Evening star., 1901-07-27
JoBSoN'S THRILLING RIDE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

July 26, 1901.
Mr.. Jobson stood for long time and
contemplated the operation OF the f1ip-hap
railway. The flip-lap railway, It should be
explained for the benefit of those who
haven's seen The eontraption. is one of
those centrifugal 8 loop-the-loop affairs
whereby You are shit down a frightful de-
scent in a CARA sueh rate of speed that
the momentum causes the car to describe
complete circle on the railway, and for
fraction of a second you are suspended
head downward. Mr.. Jobson had fire.
quently stood and Contemplated the opera
ton of the fip-fap railway. but on Thurs
day afternoon Mrs. Jobson observed with
mucn trep1dation that as he stood and
looked at the thing he appeared to be Itch
ing 70 take ride in one of the cars SO,
TO onset any such thing. she said as Mr..
Jobson stood and gazed.
Ohiy crazy people would venture upon
such an awful thing as that don't you
Mr. Jobson scratched his head and looked
at Mrs Jobson under his eyebrows.
dont know so much about that, ne
replied They don't look crazy, any OF
,em, do they? Dye think they'd be al
lowed to run around loose down here II
they were crazy?
"Oh, only spoke in a figuratiye sense,
OF course" said Mrs. JobsOn. But they
certainly are foolish to jeopardize their
lives in such foolish way"
ell, don't share your views, MRS.
Jcbson, In this matter, and l beg 10 an
nounce to you that I'm going to take
Whirl In the flip-fap. and that within about
TOUR minutes from the present, interrupt
ed Mr. Jobson. And I would seriously
recommend you to endeavor to conquer
your verwhelming-well, Wen call 1t DIM
dence-and come along with me. we
didn't come down to the seaside to SIT
around like old fogies. We came down to
oynd
place where the action is."
step up now, for the fip-fiap! yelled
the barker in charge of the cOntr1yance.
Make the roundest trip in the world! only
10 cents! II you fall off you get your
money back!'
Now. there's generous offer for you."
Mr.. Jobson went on in his endeavor to win
Mrs. Jobson over to the flip-flap scheme.
IF you fall off, why, the man hands back
the 10 cents to you or to your heirs What
more could you ask than that? Come
ahead now. and be dead game, and
You know perfectly well that thing
like that is bound to be dangerous for
person with a weak heart as mine is" cut
In Mrs Jobson. I'm perfectly positive
that L shouldn't recover from the effects
of the ride for days. l want to be agree
able and share In all of your amusements."
and Mrs. Jobson's teeth came down with
sharp little click that Mr.. Jobson was toll
erably familiar with, but l am most de-
cidedly not going to ride on the hip-nap
railway now or at any other time"
Nothing remained for Mr.. Jobson except
to glare at Mrs. Jobson and to walk up to
the window and purchase flip-fap ticket.
large number of persons who were hesi-
tating about trying the fearsome journey
took courage when they saw stout. mid
dle-aged man like Mr. Jobson approaching
the car, and bought tickets. Wherefore
Mr.. Jobson looked very chesty indeed as
he took his seat in the car and permitted
himself to be strapped in by the grinning
attendant.
while Mr.. Jobson beamed upon the pretty
young woman, who sat gasping in anticipa-
tory fear beside him. Then for brief
space the car travelled on level pathway,
appalling descent to the loop. Mr.. Jobson
braced his feet against the dashboard of
the car, closed his eyes and wished that
his viewpoint as to the fip-iap railway had
been the same as Mrs. Jobson's. But 1t
was too late, and the car made its swoop
down the almost perpendicular incline. The
breath went out Of Mr.. Jobson, and his
face became pallid as the car swung onto
arc. The women in the car screamed, and
the pretty girl seated next to Mr.. Jobson
clutched his arm until her nails almost
sank into his flesh through his coat.
But Mr.. Jobson didn't take notice Of any
of these things. Mt. Jobson was in that
condition known tor pugilistic circles as
"out. or very near It, His countenance
was livid. and be was in tremble Of half
ing the loop, ran down to the end Of the
pier, over which stiff breeze was blowing,
and Mr.. Jobson's new s12 Panama was
blown off his head into the sea. But Mr..
chiefly how long 1t would be before the
car would return to its starting point, 30
that he could debark with all expedition
and then crawl off to a remote corner Of
ing. After q time that seemed almost In
terminable to him the car rolled back to
where 1t had started from, and Mr.. job
son. with pallid face. brushed right by
anxiety. and swiftly glided over the pier
to point where he felt that he was quite
alone.
After fifteen minutes he returned, look
ing as IL he had received many dispatches
containing bad news, to the point where
Mrs. Jobson was awaiting him. He didn't
say anything to her until they were of the
pier and on their way to the hotel. Then
with sadness, and said to her In = scpul-
chral tone:
MADAM, some women placed as you are
at the present moment moment would @ have the
Of apology. / grieve to see that you do not
why" exclaimed Mrs. Jobson, what
have I done that requires an apoiogy?'
..oh. well, il you don't know said Mr..
Jobson, still regarding her very sadly,
there's no use telling you II your con-
science lis so totally dormant, there's no use
in my trying to bring 1t back to life. Any
woman who thinks It's joke to wheedle
and coax and jolly her husband into taking
a chance on machine that she knows to
an absolute certainty Is liable 20 bring him
to the point of death, and then declines to
even SO much as admit how intensely she
longs for his insurance honeywell, any
woman like that" and Mr.. Jobson shook
his head In a sadly deprecatory manner.
and told Mrs Jobson that, much as ne dis
liked the idea of scandal at his time Of
life, he really couldn't see how 1t would be
possible for him to defer separation much
longer.
Interstate Migration.
From the New York Evening Post.
The great Interstate movement this year
has been to the state of Washington.
Railroad men assert that the "home-seek-
ers' excursions have been the means Of
carrying to Washington and the country
tributary to those roads $4,000 permanent
settlers. When the exaggeration of the
emigration boomer" and of the news