New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22
3OT THE SOUTHERN COLONEL DID II
HIS CTNTLCNANLY WAY or GETIiN' OcLuh"|

HIS cryTIEvAXLY WAY or GETTING coLoFEo
PEOPLE OUT OF \ CAR.
To ,oup,a,ion .. a iast cisa, before turning II
lnd ba,' dozen Of the masculine passengers mo ''
r,,,o .mottnc-roo-o o. .he slcepnG.car. though tie
hour was late They were sitting aCon' '"F ''''
wreothot IN smoke but for tho mo-, pat Sen' wh'h
n LARGO man with heavy gray musach". Slou'h 'A'
ard m rnmls,akabc Kentucky accent remarked:
Had very strange experience Oh the D"hsV'"c
road a few weeks nso."
EVERYBODY looked toward n" speaker eNP''an'N'
and the man who sat next and had borrowed " ,'-"'
from hin, promptly returned TIE courtesy 6y ashh-
tor par;i ulars
W,u Won ser was down IL southern Virginia on
nv wav rome % Louisville. and ! bought a!e'P'""
car lckc, for a owcr berth wen GOT on XIV ""''
looked around for my number. and oonidt seem 90
ind II. Porter. says J. 'wHcie h'"'''' ''''
somehow can't locate IT
o.Ric,t.hand side says he. 10th seat.
o.yo, doni mean tie seat porter Will those Nv"
darki,s Ia IT, do Won
Deed co. SAYS lie. And wcud %ou believe H.
ccrtlom,n there were Niger. actuaty sN!'h1 n
my seat. went up TO the man, ana said
"'llOw do YOU come here
~..lihc ANYBODY else says be.
".Wlcres your ticket
"Uc showed IT,. 1t was for Tie oHfih above "'I'"'
Inc idea Of southern gentleman sleeping with coupe
of ,ho sort OF fry overhead, This Is my seat ana hN
berth suid cmpha,ically. Get Out o' h''' o''"
OF you
duc,or came through and | called him These people,
said want to stay N this seat and they can't fut
them ont I'D ,,., -,,, 49,
wa, sorry bnt he couldn't help M. ''ohdoo'r'
said onictiy will you 10 IL" back OF the car ana
no, see anything that happens lie agreed ana a.
soon as he out Of slght sald 10 'He "oo's '"'''
81 Won't
what did Won pay for your ''crct'
"'Ilrcc dollars
Here's the money said. holding It ont - hin.
New pick up your luggage and your woman ana 60
al viii not bought that ticket. ana I'm toihT
70 use it, he said aud lie didn't move.
- glanced out of the ear window and noticed we
were s;andin. ON a siding and quick rs a ila>h
picked up that nlGGcr> vasc and threw 1t plumb on
If the vin4ow Follow yOnr baggage aid lie
did lie jumped about three feet, and mad' 'i'1"
for the platform.
he had gone.
eyes sir
"wcl get up and get out Of here ,Aip co.
follow him cn YOU she left in hurry. Au'"
five minutes later those two woOly heads came b'oK
into the car with tire train conductor inns man
claims you threw his saclcl out Of the window says
the conductor 10 me.
".Who does p says l.
This colorcd man.
"'Did what!'
".Thrcw his satche out Of the car window
".Conductor' said l. 'You must be mistaken. !
never heard of such a thing. Who told you
"'They did
r't,ther witnesses. OF course
".Iiavcnt any, sir
".ConductOr.' SAID quietly. \ am well acquainted
with the officers OF this road ana il YOU let the word
of these two nicgers stand against that Of Capt
OF Louisville. I'll report you tomorrow morning. Am
| clear
He looked at me a moment. and then he showed
the man and wOhan into the seat. STAY th'lc ana
keep uuici' says he and walked away. We went on
few miles and quietly opened the window. Then !
leaned over 10 the and said You and your woman
have lust ten minutes stay In this seat threw
Your satchc GU, OF the window before and ten minutes
from now I'm going to throw you and your wife both
out They looked scared. at, IT,. ,,,.
There's passenger COACH on lm7 'r"iH iah
there said !,
for mr. dollars the price Of IT, viii YOU take
dollar half and get ont; or stay here the ten
you've got seven minute, more: don't hurry
Gentlemen, that mig WAS tie sscnrrdc't creature
YOU ever saw. He picked up his valNc In rush, ana
saws hc Gimme the dollar and half, bos,. and when
lie got 1t those darllicS went out Of that car IKE
shot, only way to G do e En hnsjnes, in remSm
quarters. and they know 1t now. reckon;
no mErmnr Of approval from the listeners and after
few moments Of silence he threw away Ms cigar ana
THE code OF ethics" said the man who had sat next
10 linn. addressing the others IN The SMOKING rom
which leads man TO g!UrS ,dr '"r Tbai STOW n The
southern treatment OF the negro In nutshell. since
Reconstruction to the present day. and Tor one as an
American citizen. have no sympathy no interest ana
liberation for IT. .,,,
And the murmur Of hearty appreciation that followed
This showed pretty clearly what the others thought