Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-17
roo FRESH.
Experience Personating a Rail-
road Manager.


being too fresh," said the drumme,
as he lighted his cigar, 81 have adop
ted that expression and written it a
the head of every page of my not,
book 30 that it will be constantl,
before me.
"Last fall changed cars at little
junction in the western part of the
State. II is dreary spot, and the
trains never connect within three
, hours of each othor. Finding time
hanging heavy on my hands, 1 wan.
dered over to an orchard nearby
where there was some tempting look.
ing fruit. I was so busy throwing
stones at misunderstanding apple in
the top of one of the trees that 1 had
not noticed an old farmer bearing
down where was with blood in his
eye. When 1 discovered him it was
too late to flee, SO I concluded to
face it out.
'"Fine orchard you've got hero,
said |, opening on him before he had
chance to get in the first word. Tt
will be pity to spoil it by running
railroad through it.
"'Hay?' said he.
"I remarked said l, shat it will
be pity to spoil such fine orchard
oy running Il railroad through it.
am the general manager of this
road and have been looking over it
with view of Strengthening out
some Of the kinks. l have about
concluded to run the road through
your orchard and thus get rid of the
bad cuive just beyond
"This disarmed the old man Mt
once and placed. him in more con.
ciliatory mood
>"General manager, be ye?' said he
'Wul, come up ter the house an vel
talk it over
81 thought the old man had some
thing in the line of wet goods that
he wanted me to sample in the hope
that it might put me in good humor
and save his orchard. 1 looked at
my watch and seeing that l had
plenty of time 1 concluded to carry
on the joke, so 1 followed him up to
the house
AS We were passing brick smoke
house the old man threw the door
open and invited me to inspect
fine lot of hams that lie had inside
stepped in the doorway and as 1
did so the old man gave me shove
that sent me inside upon my hands
and knees Before 1 could recover
myself he had thrown the door shut
and locked it.
General manager, be ye?' he
bawled through crack in the door.
81 didn't think it wise to deny it
so [ shouted back that 1 was, and
moreover that I would take paius to
see that the railroad ran straight
trough his house.
" 'Wul, we'll talk about that later
said he. Member that thar bill that
sent ye fer KILN them sheep?'
81 truthfully replied that didn't.
'Wul, said he, you'll stay where
ye ar till ye do. I've got ye jes'
where L want We, an if ye don't pay
me that thar fifteen dollars that ye
owe me fer KILN them sheep tho
the railroad is goin' ter he short one
general manager
81 tried to explain the true situa-
tion, but he refused to listen. 1t was
fifteen dollars or stay where I was.
While was arguing with the old
man heard my train q mile or SO
off. had an important engagement
to meet and 1 simply had to catch
that train, SO I poked fifteen dollars
through the crack.
"The old man unlocked the door
and 1 was stepping out, when he
suddenly through his weight against
it.
"'Poke out 80 cents morel' ht
shouted.
what for?' I howled, as | heard
my train.getting nearer and nearer.
For postage stamps that
wasted writin' ye about that thai
BILL
81 didn't have tme to argue tn,
question, so | poked out so cent
more and legged it for my train"