| Show ills shape Is I 1 ills fort fortune une it ever abero was a man wl who lo 10 could ld bo be said id to travel on his ills shape it clu is a big john of the equitable building the great big handsome colored gentleman who for so many years has been the frontispiece ti and find figurehead of that costly pile of masonry big john was dit discovered covered mined unearthed in the wilds of washington the late henry B alyde caught sight of him at Lincol ns funeral john jolia filled ill his I 1 e eye yo so completely that lie was re arcely t able to see the rest of the procession 1 I must have that man faid said mr fr alyde he ile is too big a man mail for washington 11 it did not take long to find that john jolt n was antho on the capitol police or to approach approach h him johneas john was not overanxious to effect a ell change ange of base hut but the offer of 60 per vent advance upon his emans sala salary feet tied the question and bince since that tai timp rn the beven footer or less has ornamented the front row of the Equit equitable ablo building it sometimes pays to have a cubit added to your lour stature new york herald |
