The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-12-27

At South Acton man got on the train
walked down the aisle uutil he came to me
md then he paused and glared at vallse OF
be floor.
"Take away that valise" he said grutfly
or I'll put my feet on it,"
"Put your feet on it if you wish" | SAID, 81
Won't hurt your feet, don't reckon"
Down he went into the seat beside me and
INVENT his feet on the valise Presently the
and snow on his arctics BEGAN to nell
Id run down the sides of the vslisc in ugly
title streaks. The man from South Acton
eemed to take a savage delight in scraping
is feet around and making the havoc as great
possible.
"Tollable nice valise" presently growled
should think ye'd rather put it away than
ave it tramped onto"
Good land" l said, a little testify, II can't
AXE charge of all the baggage in the car It's
II can do to look after my own"
The man from south Acton stared at me
18th changing cOuntenance as he had lifted
is feet
"Ye ain goin' to tell me this amt your va.
Sc, be yeY he asked. anxiously.
"Of course il wasn't" | said would let
ny body ruin my vaise in that ways"
"Well, then" he wanted to know, "whose in
aunder was it?"
belonged to gentleman who had gore for
ard into the smoking car" said.
And If he doesn't thump you when he comes
nt," said the fat passenger, cheerfully, Pm
lost awfully fooled"
The South Acton man took his feet off the
hlise and looked at it ruefully.
"Who is he ?" he asked. with visible anxiety.
college chap" said the tall, thin passenger.
"BOss kicker in the Harvard foot ball team :"
bid the sad passenger "has leg like boom
errick."
~ know him." SAID the passenger with the
Indy goatee. hes a raging tornado of wrath
hen he's walked up"
bad man. said the fat passenger; 81 don't
ut no business with him"
Ne man from South Acton looked at the
slse with glances of concern and apprehen
IN, and then turned on me somewhat indIc
ntly.
"Gaul durn yc' he said, with a subdued sniff
!, while he took out his handkerchief and be-
IN repairs on the vaise, "Gaul durn We. why
dn't We tell me this seat was occupied:"
Not possessing the physical powers Of the
award chap, meekly said Because he
dnt ask me. He only said if | did not take
way that valise he would put his feet on it,
hd told him didn't care, and didn't"
He growled and whrled alternately. while
ruined every handkerchief he could find in
s pockets cleansing and polishing that valse,
I'd every time the car door opened he started
Prveusly and looked up TO see if the Kicker"
as coming In. By-and-by, when the vallse
as restored 10 its primitive neatness, the fat
hssenger laughed, "a chuckling, smothered
nd of a laugh. bent over my tablet and
ribbed away like mad. The passenger with
e sandy goatee said, "Oh dear, oh dear"
be tall thin passenger whistled a bar from
he babies on our block" and the sad pas
niger looked out of the window and sighed
thong his heart would break.
The man from South Acton gared around
e car and light dswned on his face.
by COL" he said. you fellows hez been ".
TO me. and know it,"
And then the GENIAL howl went up all along
e line, reaching the climax as the man from
|uth Acton gave savage kick at my inno-
ht valise and slammed the door after HIM
BE iii Of wooden profanity as he go, off the
is 81 Waltham
MORAL
This would be sad, dreary, desolste world
there wasn't any fun in it-Bvrdete