The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10
KINKS OF SOME TRAVELLERS.
CHEERLESS JOB or THE INFOR-
NATION BUREAU MAN.
Men with Jag VINO Try TO Have Fun with
Neutrality-suspicious. Peoples Ques-
iops-FSssy women Bound on Long
Journeys They All blame Him.

h'S
Information In one Of the big Jersey City
railway stations Vas just about 10 reach
for his lunch box, and to close the window
for a brief space while refreshing himself
when a large, heavy-jawed man with a
jag lurched up and gazed solemnly at the
patient young man within.
Bureau Formation. heyp' inquired the
mar. leaning against the window frame.
yes, sir" said the young man behind
the window.
Tell fler anything vanish know, heyY'
About travelling on this line, yes. sir
Tip 'eni of bout mosh any oil thingp'
only with regard TO travelling OH
Know whole game I'm soup to nuts.
hey. mamma's little shunsllinef"
Now. look a-here, sir said the young
man behind the window, a bit tartly, as
he closed the window half way, -if there's
anything you want TO find out about
There izh,- said the man. placing q
heavy land against the window and beam
ing amiably upon the occupant Of the high
stool want Z fin out bad. It's thish:
Why Il a cow2 . Likewise. when is a hen,
AM
The young man on the stool slammed the
window too with a bang, produced his
lunch box. and began to bolt his sandwiches.
That's about the hundredth bun that's
been along to-day he said between mouth
fus. Most OF them arc like that one
try TO get gay with me-. Some of them fool
me up. too.
There was one along early this morn
ing who had his still 40 evenly balanced
that | didn't get next TO II for quite a while
thai he had a souse on. He walked all
right and talked all right. 80 that at the
wind-up he caught me and gave me the
boot.
He asked me the usual questions about
the extent Of my information, and he was
very confidential and mysterious in his
manner. 1t look him about four minutes
to lead up TO the point, but that often nap
pens with persons coming to this WINDOW
who are perfectly sober. and the rules don't
allow me to tell 'em to smoke up and get
down to the nub Of it..
WELL says this fellow, after all that
sparring for wind. what j want TO find out
is, where's my watch and rolf went out
with a bunch O. Indians over in New York
last night, and here an i, minus. l want
you to put your hottest information toys
on and pass me the right switch. Where 4
my super and wadf' and then he handed me
the grin and ambled away.
about half a dozen OF EN- with left
overs on traipsed up TO inquire OF mo
whether they were coming or going, and,
II so. which. and quite a number OF EN-
sought my advice a. TO whether i consid-
cred IL the Wise move on their part 10 hike
for their homes and the bosoms OF their
families. and, II SO. II | thought they'd be
liable TO get what was coming To them
from their wives?
-Bu the funniest fellow I've conversed
with in some time came bounding up to
the window AT a lope one forenoon last week
He was a s~well-looking elderly man with
all the apparel on him mt TO wear, but ne
was all to the bad in his navigation, and he
looked AZ IL he'd been the also ran rank out
slider In a six-day c~akewHlk.
Quick! quickr was the way he came
at me as he pushed about half of his super
heated frame through the window. 'uim-
me a special engine and carl.
i told him hat wasn't running ihat
master. He swooped upon the station
master with the same request. demanding
that an engine be hitcled 10 a special car
to take him To Philadelphia inside Of four
seconds or less. and saying that II didn't
make any difference TO him II the special
outfit made a million miles a minute ON the
journey.
TO show that he was In shape TO make
good for the special ride, he produced a
bundle 81 yellow ones from every pocket
and made up a stack big enough 20 strange
a hippo. The station master stroll-d up
10 my window here with the old person
IN a hurry. and turned him down ON his
request the best he knew how
sNIFflhl lFdlfr fhA - NiNHi NfETo Wy
men IN that kind Of shape. Tho station
master advised him 10 wait an hour or 30
for the regular train.
Hang the regular train he growled
I want o. get over Ia Philadelphia uoketty-
split Ia establish an abb. was doing
TOO much blamed circulating around down
town last night. and ! heard a little while
ago that both ~ my junior partners crossed
my trail and saw me and J want a. get 90
Philadelphia IN yg tIm" aiEi b@gin 10 SkAls
a.. 49,. .fsl lnatt..s AiFespflgna sos In
make '-m b-lieve that they we're mixed
about ss-.ing me last night
Well, what difference does II mako
N youT two junior partners did 49, your
gosd-natur-ily inquirsi The station master
What difference doss n Hiak"f' roarei
ths uld by Why. you Internal pinhead.
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