Evening journal., 1899-05-29
COLD WEATHER INCIDENT.
one Man Carefully stops chilly
DrnuEht md another Uncon-
sci0usiy Uncovcrs II.

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
tied himself down comfortably 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 itwould 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 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 seattle laid
it down on the floor in front of the
hole in the floor, folding the paper
lengthwise in a right angle, so that one
part rested on the floor while the other
rose against the door over the hole.
\ This was a great improvement on the
I wad, and il kept outa considerable part
i of the cold, and the passenger settled
himself back in his seat congratulating
I himself on this happy result.
About three minutes later another
(. man hustled into the car and walked
back and sat down on the end seat on
the other side. He wanted occupation
en- route, and casting his eye down,
he saw that smooth paper on the floor
I, and instantly bent down and picked il
I, up. The passenger opposite, who had
put it there, and had begun reading
his paper, dropped his paper on his
! knees ara leaned forward involuntar-
3 lily as he saw the other man do this.
"This your paperg said the other
man, as he saw the passenger opposite
leaning forward and looking at him.
NO" said the man, settling back
/, again ard resuming his paper. lie felt
/ that cold blast coming in and settling
around his feet again, but he said moth
ing. The hole was on the other mans
side, and he thought that the other mar
would feel il in a minute and look dowr
r and realize what the paper had beer
D on the floor for and putit back. But the
S other man did nothing of the kind
lie seemed impervious to cold, and hi
T never even looked down. lie kept righ
: on reading the paper with perfect i'm
perturbability.
The first man next thought that thu
!. other man wasn't going very far, ono
- he decided that he would soon have I
. chance to replace the paper. His in
+. tuition as to the other mans travelin:
: only a short distance proved correct
/; but he didn't throw the paper dowl
5. when he got up; on the contrary, h
y folded it smoothly and put it in hi
D pocket! That was something the frs
e man hadn't thought Of. and he sat Their
and shivered and smiled over II all III
way, till be came to his own station
Chicago Inter Ocean.