St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-11
THIRTEEN ALL AROUND.
An Accident and Great Array of
Figures.

Figures.
mere was an amusing episode at the
root of Fourth street and Broadway
early yesterday morning. The red light
car on the Selby avenue line passed
east at 1880, and a few minutes later
groups of belated citizens began to gath
ef at Wabasha, Cedar, Minnesota and
other streets further down town ready
Ior the last chance for home for the
nlght. In due time the headlight of
lne car raced west and everybody ex-
pected the car along in a minute If
dldn come, however, in a minute or in
iiVe minutes or ten minutes What was
Inc matter! About the same time every
pody came to the conclusion to find ont
by going down to Broadway. The sit
uat1on there was pretty serious. The
clCck IN the court house tower had
struck l. The grip car was on one
track and the trailer on the other. The
front axle on the grip was broken. The
SKY overhead was blue and the crowd
was bluer. There was a glare of ice on
the ground and the only prospect of
getting home seemed to be via the liv-
cry route. The belated denizen. how
ever, refused to go without an investi-
gatlon. The gang went inside the trail
er and began chatting the conductor
ABOUT making time and keeping his en-
gagements. A leading merchant glanc-
ed up at the end of the car and ejacu-
lated:
Holy smoke, boys! Do you see the
number on this car? 1t is 313. That
settles it. We walk
well, did you ever?" said capital
list. Look at the number on the lapel
of this conductor. That is plain 13.
Such combination to send out! Of
course, we are hoodooed"
After laugh all around a young man
who lives on Kent street began run
ming his eye over the crowd. 'Well.
now, If this isn't the best thing I ever
struck! There are just thirteen people
on this carl"
This wouldn't do. So the young man
led the gripman outside and told him to
study astronomy awhile.
Something's going to happen" said
the merchant. This is rough! very
rough! Has anybody in this car a rab-
bits foot?" and everybody went down
into his pocket instinctively for some
thing he was sure he didn't have.
Moses in the bulrushesr' said the
prince of the calico counter I'VE are
all out at our own funeraIs!" And, as
pale as man could be expected to be
at that hour of the night, he held UP to
the gaze of the crowd some money
They counted two nickels, a two-cent
piece and a peuny-thirteen cents 1t
was getting monotonOuS
and ! live at Grotto street." walled
the capitalist. How many blocks is
that from here?" he whispered Then
there was two minutes of figuring, and
mirth again went around as it was an
nounced that it was twenty-six blocks.
There you are again! sighed the
capitalist. '"Twenty-siX is twice thir-
teen. I'm hoodooed. I'm going to will
my money to the Chicago university
before | lose it"
And then some adept at'the breaking
of spells suggested that the gang walk
around the car thirteen times. Out
everybody went and the walk was
started, but, before the leader had COM
pleted his first trip around, the head
light of grip car hove in sight at Wa
basha street and in the next few min
utes the belated train was on it's way
to Milton street, arriving at that point
just as the clock was striking 2, an hour
and five minutes late.