AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 5

AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

BOY SCOUTS AND ECONOMICS.

.'■';_'■ iThis~is;• a;' true 'story*; : The - other : day; ;. an. expressman'; drove /up ■■■ to. a - certain '.;(-house. : in,". Wellington;. put the chain, on '■■'the; wheel/'slipped •&• nose-bag- over \his M;;'horse-svheau,;\puiled : :bff ; :his coat, rolled' ;. np'.hisisleeves, :and.proceeded to dis-.-mantle'the ,of chairs/-'.'beds, : v.:tables,'" "etcetera;' which' towered-, on ■ top ;-.v of.' r his.: wagon.-.-: The.day, was mild,: the ;■:; sly.'- serene,, but.: shifting furniture :■ was ...; apparently;'hot (the particular..fancy of ;■ , .'.the 'expressman; at'-the moment," for' after ■■'. undoing; the'; ropes ;and- pulling - down one' ...or two chairs,; he ; ,restccf for a' space and' ..gazed pensively;;at the'; mountain. Tramp, ..' .tramp'.L-tramp, ; came;-the' sourid:,of. march-: ;,. ; kg:, i'eetj. and. the expressman "turned to ::.behold:a. party .of Vboy---. scouts,' bubbling . with suppressed energy;.;, "We'll give you '..a. hand,,', said-they, as ~they made-a dead' ;;. point i;at ; \the.--"mountain.' :•■"•':/!.: ?'.";.. ,-'•;- '."Sufe,".:,said;the'expressman; lighting ,v ; :.his- pipe- and. settling^.the.' of his i •weight: on. his other-'leg.. ; : f'Git into- it,'-: :" he..added;-' complacently,'.: So -they. "got. ,; iato . it,"-.and were; mating short-.arid ■-," hefty,;, work:-of''.the demolition -operations ; •"--, ■"■ w , nen S suddenly.; there / appeared on .'•.'• the :. .countenance of ..the: expressman a look .of consternation.., Then: he jumped for V his::wagon, -frantically':.-.- disengaged 'the .: u.fatigue.;;party, from -the- furniture, •'- and '-.'■• exoitcdly bade them'begone.; "Come-on— git!": he; commanded.,('"What-.the dwil ,: : :are.v. ye,:, looking: :at ?.\. Clear P,;;They ::,;:'."cleared"Jv-: >,-: : .T ;; >-.: : >: ; -''. ;.■■!■;",: ; .:- ; v::He had suddenly: remembered that. he. ',>:..* as being •. paid-.by the .hour.;: /.:-.'