The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-15
GAVE HIM j LESSON
A Travelling Man Who Annoyed
tho wrone G.rI
This Drummer was One - "a isina slaays
Di@rcditaDle 20 the I.rnr-ssioi. -ai,s
fenne lady Proved I:r,seir
EauaI TO the Orraslcss

iti@rcdi,aDle 20 the I.rnf-ssioi. The
ielne lady Proved l.rs.sir
I;assi TO the oeeas,cs.
As the drummer came ini9 the
smoker q man in the corner eai up
ard went out rather liirriet!iy.
You seem 10 have Dad c;yect Oh
that party, remarked a nan rom
Chicago.
swell, YES. laughed The drutn.
mer, ''hc doesn't IKE 10 See me
around.
who Is he?"
81 don't know his namc. BIT Ihap-
pened To see him utterly put o rotit
on a train once, and nov wheneverhe
sees me he feels better 70 gal ont Of
the way
What was it? Tellsus about it,g
came in chorus.
Hes one of the kind IL travelling
men who are always discroditabIeto
the profession, and ] think he tray
els for some third-ratchousc III New.
York. never saw him until the.
day saw him get what he deserved,
aud from what ! have seen 81 him
since should sayit had tau.lt him
a valuable lesson. 1t was ON a train
going out Of Louisville, and there
was a pretty girl aboard, who vas
of the type that grows into virago
hood, perhaps, but ofthai lei as not
talk. In any event, She had Sec
tion in the middle of the ear, andthis
fellow came in, and. after booking the
territory over, sat down where lie
could look into her face There was
no other person on that side IL the
ear, and only two old Indies audmy-
self OH the other. He had iustbe=
gan 10 ogle the girl by grinnil4 aud
gazing at her, when She Chan god her
place and turned her bick ON him.
Ina few minutes he lad taken the
seat beyond and bud begun his opei,s
ations again. She stood ii sometime
and changed her position again He.
did the same, waiting quite alittle
while, so as not to attract loo much
attention. She changed again and
lie went to the smoker Then |
stepped over and asked herif She
needed my. services in stopping the
annoyance She thanked me and
said she would attend to IL herself.
Pretty soon he came back and sat
down facing her again, with a smile
as If he thought he was
having a great joke. She changed
again and so did he. This time /
could see her cheeks redden and.
could almost bear her eyes snapa
she reached over aud opened Iittle
handbag by herside. She took from
it revolver, and as she looked up
again she nodded and smiled as ii.
she wanted him tocolne 10 her. But
she didn't thought booked THAI way
when she got up, and iakiug. ! r.
steps stood in front Of him Then
She sisoyed Tie rae-------~i6sss ~ rs
face
There She said, loud enough
for us all tohear. that s loaded, aud
II you look at me again ] Il put d pSr-
ton OF its contents into your ugly
face
She trembled 50 as; she spoke
that the revolver shook in he hand
but she turned aud, walking firmly
back TO her place, sat dowH again,
and the remarkable part of il was
she sat so il he raised his lace lie
would look directly al her Bat he
didn't raise his face. He Sunk out
toward the smoker aud he never
came back I've met him several.
times since concluded the drum
mer, put have never seen him so
much as look the second timeata
lady on train