Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-25

the passengers or not. Is that what you
meanr"
well. yes: sometimes. But there isn't as
much OF that done as people think. 1t
costs too much. You see we soon get onto
q man and then the jig is up and he can't
work the racket no more. It's the railroad
officials and such like that worry us most
They are all the time watchin' us and get
TIN on the cars so fellow has to lay
mighty low not to get trapped. 1 expect
one old duffer on this trip. He generally gifts
| on and rides up piece about this time of
night. Soon as he comes in you'll see him
| lookin' around the car and sizing up the
passengers and then up at the register to
see II they hang In with each other. You
bet I'll be sure and ring him up. I've got
| to lay of in maxim up my shorts for a
while. though, IL don't want TO get swIped.
| See. II they should catch a fellow, specially
SO far up on his trip with more passengers
| on than he had registered up. 1t would be
dead clean agin him. of course. and his
| name would be Dennis before morning
That's what makes the biz such a wea-in'
| one"
IT suppose you fellows stand In pretty
close together in these things. don't your
The conductor gave a sly wink. slightly"
he remarked. who wouldn't? It's our only
show, and we can help each other out a
good deal sometimes. Now, on this here
blasted line, they're awful particular about
personal appearance and that sort of rot
One of the directors of the road is a regular
rtp-roarer for that sort of thing, and il all
the time walking down along the car lines to
lookin' neat and tidy, mindin our own biz
not firtin' with the girls or gettin' any fun
out of life nohow. But we've fixed him.
He's got a regular PETER style OF beard. and
the fellows all call him 'whiskers.' When
ever any Of the boys sees him comm down
the street they just nail onto the fact. you
can bet. OF course. II they are goin' the
same way he's goin', they soon pass him.
and then they get In their work. Every car
they meet goin' the other way. or toward
'whiskers,' they raise their hands up to
AAfr -@r ,lr1 ~ls.w..
patting their beard. This puts the other
boys on. and they pull themselves together
and put on a regular Sunday-go-to-meetin
air till they gifts past him. Great scheme.
that. Yes, we have lots of secrets and we
stand In together mighty thick, but we get
downed sometimes even then; A mans in
his steadiest job when he's fired Want a
transfer Well. SO long"
ct have the designs for a new story, but
thirst for inspiration 20 develop it." said
Col Jim Struthers, at the market house, Ibis
afternoon.
'well. colonel" said The Star man. you
can have one on me II you'll tell it." A
cork popped and the nymphs winked.
ct was walking through the grounds of a
hospital this morning." continued the colo
mel. and stood on the brow of Prospect Bill.
from whence I took a periscope of creation
and listed to the babble Of the little foun-
tain in Poplar gulch. On rustic settee
consumption and the final chapter Of her
life. She was on the descending scale and
close to the leading tone She was fair and
fragile. She was pencfling on paper. As
the dinner bell of the institution rang. the
girl rose hurriedly and dropped one of her
pages. A breath of the breeze bore IL 10 me
and here II is" Then the colonel handed
the reporter a crumpled, crinkled leaf on
which was written in small. nervous char
acters. the following: Welcome. Spring;
The Queen Of the Year rules the realm Of
- a T. 49, L..
vens are flushed in sunshine. and all The
universe Is q symphony Of emerald and
azure: the fields are spangled with bouton-
ieres Of bloom and bouquets blossom in syl-
van settings. The birds sing the praises of
the time; the waters laugh a tuneful well
come and a merry smile of gladness beams
from the blue eyes OF the skies Our river
mirrors the sparkling glances or the Day
the sun. The somber-barren branches are
jeweled with pendant buds and colored with
the glowing promises of leaves Flowing
veins nestle in the outstretched arms Of the
trees, and tender, tangled creepers cling
round and court the boughs. Little rills
gurgle gleefully as they rhythmically ripple
on their way. The parks are rainbowed
with the embroidery of hyacinth and tulip.
1t Is that season wooed by poets and wrong
ed by those who would be. Nature las
painted the dale and dell. the mount and
vale with an Irish CLEAN. and all the airs
hang heavy with the music of soft winds
and bridal chimes"
At the bottom of the sheet was an incom-
plete sentence which ran over to the hext
page.
''Ready-made houses are becoming the
fashion," said a builder. IF you want a
dwelling of your own nowadays, you DO
not need to wait half a year 10 get IL put
up; you can have IL built in a day You
write to a firm engaged in the business for
its advertising book. which contains pic
lures of houses that the concern is prepar-
ed to construct at prices all the way from
$50 to 5000. together with plans and
specifications. Pick out your residence and
an order addressed to the firm will fetch
at short notice all the requisite materials,
deposited on your lot. Within twenty-four
hours the dwelling is up and complete. You
may have a cellar IL you like, though most
houses built in this way are without cell
lars. All Of the parts are ready made and
so matched and numbered that they can be
put together In an astonishingly short space
OF time. This kind Of building has become
quite In vogue at summer resorts Of late
years. Nearly the whole of Cottage CITY
on the island Of Martha's VINEYARD. is con.
structed in that way. II you want a cheap
place TO live In summer. buy a little patch
Of cheap land near the beach IN some Sc
cluded locality, and put up a ready-nade
house on IL. The whole cost ought not to
be over 500"
An amusing scene took place the other
day. man was working on G. street Not
that 1t is either so wonderful nor so anus
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