The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
4 H1nKRalN ORR.
Iron Nerve That startiea the Commuters on .
Trails GoinE Out or Chicago.


ST. PAUL Fob. 25.-Tho fast express train
that leaves Chicago every afternoon on the Chi
caFo and Northwestern Railroad was almost
ready TO pull out, bound for Milwaukee and
stopping at tho larger stations. Tho train Is a
popular one, and on this particular occasion the
smoking coach was well Allied with n mixture Of
drummers, commuters. and occasional travel
lers, all Of whom were busy playing cards, smok'
ing. or reading the afternoon papers.
About three minutes before the scheduled
time for departure tho smokers, card players,
and readers were startled by q shrill feminine
voice that fairly shriekod out the inquiry;
Has any one got q Communication ticket to
Wsukegani'
Every passenger turned his face in the direc.
tion from which the voice proceeded and expres'
sions Of surprise appeared on the countenances
Of all when they saw the author Of the disturb
ance. She was not a bad.looking American girl,
possibly 20 years of ageIirather well dressed, and
she stood fearlessly in the aisle, apparently moth.
ing daunted by the fact that abe was the only
woman In the car. Before any one had time to
form an opinion "a to what she was doing in
the smoker she shouted out once moro, this
time not quite 30 loudly, as she now had the at
Il say, has any one here got q Communication
tieikS ct. 70 o. W y That plagued ga t;nna az
Therc are two Of them. lie thinks we are going
to pay full fare, when We can Just as veil buy
and, rave 80 cents. rushed by him before no
SInS Saisti The train i'T Is ready to star, this
Apparently no one within shouting distance
had q Communication ticket to Waukegan. and the
girl might ha 70 gone without It haa not a very
cant seat, half way to D the end. He had not
armfpi % Of 6SSG n f IN the h n sn Msy SseS't a drum M
mer sitting next asked of him II he did not hap.
pen @4 e haze Ss S sfFaSiS SsSIlt sieE 80 70 vow w"p MsSs a
ridei" at the same time extracting the ticket
The sight Of the ticket was the signal for tho
now interested spectators. and every man of
ihhom. With a remarkable spontaneity, began to
tI@s po hefes G to%nrd Het tSe G stout q se laS name
who ticket in hand and a puzzled look on his
face. was standing in the aisle. evidently won
The, girl did not leave him long in suspense.
she sR0Ttss out! 9as In NH, reply to Il the many e enioS );
and darting In tho direction of the stout gentle.
man, had snatched the ticket from his hand and
was gone before he could say Jack Robinson
i fsst' a 20 4 III me CO car ii Etiilpp GosS' R,s G Eos tim aea y yS.'";
That is,, every, one save the stout gentleman.
pcct that his fellew passengers were leagped to-
get l to rob him OF his Communication ticket.
do The a heads fhs that hat were thrust iGS at,S out s6 Of the h", win ,iTo
e onss Ist s%'F 81 ' Pa9 hsn two sRs { SFisnd feS ON tho isa r ssS;
platform just as tho train was starting. but
managed to take time to shake her fist at the dis
tant gateman as she shouted back before jump
ing aboard herself:
That's the time you got left, didn't your"
In the smoker the readers went back to their
papers, the Bmokera to their cigars, and the
players to their cards; all except the stout COM
muter. whose questions and inquiries for some
1eers, and cries Of "Bunco!" "Buncol" He, too,
finally subsided. apparently convinced that he
had In reality been buncoed, and despairing of
sympathy from those around him. He was
only relieved from this conviction by the con
ductor, who, when tho train was about ten
miles out. brought to him from q rear car his
communication ticket with silver and coppers to
mako up for the three rides shy.
The commuters on this road admit that other
communities may have their enterprising girls,
but II Is hard to convince them that any COM
munity can produce the peer Of this particular
Waukogan commuter for enterprise coupled
with iron nerve. And they claim they ought to
know.