Arizona republican., 1899-04-13
rHE MAN WHO "CUTHER IN TWO"
Raw He Ended a Long Delay to a Iroi-
ley Car and Why Re Could Do Ii.

A long string of stock cars had in
tercepssd an Argentine electric ear at
the railway crossing at Nineteenth ana
/ Fell streets and promised TO hold L
there an indefinite l=ngth OF time. ne
CO. was crowded, a majority OF the
I passengers being Office men ana Wo-
men On t&e-7 way to the packing
houses in ArmOUrdale and the sIneItet
i'm Are nstne They were in danger Oh
being late and soon became impatient
of the delay
The stock erain was f Fly half mile
long. One end CT it was losL III
r0aZe of box cars and smoke in Toad-3-
Iol7D. 1t was altogether 800 long loI
the little pony switch engine ina
nufrsd and wheezed and suffered ID
vain ATTEMPTS 10 pull it over the cEos'7
ing There was a slight grade ana lEe
little engine would push the tram D4eN
unit! it almost cleared the el2s5lnS -
order to get a start. but 1T WCuld ~
60 hack quite far enough TO let 1Ae
lrolIey car pass
This was aggravatin3. once 7ill7
time themselves 50 accurately to reach
Han. wcrlz tina. ten o. fifteen minutes
7al9v at a railway crossing MAKES
{
lriae1on qe-s. began to manifezt lIseit n
the f.ocupncv with which watches were
consulted and the numerous coy1llnellls
NOS altogether complimentary 20 u
e-oireer. One v3ung woman, more II
rit-t9d than the others because sac
b7d iu=s missed the car preceding as
~ clased a dainty gold ti1neplee5
Win q vicious snap and SAID:
How etunfd OF h.ml Why dozen
ro cI,+ lce II two and let Us out o.
here?'
eniteful puff and snort was the an
--V-ar Of the Stubborn ic5Ie engine
which seemed to say: ~
:r79 90 t. bIaZes; - i-lii -le-
,,ro,7g:b CT bust q dTaWhe2d.
The words ''c7r her in two al tl''cl.'
the attention Of well dressed man ~
the seat across tEe aisle from y
young woman iyh0 uttef-1 th5H-' -
f9d been absorbed with nov Ia D2l
and WIS quite unconscious q tee -7s5-
1ecspess Of his felICw passengers ara
the cause of it. but there was 4 pro
fessionaI ring to tn young W0nla1 =
remark that indicated some Gcgreo @
familiarity with railroad matters. Per.
! haes she worked in q railroad Cffce.
: The man across the aisle lcok-d ~
her: then he ,.ocl.ed cut Of the win
COW, cCnr ahended the situation al :
glance and arose to leave The car. His
walk and manner bespoke q rugged
F. ness chat did ne quite accord it'll his
! ShaEely f dora, fa5hi0nabie top cce-
: and perfectly creased trousers he
WIS smooth shaven. red headed and
that Fart CT mis- nc k which showed
above his Immaculate collar was cor
rUgated and i. eclIlcd
The man ord ed the conductor t.
: open the gate at The enc of the ca
and with long. swinging strides b
soon reached the side CT ne loccno
tive. He shook his mead vfgcr-cesiy =
= the cn2ir- or strC7e down a,encsid.
: the cars, clapped his hands once above
/ his head, struck his right elbow witt
/ HIS left hand, elevated birth hand.
= again and threw them edwards
These calistherjo3 were productive
= Ct immeTate result There was
= scU7sying Of sWitchmen along the ten
It Of the train and ore Of them dr0Dnet
5 down between two of h cars 70 Gra7
a 2 coupling rin. The lit Ie engine CAV
4 two sharp blasts of its whistle ar;
went snoring away Hike 9 scared rab
= bit with a small SECTION cf the train
leaving the crossing clear. TIL
: stranger thin mctioned the trolley ca
p forward and. leaning sideways in tn
< direction it was going. he SING him
4 self gracefully aboard. As he took HI
! seat and hurled him elf in his news
= p9Der again there was z medley O
IS su1,ducI r-c1,art1s amcrg the passen
Il gers
J. Knew his business, g7idn't he"
: Tets give him vcse Of thanks"
Gle cut her in two I'll right" s9i
d the railroad Young woman GcTcSS til