McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
WORKING HIS PASSAGE.
A MiId-Mannered Man Who Travelled on
His Mu.cle.

New York Times.
A Fourth avenue car while proceed
ing on the uneven tenor of its way
through Center street, just above the
freight station, became weary OF the
jolting and, leaving the track, deliber-
ately turned itself crosswise over the
road and refused to be comfOrted. 1t
was car bound down town and the
passengers fumed and fretted in their
anxiety to reach City Hall square, but
did not feel much like undertaking to
wade the rest of the way. The car
was in such position that travel was
blocked on both tracks The already
murhy atmosphere became lurid with
the profanity which was distributed
by the drivers of various vehicles. The
most active and ingenious OF them all
was a truck driver who had blood in
his eye and cherry hair ON his
head. He was just inside the freight
house and was "madder than a wet
hen" His eagle eye he had only Ona
eagle eye, tho other having been closed
for repairs-was eagerly searching for
an opportunity to rush across the street
with his wagon and get in between an
up-bound car and 4 furniture wagon.
Said eagle eye failed to take in the
aspect OF a gentleman who stood on the
front platform of the derailed car
Said man wore 4 long, sandy beard,
volumiuous eyeglasses and sixteen
page opercoat. His general appear
ance was that of the editor of an ultra
religious weekly. An expert in ath-
letics, however, would HAYS noticed u
fine breadth of shoulders and sifnifi-
cant fullness of chest
Presently the united eXertiOns and
oa,hs of the assembled drivers placed
the down-bound car on the track and
the line on thief up track made slight
movement. Now the irate truckman in
the station seized time by the fOrelock
and his whip by the handle, and urged
his horses across the track in front of
the down-bOund car before it could be
started. But he succeeded only in get
ting his wagon on the track when the
line on the up track paused, and the
down car was blocked effeetlaliy.
Then the quiet man on the front plat
form opened up his valves.
"Get off that track" he shouted,
"and let US get down town some time
to-day"
The truckman turned naughty stare
upon him and answered not
"Did you hear what | saids Get off
the track"
Then the truekman opened his lips
and in unmistakable language askedthe
gentleman to visit the place which Bob
Ingersoll says is not.
eff you. don't get off that track i'm
mediately," said the gentleman, "I'n
put you off,
"I'd like ter see you," was the re-
Spouse.
The gentleman landed in front of
the truckman's team. He seized the
head stalls of the the horses and cried:
Back upt''
'Let go o. dem horses,-yerl"s shout
ed the truckman, but the gentleman
was deaf. Then the truokman dashed
the animals and entreated them TO
"get up" They made a plung for
ward, but they might as well have run
against the Fifth Avenue hotel. The
gentleman put forth his strength and
forced the horses slowly backward I'M
til the truck was once more inside of
the station, the driver meanwhile lash
ing the brutes vainly and calling the
gentleman every endeariHg epithet
known 10 the vocabulary of he slums.
When the truck was in the station the
gentleman released the hold on the
horses and said:
"Now, my friend, if you viii come
down off that wagon, shall be pleased
to give you sound thrashing."
But the truckman tarried on the seat
and spoke not, while the gentleman
rounded the car and shook hands with
the driver, who remarked that he was
ga daisy and the procession moved
On.