Show WHY TIlE BOND WAS SMALL There Wasnt much Left After tHe watch Was IZiiiuctl He didnt have much the bond will be small said the friend of a dead engineer en-gineer to the ordinary recentlv There was a tenderness in his voice as he added His stuff mighter figger up 150 if his watch hadnt been so smashed up when the ingines went together But when they pulled him out from betwixt the tender and the biler even his old timepiece time-piece was smashed so you couldnt tell the balance wheel from the second hand Ii Shes got ithis wifes got itbut it aint 1 worth er cent She keeps it and cries over it every time when she sees the batteredup mass of silver and brass She wouldnt give it for the biggest diamond in Atlanta but it aint worth much now and the bond wont be as big as it would er been ififif the old watch hadnt er been just a little bit too old and I too slow He was er brave young I fellow he was and she was as pretty a young wife as you ever saw and she used i to keep so neat and look so bright and I happy I wasnt surprised that he was proud of her And they had the prettiest I pinkfaced baby you ever saw and they were mighty proud of it But all that aint neitner here nor there The bond wont be much not since the watch is ruined So set your figgers and well fix it up and administer on the poor fellows little handful of stuff Well say we make the bond 300 Three hundred thatll do because the watch aint worth much now Good evening And the honest old friend of the dead engineer went outAtlanta Constitution |