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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.
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itfimatj tif “Jltnkeu” (HubbB. (By Richard Mattox. ’18.) CHAPTER I. “Pinkey” Tubbs wheezed his way up the dinky stairs that led to his small apartments, as he gained the fourth landing he gave a sigh of relief. “My goodness,” he gasped, as he mopped Jiis brow, “them stairs seems longer each time I come up ’em.” With this assertion he turned and plodded down the small hall that led to his rooms. As he turned the corner he came to a sudden stop. His worst fears were suddenly real- ized. There, directly in front of his door stood Mrs. Miranda Jones, his hard-hearted land-lady. Upon spying him. she approached and said in an icy tone, “Mr. Tubbs, ITi trouble you fer my six dollars rent money, please.” “My goodness,” exclaimed the dismayed Pinkey, “why Missus Jones, I ain’t seen a dollar since last week, let alone six dollars, but if you’ll wait awhile I’ll—” “No, that settles it,” said Mrs. Jones loudly, “if you can’t pay you’ll have to get out, and get out right away. I’m a poor widder woman, with three children, and the cost of livin’’s so high, I can hardly keep myself, let alone keepin’ somebody else, an’ besides I—” But Pinkey had fled down the stairs. As he reached the sidewalk, he gazed about wondering where to go. He decided to walk down the street in search of a job. As he sauntered along, he began to ponder on his position. Here he was out of a job and out of home Surely there was some reason for all his trouble. Ah, he knew; it was his massiveness. Yes. “Pinkey” was fat. This was proved by the fact that the only arti- cle of dress he could buy ready-made was a collar button Moreover, the ancient adage. “Nobody loves a fat man,” had proved true in every respect. Fortune had turned her back, and leeft him a hungry outcast, all because he weighed over three hundred pounds. 0. cruel fate. While thus meditating, “Pinkey’s” attention was attracted across the street. Nailed on one side of a restaurant door was a large sign with the following words printed upon it WANTED MAN TO TAKE POSITION AS WAITER, APPLY WITHIN. “Pinkcy’s” heart leaped for joy. Here was luck at last. With high hopes he crossed the street and entered the door of the restaurant. CHAPTER H. Mrs. Smith was talking. “Lizzie dust off that beefsteak in the window, and did you put that sign up?” “Uhuh,” answered Lizzie,” I tacked ’er up on the north side of the door right in plain view, an’—” Here Lizzie was interrupted by the arrival of our hero, “Pinkey ’ Tubbs. He looked at Mrs. Smith and said, “I begs your pardon, but are you Mrs. Smith, the proprietor?” “Yessir,” promptly answered Mrs. Smith. “Are you the man come for the job?” “Yessum,” replied “Pinkey.” My name is Mr. Tubbs an’ I worked in a railroad res- taurant before.” “Then your’e just the man we’re looking for,” beamed Mrs. Smith. “Ever since Ezry mv husband died, we’ve needed a man around the place to do the harder work, and since (7)
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