The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15
Ike Philkin's By.Play.

Old Smiggins read yesterday that
zone swallow does not make a sum-
merg and he remarked that he knew
that: but that seven glasses had made
him pretty warm. He never stopped
at a swallow.
"How did your pa come out of that
fight he had the other day, bud; with
| living colors 2" asked a citizen on Col
| lege avenue of the embryo philoso-
pher of the Spikenhaven, family. 81
should litter that he did. He ran so
fast that a colored handkerchief flew
out of his coat-tail pocket and the
other fellow got it," was the unfigu-
ratiye remark of young Spikenhaven.
| o. the snorel the beautiful snore!
Filling the bed room from ceiling to door;
Under the cover OF the snowy white bed,
Earring the bedstead from the foot TO the head;
Rising aioft like n blue bug in June,
Then screeching the wall OF a cracked bassoon {;
Then weirdly aud loudly IL scars again,
Does this beautiful snore of Samantha Anna
Jane.
It was a small affair Saturday that
| forever severed two hearts that had
been keeping two bosoms up to trop-
ical heat while all the surrounding
world was bleak and shiyering. lie
brought her a sled that he made out
of goods box, and was coasting her
down the hill by Millett's opera house;
the sled struck rock, she Sided off,
and-well there was small innO-
cent nail in the sled. 1t was useless
for him TO try to explain then that he
didn't know it.
HE GOT A PASS.
IL believe you are general ticket
agent of the International road, sad
a man who was dressed in a previous
ly prosperous style. to one of the rail
road magnates, who came here TO
give the legislature real facts on rail
road matters.
"Yes, sir" replied the genial rail
roader, 81 pass for that individual"
Just what want, sir"
"What is just what you want?'
"Why, a pass; you say you pass for
him."
"Oh. see; 4 joke. But may / ask
what | can do for you, sir" said the
railroad man, making mental cal
culation rs TO when the previously
prosperous mans clothes were made.
well, wanted to get an annual
pass over the International and Great
| Northern"
20, is that all? May | inquire on
what grounds you ask this? We
never grant passes to any dead beats
except to influential newspaper men,
to legislators and government Off
Gals, and, occasionally to q Bible
agent; and, then, we granted preachers
half-fare tickets before the three cent
law went into effect, Now, do you
come under the free pass list named p
81 thank God that | don't. was
in the newspaper business once. but
got out of its after Col. Dash
and Major Blank, and Gen
Bracket. and Capt. Space, and Judge
Air Blake and Mr.. Couple were clear
ed and vindicated and got positions
on your road. That's why l want q
pass"
$50 you think I'll give YOU pass
for that, eh?"
"Oh, no; want it because / ear
out-lobby all the railroad men here
"How in thunder can you out-lobby
railroad men. when you can't associ
ate with n decent representative"
"Why, by leaving here. III | don't
get "a pass, can't leave Austin; and
II stay, | am afraid I'll get drunk
and tell Col. Chenoweth and the rest
of those influential fellows what
know about how all those railroad
magnates have just mentioned man
aged to get enough money to go into
the rail"
"Yes, yes; see. We hardly ever
give tramps a pass; but rs you seem
to be an exception to those nomadiC
individuals, and have so many ac.
quaintances in railroad circles, III
give you an annual pass over the en-.
tire Gould leased lines. If you'll traveI
! awhile"
The previously prosperous man
took the pass, left the lobby and the
railroad man, and remarked TO him
self:
There is nothing like understand
ing human nature. I've told that
same story to sixty-seven roads, and
never found one it fit until to-day
But | knew it would fit some of them
nothing like perseverance"