas
Junction and Billy announced n a. fol-
lows
Great battle a, Molasses Junction,
Big numbers killed and Wounded Meat
auction thus eVenIn'-
The meat auction IN fact appears IN
most 81 Billy's cries which are being
handed down. but seldom in 80 pert inent
conjunction One man declares that
BILLY didn't Say meat auction ANYWAY
hut meat OK lie quotes HIM -Ther.'ll
he a meat OK A. half past ~ o'clock in
front Of Burgess market Corn beef
mutton n lamb Half - past 10 o'clock
Mea' or
Another Of his cries that - quoted 10
Now. there's been fearful storm ON
West r-r-rippin' fire IN New York,
Horrible murder IN Boston, Auction
thus eVenin' Corn besr And a grand
bal tonight a the rink and there's all
the news to-day
However many screws might he lacking
N Billv's mental makeup he was Shrewd
enough To realize that the position ~ town
cri"r carried Nth y some except ional
advantages for eNampl" who could he
m Letter position 20 call public Atten-
ton 10 an mPcnting birthday with it,
Opportunity Il" the literally nClirei2 A.
IN" Anniversary ~ Billys natal iay APP
preached therefore he include, n IN
his regular announcements
MY birthdays a-conin' Meat auction
this "V"uin Corn beef an mutton Don't
forget INV birthday
Unfortunately Blv's real birthday
came IN l'toh"r. when all his summer
friends hal gone away That wa Sad
Tor Ii'lly a. well a. ~ o. Sa,.'n.d To- him
Tor his on islander acquaintance 30 he
quite easily remsdIsd this ~ having two
birthdays a year. on" Tor summer u-e
aud ~" other !or home consumption
h" latter brought him - great many
cakes hak~i for him Nv kindly Nantucket
HOUSEWIFE ~ many n fact that Billy
finally literally cried aloud that onkes
were drug IN ms rk.i. likew,.. ne,.k-
ties Plain cash was always w.l,,,ne
Nantu~k@' has word -fOp-paw
which u useS jokinR.v nowadays though
originally u was probably mIACa ling
~ he words fapN pas 20 de-"rib'. q bluu-
der NJ any eor' hue Of Ntlly'- foo pawa
was when the news reached NanttIcket
that th'. J-t'ie- for deepening ~" harbor
were IN l'e built Billy VAS told thai Van
tuckes had got th" iatt'es aud not icing
Quite clear a. 10 what they w"r" b" rried
the news thus
Tn" jetty.- A. ~" wharf The j~tty'S
a. the wharf
During the war Billy was drafted and
though not az all eager 10 GO puit" tho
Tever~. In fact h. did repair To- the
continent and pr~s"nt himself az IN.
aps., tfisd place The recruiting officer
aOOn discovered the absence ~ thn-a
scrsws which were lacking. hut they duly
enlisted him. or ~ Ieast went through the
forFns - y Then they said
Now. we're going 20 give YOU f.r--
Tough ~ - years and - months
Presenting him With a paper to that