Show He Gol the Job It is said that a big rawboned roughlooking fellow walked Into the otllce of a railroad and after passing a crude sort of greeting said I want to get a Johe At whatrailroad work asked the general manager Yes What can you do Anything Been railroading all my life Where did you work last With the Fur road in Alaska Fur road What road Is that Well I will toll you About two years ago 1 was working In this country coun-try and the gold fever in the Yukon district broke out I knew I couldnt be much worse oft there than 1 was here so I started out I didnt have much money and when I got to Dawson city I was pretty close lo time cloih and had lo go to work and got a Job with this road I was lolling you about They promised me 100 a monlh and at time end of the first thirty days whei I went to the paymasters olllce they pitched me out Ion skins I made a holler bill when I noticed that al1 time others Avcrc being paid In time sami coin I took the skins and started doun time street At the first wineshop f struck I slopped to take a drink and when 1 swallowed It J pitched over one of these skins The barekoopcr looked at mo rather funny and said Here Is that the smallest youve got I told him yes and he pitched the skin over lo a porter and lold him to go out and got it cliungcdi The porter was gone an hour and when he returned no counted me out 168 little skins nnd 7 had lo hlro an express to get my salary down to time boardinghouse Here broke In the general manager man-ager go down yonder In tlc yards and tollthe yard master 1 said give you JL Job And he got the job Memphis Scimitar Scimi-tar |