Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-09

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'.There Is
you my tickets,
haven't got to, anda
tell YOU. | know vs..
have got my tickets an,
take care Of myself. / am
on my first trip abroad"
II am sorry, " again reptile
ductor courteously, "but my
tions are poremptory. Stand
please, and let these other pas
into the ear"
"Oh, show him your tickets,
and do not make all this fuss abou'
simple a matter, sweetly remar
the bride.
mo, l will not" replied the gent
man. Il haven't got 70, and now III
my ire Is aroused over this thing / don
propose to back down. / know whs4
] am going and how to take care Of my
self"
There Is our superintendent OF e.
service. You may speak to him abouaI
this matter, " said tho conductor as he
saw his superior officer approach. IF
he says you can board the car without
showing your ticket, why, it will be
all right"
What is the trouble hcre?" asked
the car superintendent as he came up
to see what the alteration was about.
Your conductor demands hat /
show him my ticket before | board the
car, replied the man. II say | have
not got to and do not mean TO. I know
where l am going and AM able to look
after myself"
Have You got your tickets?" asked
the superintendent.
YES, / have them in my pocket all
right. / know what | am doing"
Have you got your sleeping car tick
ets?"
"Yes, | have it all right in my peck
ct. II is for section z. know what
am doing. [ tell you"
"Oh. we'll, lot the man on the car, +"
said the superintendent. IF he has
his tickets, as he says he has, it is not
worth while c%outending with him over
the matter and delaying the other pas
sengers.
The conductor stepped aside and LET
the couple pass, calling the porter tc
take the satchel as no did so. Present
ly the train pulled out Of the depot and
was speeding across the p~rairics at a
rapid rate, when tho conductor began
TO collect the tickets in the sleeping
car. AS he did so no noticed hat al
the seats in section . were occupied, and
he Immediately surmised hat there
was a peg out Of place somewhere, and
that there would be more fun with tho
obstreperous passenger. He kept hi,
counsel to himself, however. and wen
on with his collections. When he
reached section z, he took the ticketI
Of the two parties occupying the seats
opposite his bridal friends, saw that
they were for that section-for the up
per and lower berths respectively-and
his surmise was thereby developed into
a certainty. Without asking the mar
again for his ticket he passed through
all the other sleeping cars on the train
took mp all the tickets and found thai
every berth was occuied without leav
ing any for his friends.
Tickets, please, " demanded tn
train conductor. The ma drew fortl
uAh I~doltnulilh anu Aub tA
amined them closely.
These tickets do not read over thi
road, remarked the conductor as h.
folded them up and handed them back
"This is tho direct route to Denve.
from Kansas City. Your tickets reat
round by Pueblo"
"What is the fare from Kansas City
to DenYerf" asked the man.
THE fare Is SIS. 10, replied the traii
conductor s3G. 30 for two" Tn.
,oon was counted out without a word
Can you seil mea berthg' asked th
man, turning to tho sleeping car con
ductOr.
81 am very sorry. hut every berth q
fbis trat Is cod. The best ! can d
for yoa s. to put you TN a chair car
few seats still ~unoceupieI
Nfter. take this gentleman
'air car.
alOr of tho car th
euf voice lou
ono in th