. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. A FAMILIAR SCENE AT THE WILLIE THE TELEGRAPH MESSENGER. Heretofore boys have not figured very largely ingrown-up literature, though Gallagher madesomething of a reputation for himself when introducedto an admiring public a few years ago. But the boywho is the subject of this necessarily short sketch couldgive Gallagher cards and spades on enterprise, breeding,intelligence, gentlemanliness, and yet win the knows Willie at the stockyards, and Willieknows everybody; ev
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. A FAMILIAR SCENE AT THE WILLIE THE TELEGRAPH MESSENGER. Heretofore boys have not figured very largely ingrown-up literature, though Gallagher madesomething of a reputation for himself when introducedto an admiring public a few years ago. But the boywho is the subject of this necessarily short sketch couldgive Gallagher cards and spades on enterprise, breeding,intelligence, gentlemanliness, and yet win the knows Willie at the stockyards, and Willieknows everybody; everybody likes Willie and Willielikes everybody. Willie is the Western Union Telegraph messenger at 174 THE UNION STOCKYARDS 175 the yards. He has been at that post of duty for aboutfive years, and to all who know him it will not seem ex-aggeration to say that he has scarcely an equal and nosuperior in his line. He has a wonderful memory—never forgets a face or a name—and has an intuitionlittle short of marvelous which enables him to smellpeople out whom he wants in a crowd. He dodges inand out among the people till he finds the
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