Hutchinson gazette., 1900-06-28
HE WAS A HOG
80 IIis' Pellow-Passonge said, and
IIe Replied Ia Kind

A portly, stOll-fed specimen OF hu
manity, with a face looking rs " hi
had washed II IN oil and forgotten
10 make use OF u towel afterward
boarded Northwestern suburbat
train at Highland Park and pro-
peedCd 10 occupy u whole sent, HaSa
the Chicago Tribune,
His first move, after making hlm'
self comfortable, was to raise the
window TO the limit, Then, with u
grunt OF satisfaction, he leaned bncN
and began TO read hismornIng pNper.
"I beg your pardon, sir u voice
behind said, u few minutes later,
"but II did not occur To you, perhaps,
that some delicate, consnmplve per-
son might be slttng behind you, who
would get the full benefit OF the
strong wind that blows through that
Window"
lie turned around and stared NJ
the owner OF the voice, spOre, elon-
gated man who hOd climbed aboard
the train AZ Lake Forest
Are youdellcale or consumptlye?'
he asked, In belligerent tone,
mot particularly" wns the reply.
"The point | nm making is that you
ought 10 have asked that question,
II at all, before you opened the wln-
dow"
"fhen II II isn't hurting you any
what nre you making n kick about"
81 didn't say II wasn't hurting me.
| merely said ! was neither cOnsump-
tive nor delicate. As matter Of
fact that wind is exceedingly dsa-
greenble, II you want 20 get the
whole strength Of II you'd better
change seats with me-"
lll-nNturcdly he put the window
partly down,
"rhcre is olwOyssomc Miss Nancy"
he said, "who Is afraid OF little
fresh mir In stuIfy ear"
81 don't know 80 much about that,
but ! have noticed there Is generally
some surly hog who Is bent an look
ing after his own comfort, regardless
whether he makes the other pnsscn-
gcrp IN the cOr miserable or mott
"You ought TO travel in fleece
lined special ear, heated by steam
made from rose-water,'
And your proper place Is In n
hog car whore the ventilation eX-
tends all around, You haven't any
thing to gan by arguing this matter
with me, my plump friend. The equi-
ties OF the cNse Nre all against YOU"
40, ! don't know. You don't look
absolutely terrible, Do you have
enough to eat where you livc?'
20, yes. Sometimes, In fact, 7 sit
down with more pork In front Of me
than | want"
"a good jolt in the jaw might i'm
prove you little
at wouldn't make any improve
ment in you, You'd still be hog
"Tickcts!"
II wns the conductor.
After the interruption the olcag-
inous passenger, refreshed by the
short rest, returned TO the charge.
"Gf you'd asked me in civil, de-
cent sort Of way" he said, 81 would
have put down the window without
word"
"If YOU had put the window mp in
a half civil or half decent Rort OF
way | should not have said any
thing. | thought al first that you
might be simply one Of those fresh
mir fiends who always throw up n
window MS soon as they come in q
car, without looking to see whether
the ventilators at the top Of the car
open--as these are, by the wny--and
without caring how much they in
commode other people, have some
times thought II wouldn't he MUIR
der TO kill common, ordinary fresh
mir fend-"
20, you have?"
ayes. At first, I say. I thought
you might be nuisance Of that kind,
but when | spoke TO you in civil
md even respectful manner-yOu
know I did, confound you-and you
answered me with an ll-natured
grunt, / knew you we're something
else. You are n fresh mir hog"
"You half-storvcd old"
"You greasy, offensive animal,
don't interrupt n gentleman when he
Is trying to give YOU n pointer or
two on common decency, Suppose
some invalid or some woman with n
baby had been sitting in this seat.
You didn't look TO see who was sit
ting here. You ought to know-s0y,
don't let yourself get into passion,
my friend In man Of your build
It means apoplcNy You ought to
know"
"If you say another word to me,
blank YOU, I'll"
"Madam," said the other, turning
to n woman in the sent behind him,
docs the breeze from that window
distress you?"
at does, sir"
without another word the tall
man rose up. slowly stretched him
self to his full height, leaned over
and let the window down with a
bang.
Having done which, he took a pa
per from his pocket and began to
read. oblivious Of the heavy breath
ing and smothcrcd profanity Of the
man in front.
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