Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-13
ARIZONAJOURNAL-MINER
WEDNESDAY. Oct. ls, 1897
NONSENSE ON TIE GRIP.
~Hints Co Passengers" Which I'uzzled HfHa ssr,rnrnarfau

NONS6N NOE ON F7G SiNif. ~Hints Co Passengers" Which I'uzEied
 Miid Gramnarian.
 The man who had studied gram. mar once and was not particularly ashamed of it boarded the Westport car at Twelfth street and began in an absentminded way to read the signs, says the Kansas City Star. He ran his eye langmdly along the row of placards and back again, then began at the first and repeated It was tiresome, hut there was pos itively nothing else to look at, and he swore, in excellent English, albeit that he would never buy an srti- cle that he saw there advertised.
 The car stopped at Fifteenth street to let on a fat woman and three ne groes. The man who had studied grammar ran bis eye down the line of placaris again. He was bored.
 Suddenly he started, gleam of triumph in his eye.
 Conductor, said he, do l have to do what that card saysi"
 "No, you don't have to" S What would happen if I didn 'tl" Well, if you jumped of while the car was running and got hurt why, you couldn't collect damages from the company
 ''So if I want to collect damages have to obey that signi"
 That's it. ,"
 The fat woman stared, and the negroes grinned comprehensivelY l wondered what was up.
 The car switched around bend
 Conductor, have business on Twenty-seventh street" said tho grammarian.
 The car stopped there.
 The grammarian sat immovable as the sphinx
 Well, this is Twenty-seventh street, said the conductor.
 Well, supposed as much.
 He did not move.
 "Comel Hurry upi'
 Well, I'm ready. I'm waiting to see how you go about 1t. Do you lift me up of the seat while the gripman pulls the car out from un- der met"
 The fat woman gotup and walked to the farther end of the seat.
 "Or do you open up the floor of the car and allow me to stand on the track while the car is pulled Rwayf"
 The negroes began to show the whites of their eyes Still Iwonder- ed.
 See herer' said the conductor "What7are you crazyl"
 Not in the least, said the gram marian II am simply trying to conform to the rules of your com pany. Now, my friend, do you want 10 earn from your employers med al for scholarship Noi We'll, Twill do this much for your ben;ghted mind and charge you nothing for it That sign up there reads, Pas sengers must not get off the cars while in motion. That is wrong. 1t should read this way" And he wrote upon a pad, Passengers, while in motion, must not get of the cars" You see, that other is an awkward construction.
 ''It is. is it7" replied the conduct. or. He was mad, and we all saw it. Well, I'll tell you a thing or two" Grabbing the pad, he wrote Pas sengers must not, while in motion. get of the cars.
 He showed it under the nose of the grammarian.
 How do you like theseg" be shouted
 The mans hair stood on end. The negroes grinned. Istepped out on to the platform.
 You blank, blank idiot began both the conductor and his man to gether. That was all could disrin guish of the balance of the conver. sation. The remainder was heter. ogeneous combination of motions, cars, passengers, whiles other whiles, afterwhileS beforewhiles and long train of explosives which hoated out into the open air. fled