Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-02-08


Don't forget that I've travelled" This
appeared to be tremendous joke, and
Nam chuckled and shook over 1t and
Dad chuckled and shook. The boys"
made merry over it too, and Nam
couldn't let the joke go, but cried be-
tween her fits of laughter.
mot everyone has Travelled, you
know. 1t makes a great difference.
don't care to associate myself with
folks that haven't travelled
We had to leave then, and as we
fastened along the street, leaving the
flaming headlight at our backs, and
with the cordial good-bys of Dad and
Nam still ringing in our ears, asked
Auditor what the joke was.
Why" said he, dad and Nam Fer
ris have been right on that spot for
sixteen years and they're institutions.
All the fellows know them and tell
them their troubles and go to them to
be doctored and petted and encourag-
ed. They've got so used to it that
really don't know how they would
get on without the old folks. Well,
one day Nam was talking and it came
out that she was just pining to go to
the Omaha exposition. No one had
ever thought of that. Nam had never
been known to go anywhere. She
hadn't even had time to go to church.
If it isn't the passenger boys it's the
freight crew that's taking up her time,
and she never has time to say that her
soul is her own. In fact, suppose
she has forgotten long time ago that
she belongs to herself. How she came
to think of the exposition don't
know. But she said to one of the boys:
"A body might feel herself mighty for
tunate to be able to go to that show
1t must be pretty Well, it came across
some of us what it would mean to her
and Dad to go there and see the thing,
and how surprised they would be at
night when the white buildings were
all lit up with electricity. So Reynolds
Tim Reynolds, you know-started it.
He wrote telling Dawson, the General
Passenger Agent at Omaha, about the
matter, and Dawson sent on transport
tatiOn.
Then we dubbed together and got a
new suit for Dad and new dress for
Nam and head gear and parasol and
all manner of truck. Nelson of the
Executive committee of the exposition
used to be one of their boys and he
forwarded a pass, and Hawthorne, the
Division Superintendent at Omaha
made them come to his house and put
up. They had everything going, tell
you. They staid two weeks and went
to the theater and did the Midway and
went through the exposition ground as
faithfully as children learn lesson.
They meant to get all out of it they
could. They came back proud as pea
cocks, and kind of crushed by every
body's kindness. swear, they cried
for month, till we told them if they
didn't let up we'd set up lunch coun-
ter at the station. So they wiped their
eyes and made joke of it. And now
all you have to do if you want to make
them laugh is to ask them IF they have
ever travelled"
We were back to our places in the
mail car by this time. grabbed a
fresh sack and began my task, but it
was several minutes before could see
the directions on the envelopes with
prfect clearness. Then it occurred to
me that 1 would better follow the ex-
ample of Dad and Nam, so dried my
eyes and fell to laughing.
What's the matter with you?" sung
out Auditor.
II was just thinking what a blister
ing good story that was about Dad and
Man,"
''Weil,'' said he, Indignantly, lit
taeks good while for you to get to the
laughing point seems to me!'
didn't tell him the reason Why
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