El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-25
I INK AND PIN.
NOT SICK A LITTLE BIT.

NOT SICK a LII LIE bl l.
night train from the east pulled
into the depot and as il slowed up one
of the negro porters ran ahead or II
breathIessly down the platform Into
the station he went and up the stairs
to the depot company's offices.
I'VE must have a stretcher quick,
boss. dere's a mighty sick man in my
car, he cried to the first official he
met.
For a few moments all was excite
ment, Then a couple of redcapped sta
ton porters cooled down few de-
grees and hunted up a stretcher. with
this under their arms they followed
the excited Ethiopian out onto the
platform again
The train had stopped and was I'M
loading its precious freight of human
souls The porter motioned the red
canned men to the rear sleeper and
then led them on dog trot in the d.
rection he had indicated. He gave
them orders to shove the stretcher
through a window he had opened when
he saw something which made him fall
back in amazement- Before him on
the rear platform stood his invalid,
tall. erect, healthy looking and smil-
ing.
why, Lord a-massy, boss. amt
you"
BY this time the passessenger had
climbed down off the car and he was
approached by the conductor of the
sleeper. He. too, was surprised and
excited. The conductor started to
speak. but the passenger spoke first:
Conductor. when | got on at ST.
Louis last night, didn't l go straight to
bed?"
you did" assented the official You
said YOU we're
And when you came around to see
my ticket didn't l tell you | was very
sick and asked you to wait until morn
ing?"
Yes, yes, and when
And didn't l groan and toss about
all night so that not soul in the car
could sleep?"
You certainly did, and
And when you came around to see
NV ticket this morning. | was lying as
if unconscious. wasn't IL
Yes you were, but
well. / tell you, L wasn't sick
a bit. not |. l was just broke, that's
all. Now, if you'll walk across the
street with me I'll get check cashed
and pay you what 1 owe you. Say, con,
we'll have a drink, too. Bring that
black rascal and those two redtopped
fellows along. Me sick? Just watch
me"-Kansas City Journal
A BAD ACCIDENT.
Conductor SILL of the Santa Fe, was
badly burned in a peculiar accident on
the road. The ash pan of the engine
had fallen down and the engine was
stopped to place it back in position
The fireman had been probing in the
fire with a long and heavy poker until
it was heated to a white heat and when
he got through he gave it a toss end
wise out to the side of the engine.
Conductor Sill had walked up to the
engine to see what was the trouble
and happened up to the side of the en-
CINE Just in time to catch the hot end
of the poker in the breast. 1t then
slid down his body to the ground.
burning and tearing his clothes as 1t
went He grabbed the hot iron as it
slid down in his hands and they were
terribly burned. while his vest and
trousers were almost burned from mis- |
person and in burning they burned his |
body Mr. Sill could not get relief |
conductor without delaying his train, |
so he pluckly wrapped a Pullman |
blanket about his blistered limbs and /
completed the trip. The hot iron
struck at a downward angle, which /
was lucky for Mr.. Sill, for a direct /
blow would have probably driven the /
poker into his breast and would with
out doubt have produced a fatal
wound.
NOT FUNNY TO HIM.
An incident that seemed funny to
everybody but one man is said to have
happened at Yoakum. When a train
stopped there Sunday morning a fine
looking man and woman, presumably
man and wife walked out of the car
door with the intention of getting off
and were followed closely by a colored
woman There was the usual crowd
ing and hustle always attending the
alighting of a large number of pas
sengers from a train and in this the
colored woman IVES pushed up to the
side of the man and his wife was SHOW
ed away. AS the man and colored
woman proceeded own the steps the |
man gently assisted the dark-skinned
female to the ground and started walk
ing away with her while mis- wife was
helping herself down the steps and the
crowd was giggling. AS the laugh Il
grew louder he turned to ask his COM
panion if she knew what the crowd
was laughing about ard was shocked
to see that he was walking with a ne
gro and with an oh" and an icy stare
at the black face beside him, he
hurried back to his wife, who seemed
to be enjoying the joke as we'll as the
rest of them. even though a part of it
was on herself. But the man did not
seem to see bit of fun in it. l.
IKE COHEN DEAD.
Isaac Cohen, a well known Texas !