Show SMALL BOY WANTED A JOB I WAS A1EBITIOUS TO BE A TRACK EAYER I Little Son of a Wealthy IiTnn Concluded Con-cluded that He Would Hustle and Gives Mr Arnold a Surprise I Cant you give me a job tracklaylng mister This was the question heard by O P Arnold who has charge of all thc track work for the Salt Lake City Railroad company as ho looked up at the speaker speak-er curly the other morning The humor of thc situation struck Mr Arnold at once for the applicant was a boy yet in knickerbockers and he hadnt been the possessor of them very long cither He was probably S yeans of age I Well l dont know responded Arnold but Ill think about It What work have you ever done before O I drove team once In Park City when I lived there Do you know anything about track laying No but I guess 1 could learn How much would you be willing lo work forT A man out In Park City said I ought to have 2 or nothing Well replied Arnold you hud better bet-ter come sorn < other day Its too late lo put you to work today anyhow The little fYMlows face clouded for n moment and then he said Yes I guess it is but I would have been here earlier If I could have found anybody who would have dressed me You do not look like a boy anyhow who has to work for a living What is your name My father is Tom Kearns Then Arnold nearly fainted but he managed to get enough breath to cay Well he should be able to keep you t I Oh yes he could I guess but he 1 toljs me that Ive got to hustle for myself And with that the little aspirant for tracklaylng honors left promising 10 return the next moinlng but ns he did not It is presumed by the railway people peo-ple that he ha got hold of a better job |