Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-01-14

that he has given us this grand high
way Of iron and steam, and that eve
ry man who WINS property ON the
line of the road has been made rich
er onelhalf by the noble enterprise
Of this public benefactor!''
cdr. Parsloe," said the Quaker,
a little reservedly, as though he
could not fully endorse all that I
had said, "it pIeaseth me to speak
well of the superintendent. Yet +
think thee will join with me in find
ing a little fault with him.
Yes / replied, s'I blame him for
being so ignorant of the character
of the men he employs. He owes
it to himself as well as to the public
to take look over his road and
remedy these evils.'t t
At this juncture our conductor
entered the car and, when he saw
that had a companion, he seemed
determined to break up our social
chat.
"Look here, old Broadbrim, who
gave you liberty to turn that seat ?''
"What harm have L done to thy
seat, friend - demanded the Quak-
er, kindly. ~ ~,
"That's none ofyour business
You'll let the seats be as you found
emf
"What would thee have me to do :?
asked the Friend, with an expression
Of simple honesty,
II would have thee put that seat as
thee found it!'' retorted Norther,
mimicking the Quaker's popularity
as nearly as he could.
Certainly officers of the road must
be obeyed."
And thus speaking, the man got
up and turned over the back of his
seat, and then resumed his place
| facing the. other way. f..-
Mr.. Norther then bestow his at
tention upon me; and Isaw the evi
spirit of brutal spite and vengeance
in his eyes. J..a .. ...-
"W here's yer check p
"There,'' said I, holding it up
for I had taken it from my pocket
when l saw him coming.
"Why don't you put it in YOU
hat band,?'' a. .l.z -...z7... ...
because don't choose to-
"By-! sir, if you're determin
ed at you won't obey the rules o
the road, I'll find a way to mak'
you. You'll either put that checl
into your hat band or pin it to ye
shoulder-put it where yell keep 4
in sight, 'cordin' to the rule, or of
We 90 at the next station! Nov
mind that" ~ a..
'sFriend conductor said tn
| Quaker, with q touch of sternnes
in his manner, 81 think thee misun
d derstands the rule of the road i
); that particular. 1T meaneth onl
that thy tickets and checks shall b
held convenient for thee to loo,
upon" ---.1sz-..-z.
'Do you own this road, old crop
ple-crown p
May, good friend; but I unde'
stand
"Perhaps you'd like to go O
with this chap
eff he is forced to leave the ca
, through thy agency, I shall certainl
bear him company"
"Then allTv got to say is, th
, sooner he sticks that bit of paste
3 board inside of his hat band tn
| sooner he'll make sure of his seat t
Bowersyille - s...
There was a slight hesitancv
4 his manner while addressing th
Quaker, as though he were nc
t quite sure that it would be safe t
Z put his threat into execution; an
t he gave me glance that told me h
: hoped to frighten me into OBJ
aience
The brakeman had come in an
: taken a seat by the forward windo
while :Norther had been speal1in;
e and as the latter went to join hir
It my Quaker champion got UP ar
e went into the rear car.
0 l was suffering. Think of u
e situation, and then think what we
t my chances Of redress for all tn
e abuse and insult Should I con
g plain of the brute, the probahili
y loomed up before me that he wou
work his way out and be in a pos
ton to make the road impassab
d to me. He could swear that lie hs
k only tried to be prompt in the di
charge of his duty; and if called
h account for coarseness of languae
b he could say that my refusal
obey him had provoked him to
Certainly, l thought, the fey
b would come on again. And VIII
V was to be the scene at the ne
:, stopping place, nov about five mile
distant? AS to putting the chez
| beneath my hat band, l could n
n do it. I-should have despised m
% self had 1 done so. [ was grown
i more and more nervous and uncor
n Portable, when a question Of t
:, conductors to the brakeman arres
4 ed my attention They were on
q = three seats away, and the windo1
~ ~ were closed, and the road ve
,, smooth, I heard distinctly:
# "Say, Tom, when's the Old NJ
~ comm down over the road p
~ ~ sWhen ?' said Tom, looking
- !, with a puzzled expression. "Wl
d dye mean p
~ 81 mean-when's old Mintu
| NJ, ,,,o,, y>oI -,
70 "Whe,e % repeated the brakema
+ "Why he's on the road now! Dol
you know him ?"
a ssNo. Who is he? Where
"a hep slid ,rna} 49,
IN 80, you get out! Don't try