SHORT SHIFTS ON THE COMSTOCK.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2835, 16 March 1878, Page 3

SHORT SHIFTS ON THE COMSTOCK.

TIBGIHZA (NBV.) OHBOSICIE. j A bashful young man called on a B street girl last evening for the first time, and after exhausting the usual stock subject of the weather, they both sat and looked at the fire for several minutes. He at length concluded to introduce the great question of shortening the shifts of the stationary engineers from twelve to eight hours. So he squared around and remarked with manifest self-confidence: "Do you faror the movement for the. the shortening of shifts on the Cornstock P" , " What P" exclaimed the girl, straightening up. ' .. * ■ " Some people," pursued the young man nervously, " think that the shifts are too long. As far as lam concerned, I never found 'em so, and I'd be willing to let'em stay as they are." Here the girl indignantly rose up and said-that she didn't consider it any of his business how long a shift should be, and if he bad no more delicate or appropriate subject to discuss he might take a walk. He slid through the door about ten seconds afterward, with a coat and hat in handratid it was not until he had asked his mother about the matter that he learned how his innocent attempt to enliven the conversation had been construed. •He is now a sadder man.