The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15

can keJcn on aIL6F lug ~CdTS Is olaI Iou.
But, Cooking meurnfully at his com
panion), We couldn't do that Ye haint
got practice 'nough. No, that won't do
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There was silence for moment.
Then the professional spoke again. He
said:
"Now, We might git locked up in an
empty freight car, but ye want plenty o.
grub and plenty o. water, fer ye never
know how fur ye're goin'. Ye might
90 clean through to Omaha, an that's
a pretty long ride" .+
Yes, and get arrested when | get
there. No; l don't want any o. that. y
"Look here, now! who's doin' this
talkin', is it you or me? Don't you go
fer to make no mistake. If ye git to
Omaha the cop'll let ye out and gin We
a partin' kick. He amt goin' to tell on
yer an have yer rested. Not much.
He'd be kicked off hisself fer lettin' We
beat him. That amt his game. He'd
sooner give ye drink to git out the
way an keep yer mouth shut. But the
trouble with the racket is that We never
know where ye're goin' to fetch up. |
got locked in once in Sacramento, an
after runnin' five days was let out in
Sacramento. They had telegraphed-
cuss that telegraph an the man that got
it up-t' Ogden to send my car back,
an so when / thought was goin' right
on East, I was goin' West. l hev alters
thought (rehectively) that I lost five
days of my life on that ere trip
swell, | don't think could manage
that business very well.''
The tramp meditated for while. Then
| he said slowly and very softly, as if
speaking to himself: ..4.p..;.4:
"There's the brake racket now-''
s"The what racketp'
sThe brake racket. But l don't
b'leeve We could manage that.''
81 might try" -.-.
etsYeas (sneeringly), We might try to
walk that wire up thar (pointing to the
telegraph), but ye'd slip up; ye couldn't
doit. Howsumever, I'll tell ye all about
it, an then ye can try it if ye ike-no;
I'll show it to ye--come along"
He arose, passed out, and then the
newly t1edged tramp followed him.
Standing on side track was an empty
car. He passed to the rear, took hold
of the bolt which connects the handles
/ of the brake with the chain, placed one
foot on the Gttleiron projection near the
base, and left the other swinging in the
air. Then he leaned as far back as his
arm would allow, and his head was thus
brought below the level of the dash
board. Having thus exemplifed the
mechanical part of the operation, he
stepped down and proceeded to di,ate
upon the details of the ''racket."
4 "Now, ye see, when the train starts
the cop comes to the door an looks out
ON the platform for tramps, ye're hang
in on here so he can't see ye. He goes
on and gets his tickets, and We swings
;yerself round on the steps. When he
gifts out of the car we gifts in, sits down,
and snoozes off like any other gentle
man. Yell git to Winnemucca afore
he comes round agin, and then We must
come the racket agin. l know teller
that went clear through from Frisco to
Omaha on this racket, without stoppin' ;
but it's rough on the arms. Some
+ times yell have to hang on an hour or
two before the cop goes through, an
there amt no fun in it,
At this moment the whistle of an APP
preaching train was heard in the dis
lance. "By -, there she comes!" he
exclaimed, and started on dead run
for the house. He awakened his COM
panions from their drunken slumbers.
One vigorous kick demolished the little
house, and the tramps scrambled be-
hind the water tank to make prepara-
tons to jump the train.
What We goin' to do?" asked one, of
the apprentice tramp.
"Tm goin' to try the brake racket. -
"Wall, it's dangerous, but like your
spunk. Go it, young Teller. You'll
make a good 'un.'' 1874.
When the train had gone the four
tramps had disappeared They had
jumped her by means of some one of
} their many BRACKETS" The apprentice,
however, remained stationery on the
platform. An hour later he boarded a
West-bound emigrant train, paid his
, fare to Reno, and rode with as much
} comfort as one can while inhaling the
odors of Limberger cheese and sauer-
kraut. Arrived in Reno he crossed to
the hotel, Invested himself of the miners
suit of clothing which he had borrowed
at the Consolidated Virginia, arrayed
himself in purple and fine linen, and
stood revealed as your very humble cor
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An Incident Of Their Honeymoon.
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