The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-23
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OF RENH0N .ui
An Episode on the elevated Road.npd an
Enllstment IN the Rough Riders.
Wien Jack Benson announced his enlistment
In the rough riders hiS friends smiled know
ingiy. They evenHWent 10 far hs to say Chat 70
simply showed how much easier u was for
some men TO stand being shot at than being
Guyed. Benson IL q strappinc bic fellow.
standing o foet 2 In his stocking feet. and
strong enough to lick anytwo4then no knotTA.
Not that he ever indulges IN that gentle Rmuse-
ment his feats with the gymnasium apparatus
are SUFFICIENT to show what no could de II he
wanted to.
His hobby is playing practical Jokes. There
are few OF his friends In the various circles in
which he moves. from the Stock Exchange to
the golf club up the Hudson. Iwhol have not
been tho victims Of his playful fancy. For .
long time 1t has been the openly expressed
wish OF his friends that day he would 1nd
himself on the other side OF tho laugh.
Now. OF all the people who were vociferous In
this wish. one William Christopher Perkins
was tho most earnest. This was hardly be-
coming in Perkins. for he had notknown BEN
son long. and had not yet been admitted to the
honorable list OF victims. William Christie
pher Perkins was a recent addition to the
firm OF Blank 4 Dash. Stockholders. OF which
JACK was u ny no means nuHnDlo huXlllhIy.
Perkins had what was called an %"ungodly
pull" because he was the fayorite nephew Of
Adolphus Blank. the head Of the firm.
member. because, though he never aypTpeaFed
phone from 6iis slaS Or his home, be nsveEffheisss
S severed the t sSi nj In t tSe ones RSsS about asf lis UNCLE Sis.
S asSal ne str SssSGRfiSinsSiiH nsSsIiff u Sp to T tRs fill Gift he aSfR
Of his 4 feet II inches and swelling out his
s ssSSai Ct g az an o Ss%Gss S5R 70 fefsr 70 SRs ny Sno e.
Benson, medltated revenge. One morning ho
Srst step 1srs 81 the stair stairs z to IL ,s slev SSeGn Station ion
ne caught sight q a dapper little hgure STEP
"PerklnsI EIillsm christopher Porkinsl"
ne W mftar% 9To long slS SseSItSy leaps he reached the
neat little man just as the latter was sorting
oyer a hSpdlial Of change e get the exact fare.
seat Of the trousers with the other. lifting him.
'lssSaE o % fh S etaiEs oy H. n le Ps4s 9 fGGt' how,s your
well out II front Of him and carried him swiftly
"Wow-ow;owl" howled the unfortunate man.
throwing his hands cat wildly and thereby
Nice day: Mr.. Perkins!' said Benson. tight
oH'e oEwnnooSwfi "I surrled his victim, valnly kicking
his dangling little legs. Benson's grasp was be-
the "a ataI4s liter sbs tW sao qBs ssssay dls Sipias cd
in.t!hs station still carrying his man; ...n,
h, well Mr. II Perkins sFS Ra he s1idl as 81 he Ed, deposited
Spa,.% He stopped short. The man n' was not
Individual hSdIi1idSi Nv whom Saq he had never Seen BEFORE rea'0a
Benson glanced wildly around fora way Of
s sSSs'p Stairs As the be f iistis m to t jSm dSSF slsraoaalnnSg f iS
bad got lis breath by his time. md he did not
pyrotechnical display that he gave made the
wiipd5oys rattle. 49,,
yelled sig Benson M a fSSE sSs s EGF fSS ef Rls yic f {
The little man' s, answer cannot not e printed tptss IN.
yictRi@ nrn paused used s sor br ssRfoH" c sns h 9os S f,@s me- n,s
begging your pardon 2"
cs 1Ssjn e th s. s6sEsF T TSs Of b E tsmp %sds ss that
"a 6umor greater ths9Ihe had intendedSbroke
laughed the angrier the small individuai grew.
But. say, cant you see how funny 1t ISL"
SS The Iit aSse man PIe eoaIa not see, and said so In a
Of eplthets. Benson moved over to the corner
larry. Finally Benson Gained him down to the
S Seras R1 Weli- K K %Sa p sad highly Il ' eseeem a,ai p ia 8
G Hafrp aSs ilf StG a near 81 - by f fssS time ameI + o nyyesdtgbl III
opened his card case and. taking out a card.
Here. sir. is my card" he said. Come in
and see me some time"
As Benson took the card he handed out his
own In exchange. Then he glanced at the card
Blank"
Benson does not know how he got out OF the
place of pacification. The next sane thing he
remembers doing was sending two teleRrams.
One asked for permission TO enlist In the rough
riders. the other was to the office. saying that
he was Ill and could not be down for two or
three days. Before the two days were up he
had gone to Join his regiment.