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Show PBNMAN'8 WONDInPUL FEAT. Atiltalkn OI I" Wrtrper Wtllrr I "en la P"I-from P"I-from ih Ixifilnn l-legrph Wrapper Wrap-per writing l II would teni a popular pop-ular way of earning a lltellhood with tbe Inmalet el Itowton llonto, a alx-penny alx-penny hotel Here It aa amutlng ttory of Ike perfection to which It may be bfoogbt by practice and a ttrong will "There la a tradition lingering among the Mler brethren of the wrapper writing writ-ing profeetlon to the effect that once Mpon a time when the work wat bat-lr bat-lr paid Ibtn now a young man from AMtlrilla turned up and ventured aa a latt reeource Into their tphere of la-bur la-bur II apent hla all and found hlmeelf etranded nntll funrtttbould arrive from 4be antlpodet Ho on the tuggeitlan of an acqtialnlnnre he applied for a Job at the world-famed firm of Schmidt ft Co. On being duly Installed and tup-piled tup-piled with 6) envelope and tome ptgrt from a directory be looked round and ankeil for a pen "Hut you have onn already ' aald the oung man in authority I want two anawrred the Australian and an Interested and obliging fellow tcrlbe supplied hit nerd. Tbe tceue which thereupon mimed baf-flea baf-flea all description, for tbe colonial, separating the pile of envelope Into two eiial lots, began copying the ad-drre ad-drre by writing tlmulianeoiitly with lioth handt Ho runt tha legend at leatt, and, furthermore It It averred that hla rapidity wat inch at to put the 'tloggert' to shame Fifty pint dropped from ihenerveleM gnsp of them who but n minute before had been writing ogalntt time and nt If for dear life A hundred eye were filed In astonishment on the unknown one. Presently the young overseer who superintended the labora of many old enough lo be bit grandfather rose and timidly said ha would consult 'the governor' The latter arrived, and the situation being explained the Austral- Ian waa turned Into a loose box all by himself and fed with another thousand or to envelopes. At thlt rate ha rimed enough In two or three weeka to enable en-able him to last out comfortably till hit remltunrct arrived; then he went home and Hchmldt'a knew him no nun s atked the old gentleman who '4.1,4 ut thlt yarn to fill bit pipe and have another cup of tea, for o thought he deserved both." |