| Show I 1 B A 66 A biman A 9 8 V I 1 1 W of I 1 V I 1 invalids Is the most discouraging freight I 1 over handled said paid the railroad bagga goman to a new york press reporter to hustling huntling barrels og 0 flour and aal cases of canned goods hut but after handling a few of thern them invalids have bave a new nev respect for a sack ack of beans or a bag of salt which Is tranquil and when you grib grab it and throw it ten feet or 60 arid and be astonished at the gumbei of invalids that come hero into the grand contrite Contri tl station every day to treated or operated on in the new york hospitals they telegraph ahead and us lads ads meet them with tb the 0 invalid chairs of which we got more than a dozen in the station my partner was young fitzpatrick fitzpa trick us two wo being the only porters that colored lads it was one evening when the boston express came in and fitz was stuck with an invalid chair which made him look wan and dismal because them invalids never tip you but just look to you for sympathy which thero there abit none of the necessities of life provided for you by that I 1 meet the rush of passengers on the platform to cc it theres any want me to carry their bundles which are not only satchels but branches of autumn leaves lo acs bags of potatoes strings of wild ducks young fruit trees electric batteries and hat boxes fitz rolls liis his chair up lip the platform and then ho he jumps up lip on the steps of a car johnsons sons chair lie he hollers anybody know ja alinsod whores wheres johnson I heros fero johnson hero here I 1 am pipes up tip a weak voice fitz takes one look and then ila ha to call on oil mo me for to help aim him because though invalids as a rul nil are the ii artist looking people this one was ivas the burliest bur liest ho he had seen for a long time oh say asks fitz cant you help yourself a little mister johnson 11 ill try says the burly invalid feebly but he dont t try ty worth a cent and we lwe lo 10 two trains in setting getting him down to tilt alip platform Wha whatever tho the matter iatter with his hia works hes in a fainting condition then anti and the two of us its runs the chair we got him heaped up tip in ili down thi stati station to the rab cab office where we learn a car carriage carniago riago is ordered for him I 1 guess the invalid was unconscious when wn we shot him out of tile tho chair and landed him mou moat neat and dexterous into the carriage but invalids noyer tip so we stop to investigate hut but the two of Us its raced up lip track five to another train 1 I guess it wits was about a month later in tho the slow part of the afternoon hearing an all exclamation from fitz I 1 turns and theres that same burly invalid coming bick into the station fles pretty looking but bill he hes I 1 about as big atiel and powerful as ev ever or arid theres there something lit in his manner macnei that i seems tor for to indicate that lil h aint very placid wheres them murdering robbers robber he shouts glancing about wild atthe lot ofus he glances glan cef wild not to say frenzied till he sees us oil oh thero thera boti are are ar eyou lie he roars youre the that sent bent me on off anere they robbed me are arc you took advantage of my condition conditi he shouts s took pe me when I 1 was something comatose from having havinga a convivial time all the way fl fi dm chicago I 1 aid you then you aint a invalid mister tn ister asks asks astonished fitz you blag gards roars the burly I 1 anan inan striking out at us its bundle me in a cab and send trie me off where they robbed me will you my ay iy n ams johnson but you got the wrong johnson and the otlia one turned up about an hour bour late but gotting getting to his destination ti without any of your infernal assistance the burly roan man gets no me and fitz by the collars and begins knocking our heaps heads together us its helpless in the power ot 01 him till the cop runs up tip and stops him them m blag gards ds got me robbed when I 1 was in a helpless condition yells tho the burly mati man dont stop me officer cerP and he makes another frantic dash at us and whatever lie ho was robbed of lie he sr seems ems to take it to heart most moat sorely what was it ita asks the policeman what was you yon robbed oft of 1 I was robbed of oh let me ut at them murdering blag gards still he says calming down us its another cop runs rung up 11 1 I was always font fond of grapes just the same it was a fierce trick to send a roan mail in a helpless condition off to a private hospital with the doctor all ready to perform a opt op ration oration bli on some one named john ion eon whom he never saw before 11 what was you robbed oft of persists the policeman taking out pid pad and pencil iniel me says tho the burly man with another frantic raar of wrath 1 I w was as robbed of my vermiform appendix |
