The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
COLD WEATHER INCIDENT.
One Man Carefully stops q Chilly
DrauEht and Another Uncon- "
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A man who got into an end car of an
elevated train ON one of the coolest
days OF the recent cold spell and set
lied himself down comfortab bly, at an
end seat became suddenly aware that
there was a cold draught coming in
around his feet from somewhere. and
looking down he saw that one of the
two pairs of brass plates that held the
rollers of the door had come off and left
an opening for the wind to blow
through; and it was surprising how
much cold wind could get through that
hole. .
The guard said that it had come off
on the down trip (the train was at this
time going up) and that it would be put
back in place as soon as the car got
to the upper end of the road again,
where repairs were made. Meanwhile
the guard had helped matters some by
putting into the opening loose wad
made of a piece of brown paper.
= When the guard had walked back to
the front of the car. the passenger who
had felt the draught and had had this
little conversation with him. saw right
opposite under the seat on the other
side. whole newspaper. Picking that
up from the floor under the seat he laid
it down on the floor in front of the
hole in the floor. folding the paper
lengthwise in right angle, so that one
part rested on the floor while the other
rose against the door over the hole.
This was great improvement ON the
Wad, and ii kept out considera BILE part
OF the cold. and the passenger settled
himself back in his seat congratulating
himself on this happy result.
About three minutes later anot her
man hustled into the car and walked
back and sat down on the end seat on
the other side. He wanted occupa1i ion
en- route. and casting his eye down.
he saw that smooth paper on the floor
land instantly bent down and picked it
up. The passenger opposite. who had
put it there. and had begun reading
his paper. dropped his paper on his
:knees ard leaned forward involuntar-
lily as he saw the other man do this.
This your paper?' said the other
man. as he saw the passenger opposite
leaning forward and looking at him.
NO" said the man, settling back
again and resuming his paper. He felt
that cold blast coming in and settling
around his feet again. but he said not h.
ing. The hole was on the other mans
side. and he thought that the OF her ma n,
would feel it in min ute and look down
and realize what the paper had been
on the floor for and put.it back. But the
other man did nothing of the kind.
lie seemed impervious to cold. and he
never even looked down. He kept right
on reading the paper with perfect i'm
,perturba bili1y.
The first man next thought that the:
other man wasn't going very far, and
he decided that he would soon have
chance. TO- replace the paper. His in
tuition as to the other mans travelling
only short distance proved correct;
but he didn't throw the paper down
when he got up; on the contrary. he
folded it smoothly and put it in his
pocket! That was something the first
man hadn't thought of. and he sat there
and shivered and smiled over it all the
way. till he came to his own station
Chicago Inter Ocean.