REVENGE OF THE NEWSBOY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9068, 14 April 1906, Page 6

REVENGE OF THE NEWSBOY.

"Did it ever strike you that when it conies to waiting for revenge a newsboy, the same apparently impatient little street gamin, is tlie most patient being on earth?" remarked the one wlio, relates the New Orleans Times-Democrat, was pulling at the cheroot. "Well, I'm here to tell you that it is so, and you'll believe it when you hear this story," he continued. "In my town tliea 1 © used to be one. of the crusitiesfc old bachelors that ever lived. Some people said he was a miser, but I don't know. At any rate, he was the stingiest ever." "One. morning he bought a paper from a newsboy and handed him. a coin. It was a, ten-cent piece, and tine boy didn't look at it, but pocketed it and turned away. The old fellow waited for his nine cents change, and s\iddenly saw the boy darting across the street to dispose of another paper. He called a policeman, and had the little fellow arrested for the theft of the nine cents. The boy explained that the oW fellow gave Mm no dime. But it availed him nothing. Through the influence of his accuser the boy was sent to the house of correction for two months. He swoire vengeance on the old man, and about eighteen months later his 1 opportunity cam©. "It was during a heavy Tainstanm. The streets were veritable rivers, and at one comer barefooted newsboys had constructed a walk over boxes. Among tine boys was our little friend, and among the onowd at the corner waiting to pass was the crusty old bachelor. The old fellow started to cross, the- boy isaw him and immediately recognised him. Stooping for a second he moved one of the planks. When the old man stepped on this plank it slipped from the box and he was given a splendid ducking. Tm even wid dat guy,' grinned the boy. 'Now I'm layin' for de judge dat sent me tip.' "