Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-09

could put our feet on the seats. smoke,
gamble till after bedtime, talk loud,
drink out sf all the ice water tanks at
once wipe our faces on two clean towels
at time and just give ourselves up to a
delicious sens . of lawlessness that made
me feel young again.
| can still remember how l felt the
first time | rode on a pass. did not
need the trip, and l lost two days at the
office to do il, but | could not be COM
Portable with the beautiful pass in my
pocket. rose when the conductor came
to me and showed him my pass.
watched the rest of the poor, unknown
passengers to see how it would strike
them, poor people, common working peo-
pie, who had To pay fun rates and sit on
the woodbox.
The conductor looked me over so that
he would know me next time, and then
he said: ''Tiiis pass is only good on the
Short Line. It's no good on this train"
1 paid him the money that | was GO
ing to fool away on an overcoat, and
that night, instead of putting up at the
Grand hotel. paused at the Travellers
Home, plain place provided for the en-
tertainment of man and beast lin the
same roomsl.
If | owned "A railroad or two and could
ride in a special car, I'd be Just as
naughty as those gentlemen are who do
so. I'm afraid. Wealth naturally en-
genders AN element of haught, think,
and yet I'd like 10 try it, if for nothing
more than to be able 10 give the engi-
neer cottage and the conductor COW
every time l took trip.
This morning, ON the way to Louis
vile, saw handsome man with white
side whiskers sleeping i'll our parlor car.
l thought at first that it was John
Bright, who made such a Init with his
great disease, but then, l thought, it
cannot be Bright, for he is dead
Soon he opened his eyes pleasantly,
waking up like little daffodil on the
wind swept mead. Then | saw that he
was Daniel Dougherty. He was to speak
at Louisville soon, and so he was going
there. When he has to speak at place
he begins by going there He was right
glad TO see me, and his face lighted up
the moment he saw me with such look
of delirious pleasure that felt glad
could shed such sunlight on the path
way of others. Mr.. Dougherty is most
eloquent speaker, keen judge of intel
ect and ability in others, and is writing
a life of Edwin Forrest, which will be
sold only by subscription, in cloth, So 80;
library style, 81; full Russia. with bev-
eled edges, Sc.
1t was in Michigan a week ago that
Mr.. Burbank and | went to the drug
store to get some things in the way of
grease paints and fake white for beauti-
flying and whitening the neck and arms
for evening dress. Mr.. Burbank III
CURED for some rouge dc theatre That
means theatrical rouge | give this ex-
PLANTATION because | am good French
scholar, and used to translate French
novels until had a severe illness which
showed me how uncertain life Is. and
then l made a solemn promise that |
would be a better man. So | do not
translate French novels now. am far
from what ought To be, of course, yet.
bat have made that much of stride
il the right direction.
''Got any rouge" Mr.. b. asked.
ANY what
Rouge"
Rouge"
''Yes. rouge"
"Why. believe 50. What color do
You want
This Is not the creation of feverish
imagination or Just seven fat lines to
tickle the printer alone. 1t Is the eter-
nal truth, and | can provei it.
Near the Kentucky line. on the J. VI.
and /. road. my attention was called to
an obese gentleman with a chin beard
which looked as though il had been used
! for thirty or forty vars as Il hearth
broom. He ate apples. slept AMI visited
the ice water end Of The car often. ac-
conpanied by large barometer with n
cork in it.
Sometimes he would ask the rest of us
to 20 with him aud see what the weather
was going to be for the blue grass coun-
try. He generally went by himself and
ret rrned with happy tears in his eyes
an breath that would polish a plate
glass mirror and remove warts, freckles,
tan. superfuous hair and Democratic
votes.
Then he would take ont his teeth and
Gle; nse them neatly On the linen cover
uf he parlor car chair. He was just
tha neat ard pernickety that everything
about him must be nice and clean, even