The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-02-10
q MlsaINeIoN RUNAwAE.
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Al runaway in Washington IS an in-
leresting study to man from any part i
of the country where runaWays are /
common. A man left the capitol and (
looked down the hill by the Peace mons I
ument, and turned into that strip Of /
Pennsylvania avenue which has no
srook in it. At the place where an enl- /
9loye Of the traction company manip-
ulates the shifting Of the current By
which the yellow car goes in one direc-
ton and the green car goes in another,
the man from the capitol stopped and
asked a question. The employe got up
from his chair and moved over toward
the south side of the street before he
replied.
'sWhy did you have to shift your place
before you answered my question:"
asked the man who had come from the
capitol.
''To get out of the way of that ruua-
way horse, was the reply.
The man from the capitol looked
about him and then said he saw no rum
away horse.
''You wait here long enough and
you'll see him." was the rejoinder.
''He can't be coming very rapidly"
said the man from the capitol. who,
II having received an answer to the orig
iina1 inquiry, resumed his walk. at the
end 81 a ter minutes walk he went into
cigar shop. The propHiet onf of
a ca 5p chair the sidewalk Hleed
the chair and ok s. inside. n
Z waited on Ills toner
s'Do you carry yeur chair with you
when you move2" asked the customer.
Depends" was the reply. when ]
: see a horse running away and the chair
: is on the line Of the gallop take the
: chair in. No use of letting q runaway
horse smash q chair just cause you go1
a chair"
'Is there a runaway"
/ ''If you stop here long enough you'll
! find out. he was canterin' right lively
when I saw him.
: II heard up the street that there waI
= a runaway, but saw none"
"Just the same, there is one. Better
stop in fora few minutes"
The ranrer however, decided 7
proceed. Aghen M reached the Han
u cock station p0i an aaia t9 hiEa
sBetteF step around fha sai
There is runaway coniiuN
" The stranger than6ed the policena
~ 4 and and crossed over. Then he looked bac
aI Ut -, .se the capitol, but sa'
Of his walk, and halted at a venerable tre
n. on the corner, and again looked bac
es over the avenue. He went into anothe
be cigar store, bought cigar read th
q; weather bulletin and passed out q
n walked over to the east front Of th
e. treasury building. "A gang Of negroe
IT were at work patching the asphalt. IN
W foreman said:
ls' Better knock off, boys, for minute
e and step up on the walk. hear there
n a runaway coming"
IN The gang stepped aside deliberately
L and the foreman sat on the step an
s scratched his head. The stranger cor
p cluded to see it out. After ten mir
ID utes' wait the gang resumed work, TIL
ne stranger said to the foreman:
lg Somebody must have headed off tina
ID runaway"
IN Don't know bout that. Maybe s<
to But he was goin' right lively when h
$, passed here. Didge see him?''
I'd "See him-the horse?"
T. why, to be sho'. Jest past up an
e. swung round by the banks
s ''You mean the. horse that boy wa
or driving"
Is ''Drivina = III E}ssst II ) m s
oe ketch up; he want drivin'"
"a ''Was that runaway?"
Is ''Thatwas a fust-class runaway, if II
D. any jedge."
r "Is that sample Of a Washingto
as runaway horse?"
s Don't know bout that; but eff 70
II mean is that the gait Of a runaway hos
l0 in Washington, I'm bound to say it
about up to the average. IN. Y. Sun.