Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-24
A RAILROAD YARN.

A RAILROAD YARN.
How the Young Man on His Wedding
Trip Was Too Fresh, and How He
Was Turned Down.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
c. +. DAILY, general passenger agent o.
| the Lake Erie and Western road, recently
made trip through the western country
| During Its progress he was standing one
afternoon in the Union depot at Kansas
| City preparatory to proceeding to Denver.
The west-bound trains had backed up on
| their allotted tracks and were receiving
their passengers. A tall. well-dressed man
with a lady on his arm presently approach
ed the rear sleeper on the Burlington train
AIR. Days experienced eye told him at a
glance that they were bride and groom
| without hesitation or inquiry Of any kind
the man was proceeding to hand his bride
up the steps of the Pullman sleeper when
the conductor demanded his tickets
oh, have got my tickets all right" re-
| piled the tourist II know where I am
| going and don't need to show my tickets
| to you"
Il am very sorry at having to inconven-
| fence YOU" replied the conductor affably.
but my instructions are not to allow any
| one to get on my train without first seeing
his tickets"
| There Is no law to make me show Won
my tickets. growled the man. Il haven't
got to and / don't mean to- 1 tell Won. +
know where 1 am going. have got my tick
ets anu am able to take care of myself 1
am no jay out on my first trip abroad"
| am sorry, again replied the conductor.
| eour'eously, but my instructions are per
einp'ory. Stand aside, please, and let
| these ether passengers into the carr
|
not make all this fuss about SO simnle q
matter" sweetly remarked the bride as she
| looked up into her husbands face with \.
smile
| No; i will not" replied the gentleman
haven't got to and now that my Ire is
aroused over this thing 1 don't propose 10
back down. / know where 1 am going and
| now 10 take care of myself"
| There is our superin tendent of car sorry
| lce.you may speak to him about this mat
| ter, said the conductor. as he saw his sl,.
pe-ior onlcer approach. If he says YOU
can board the car without showing YOUR
| ticket, why IL will be all right"
| What is the trouble here?' asked the car
| superintendent as he came I'D to see what
| the alteration was about
four conductor demands that show him
| my ucket before board the car" repiied
| the man. Il say 1 haven't got TO and do
not mean to. L know where 1 am going and
am able to look after myself"
Rave You got your tickets?" asked the
| superintendent.
Yes; have them in my pocket all right.
| L know what am doing"
have you got your sleeping car ticket?'
| Yes; have ii all right In my pocket II
Is Tor section a. 1 know what 1 am doing,
1 tell you
Oh. well! Let the man on the car" said
the superintendent. IF he has his tickets
as he says he has II is not worth while con-
tending with him over the matter and de-
laying the other passengers"
The conductor stepped aside and LET The
couple pass, calling the porter to take his
satchel as he did so. Presently the train
pulled out of the depot and was speeding
across the prairies at rapid rate. when
the conductor began to collect the tickets
| In the sleeping-car. AS he did so he no.
ticed that all the seats in section were
occupied, and he Immediately suruised
that there was a peg out of place some
where. and that there would be more fun
with the obstrepe-ous passenger. He kent
his counsel to himself, however, and went
on with his collections. When he reached
section he took the tickets Of the two ma r
ties occupying the seats opposite his bridal
friends. saw that they were for that sec
tion-for the upper and lower berths. re-
spectively-and his su-mise was thereby
developed into a certainty. Without ask
ing the man again for his tickets he ma ssed
through an the other sleeping on the
train, took up all the tickets and found
that every berth was occupied without
leaving any for his friends Returning to
the car where they sat he found the resu-
lar train conductor entering by the other
door and waited till he reached the seat
which the couple occupied
Tickets. please" demanded the train
conductor.
The man drew forth his pasteboa-ds and
the conductor examined them CLOSELY
These tickets do not read over this
road remarked the conductor as he fold
ed them up and handed them back This
is the direct route TO Denver from Kansas
City. Your tickets read round by Pueblo -
Tickets, please" put in the sleeping car
conductor, who was quietly but heartily
enjoying the mans discontinue These
tickets are not for this train. They read
by a different road altogether. You have
made mistake in getting on the train"
What is the fare from Kansas City to
Denver" asked the man.
The fare is sls.la,' replied the train con-
ductor-"S3630 for two"
The money was counted out without a
word
Can you sell me a BERTH asked the
man. turning to the sleeping car conductor
Il am very sorry, but every berth on this
train is sold. The best 1 can do for you is
| to put you in chair car. There are a few
seats still unoccupied there. Porter take
this gentleman's traps to the cnair car"
On reaching the door of the car the man
turned round and in a tone of voice loud
enough to be heard by every one in the car
he said:
Conductor, at the suggestion of this
lady, my wife, ! want to make you a hum
BILE apology for my boggishness for refus-
ing to show you my tickets in the first
place. There was no occasion for IL. /
thought l could take care of myself, but now
/ find / cannot. ] have had to pay for my
ill-breeding, but no more than / deserve
/ want to apologize as publicly as the Of
Tense was committed. You have acted the
gentleman all through this affair. and now
4 1l~rrs 20 wan aserae
Dull Boys and Mechanical Ability.
From the New York Post.
Great has always been the comfort that
the parents of boys dull at their books
have had in thinking that they would
probably be particularly bright in some
other direction. If there was any doubt
about it, the fact could always be proved
by stories of artists. writers and musicians
who have been thought billiards at school.
But mechanical genius and dullness at
books do not, it is said go hand in hand.
The director of large western school Of
manual training says of such cases: las a
rule such a boy fails to show marked
ability of any sort. boy who comes to us
with a passion for machinery, who cannot
be kept away from engines. the rattle OF
cogs and the swapping of belts, never gets
beyond a sort of morbid, simple curiosity
l Il IL