The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-04
A SKAGWAY BOY
Cots Go Telling Stories to tho Re'
 POrtors of tho P.-L

Fred Block. son oi Dr. Block oi this civ. and who recently paid a visit Co In, parents. is quite a story teller N present he !, m Seattle acting as night clerk at thc Dillcr hotel
 To a P-L reporter he told Che 'ol. lowing story. given to him by a raiI. road conductor. oi how thc latter hNed a ,pottcr.
 No. I'm not with the Pullman comp1n, anymore. >lid thc conduc- tor.
 Must have got ou Co your graft h,ye" said Block
 "Ncp We all get caught some tune ur other Some manage Co hang ou for a longer tune than others but u alVay, ends che same way on come, your head. and another man Is ou Che rum m your place
 ~l thought you and thc spottcr ou your run stood iu together lIl right ,lid Block m a sarcastic tone.
 Yep. we did, but tnc company pun d new man on thc run and | didn't know him. He made oui that ] should have tturucd iu about SIS more than J IiI and hence che lly-od But ! never .oId you how ] 6Ncd thc old Spottcr .hIIs Now that ! m out ] don't miud telling you Nou see. thc conductors au tbc pullmlu,. it they are SO di,pos cd. can make l few dollars ou Che side Oi course. when they do. the company |, u,t that much ont Soon after ] wa, put ou tbc Portland run ] had an opportunity one night to let two or three berths and keep thc money pro vicd spottcr did not board che train
 You can we'll imagine that we al ways keep a lookout for these gentle men The porter on the car alway, stands iu with Che conductor and gets hi, h.t oi whatever Is made li any 1nc that we are hjt suspicion, of get, aboard we have Go keep tab on hm The porter win wait until he |, iu his berth and asleep and then bring out hi, ,1tchcl to thc end of thc car and open 10. Ii che man a spottcr. there |, l'Wly, evidence oi 10 iu hi, satchcL
 Ton thi, particular night that ] speak oi ! was uneasy about one oi my passengers. l got che porter to gct rhc fellows ,ltchcl and when we opened it sure enough we found that he was Pullman inspector That's what che company calls them. we 1l way, called them ',pottcrs In che morning ! went up fo Mr. Spottcr 90, bold a, bras, ] had seen him putting Town some figures m a httlc memo. anlum book. ,1 ] asked him Well how much do you make it,
 "uc tried to come thc innocent lodge on me. but ! wouldn't have it ' know you. says ]. and you're a ,poucr Don't give me any blarucy about it. for went through your ltChCl last night and know all about you Wcn he almost had a 6t li a, then his turn to bc scared. for q thc company cyer JpBt duaHnth i5l
 n iidy But l soon nut him at hi, ease.
 "'l'm afraid says that my rc turn, won't tally with yours. Hadn't we better dN them ups
 lou'rc SIo7s short he says Iu have Go report it'
 ol. uo. you won't says l. |. you do. lll have to lct che compau, .uow how your ,3tchcl wa. eou, through with and then where win you lcT
 "llc saw thc point all right and We HNcd up @ compact that ii ! should keep my mouth ,t.li hc would 7lNly. keep hI, eyes shut when abolrd my train He lid and ] have had d good
 graf, tor three year, But thi- new man lucercl me- ] eucss ] win ca il. fn tie saloon husiuc,, Got ciear, Nu' Wcil eood-day"