The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

DUN HltH pldUIcu t1tlu>clNts III Tie
doorway and refused to let Inc pass.
"Do you mean to say" ] cried, that
you are going to attempt to stop me
from going out?"
SHOW your season ticket, or give
your name and address"
Il will do neither one nor the other"
"Then You stay here till you do"
Il shall do nothing of the kind. You
let me pass. How dare you attempt to
stop me-! Have you a warrant for my
arrest? If you have not, then | advise
you not to put your hands on me-"
john said the ticket man TO the
porter, go and get a policeman"
John bolted out of the door while the
other stood in the doorway, and moth
ing was said for a few moments.
Cant this matter be fixed up?' ]
said. persuasively.
NO. it can't"
isn't there any way out of it?"
NO, there isn't"
'Oh. WELL" | said, with a sigh, 81
suppose | shall have to take the conse-
quenccs. What are they. do you hap
pen to know?'
ut will depend upon what the judge
says" he answered, shortly.
well, now" | said. c~onidingly, 81
am going to let you into a secret. |
think ! will manage to square you and
John and the policcman-all three.
Such things have been done, you
know"
The man gave an indignant 'humph."
at has gone toe far for that he
said, gruffly, and the next moment John
| appeared. painting, with a policeman.
whats all this?" said the officer of
the law.
This man tried to pass the gate
without 4 season ticket"
''Oh, l never did anything of the
sort"
And refuses to give his name and
address, and says we haven't any right
to put our hands on him. so | thought
I'd get somebody that had"
Refused my name and address," l
cried, in astonishment-
Yes, and tried to square me when
John went for YOU; said he'd square all
three of US"
The policeman. it seemed to me,
rather frightened up at this sugges-
ton.
What did you try to do hat forp'
said the officer.
81 say / didn't try to do it at ALL"
Didn't you say You had 4 seasor
ticket?'
Certainly l did, and l have it."
"Well, then, why don't you show it?'
why don't they ask for it?'
Here John broke in and said: 81
heard him ask you for it a dozen times. :"
"Oh, John, john" 1 cried. how car
you say such a thing?"
SWELL" said the policeman, ''if had
a season ticket / would show it, if |
were you"
Now, that" | said to the officer, sis
| the first sensible remark ! have heard
this morning. | never thought of that
way out of the trouble. What they
seemed to be anxious for was my name
and address. Don't you think that they
ought to have asked me for my ticket
if they wanted to see it. If you don't
see what you want ask for it, you
know"
The officer looked at the ticket man
and the porter. The ticket man
shrugged his shoulders and said he
would like very much to see the season
person who carried season tickets.
'Oh, all right" ] said, pulling out
my purse; here you are 1t doesn't
look very much, but it costs a good
deal"
The ticket man took it In his hand
and examined it. turning it over and
over with a bewildered air of a man
who had been hit suddenly with a club.
Now ! said to the officer, don't
you think that it's rather cheeky of
these people to prevent me from going
out, and to make the assertion to you,
a respectable officer of the law, that I
had no season ticket, when you see ]
have? It's good for three months
longer yet. Here they drag you from
your manifold duties to arrest a per.
fcctly innocent man, and act in this
crazy way to n patron of the line-s
first-class patron, too"
The policeman shook his head dub
iously and said he really couldn't un-
derstand it.
Well" l answered, won are wit
ness to their charge that l had no sea-
son ticket Now, I say this matter is
not going TO end here"
"Oh. we'll" said the policeman sooth-
ingly, Il wouldn't be too hard if l
were you"
The matter" l repeated, cannot
end here. think that it's so eariv in
the morning these men r not rightly
awake yet, and l think they should be
Weakened up. think that we had bet.
ter have drinks all round, as the morn.
ing is very damp and disagreeable.
What do you Think"
The policeman smiled, the ti.~ct mar
looked relieved, and so we eAded il
that way.-Luke Sharp, in Detroit
Free Press.