The broad ax., 1902-11-22
Al HONEST PORTER.
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nona-s fsr BsIng AeeORnOaa-
tinG and HonSSI


'-The tip-exaeting Pullman car por-
ters are the recipients Of . good
many knocks from press and public
but they are not the worst in the
world" remarked commercial trav-
eler TO q Warrington Star man.
They may have a pretty fierce way
of drilling for tips, but when it comes
to the matter Of honesty I know one
of them that's there with the goods,
a. the saying goes.
'T left San Francisco, OF, rather,
Oakland, on the Santa Re line for
Chicago at o'clock in the evening
q couple Of weeks ago last Sunday.
The gang that met in Frisco had
been rather too enthusiastic in Civ
ing me . good time Of It out there
on the day Of my departure, 20 that
when woke up on The train along
toward o'clock the next morning
the sleeper bunk felt pretty warm
and my eoppsrs q whole lot warmer.
The nearest, in fact, the first stop
At which I would have q chance to tx
those hot eoppers out was MOjave,
and so I hustled into my clothes TO
De ready TO hop on the train during
he stop at Mojave for one Of those
xatzenjammer allevistOFa.
81 asked the Pullman eonduetoF
low long the train would stop at
Moiave, and he replied that the stop
would last ten minutes. I raced into
the station cafe when the train
pulled into Mojavs, and instructed
the man In charge Of the bar to rig
me up one Of those long, long damp
things. He went at the Job in q pref
ty scientific manner, and the piece Of
wet work that he set before me was
q rare thing to find right alongside
of the California desert. Il was such
q fine and effective creation, In fact,
that asked him TO frame mp an
other one, and got away with this
with equal Joy. Then leisurely
strolled to the door TO take . look
at my train-Gnd saw the end Of Il
curling away IN the rarefsd distance
on it, way toward the land Of the
rising sun. It had pulled out without
notifying me. hustled into the
ticket ONCE TO AK the man IN the
window when I'd Be able 70 corral
another esstbound train, and he said
that IL 'ud be along ct o'clock the
next morning-the mate 70 the train
that had departed without me; there
was only one Of the overland 'ex-
presses per diem So there saw my
self stuck in MojaVe, Cal, the most
miserable little sand dune on 1.-THE
globe, for q full tWsnty-four hours.
''But that wasn't the worst Of Il.
I had left my Gladstone bag wide,
open on my bunk, with my wearing
apparel thrown around the section
every which way, and IN the bag Il
had placed, on the night before, 500
in gold coin, the stun being too
heavy TO carry around In my pockets
with any comfort.
I've got q chance Of getting the
bag back said to myself, but what
the black porteru do to those $500
in gilt money win BE- BOmsthing
swoopingly scandalous.'
Il had no idea on earth that I'd
ever see q dollar Of that money. ]
figured Il all out that the porter
would corral the money and then
stun my wearing apparel into the
bag and hand Il over to the conduct
1r. I knew then wouldn't be able
to prove any such fact that I had
800 IN gold money in the bag, and
[ gave It up for gone. I told the
sF,Afov nw,,A - MI. - ~
bag, and he Immediately telegraphed
to the next station TO be made by
my lost train along the line, q place
called BarstOw, n. Mex, directing
that the bag Be shipped back to No
iaVe on the west-bound overland.
The bag was returned TO -Mojave
on the west-bOund late that night,
and I eagerly opened Il up TO see
what had left in the bag. Every
thing was there, including the stack
IT gold money. counted the gold
roll, and IL amounted to an even $50.
The porter. I felt certain, had appro-
Driated Just one Of the SO gold pieces
TO compensate him for his trouble
in packing the bag, and I aftsrward
found out that W. right in this
II caught the train east ON the fol-
owing morning, and when I got 20
Kansas City got on 20 take q bit
II q rest at q hotel A I was get
ing on met the porter OF the train
hat had left Mojave without me. He
vas walking about the station, wait
ng TO 60 aboard his car for another
western trip. he saw and recognized
ne as soon as recognized him, and
lie grinned broadly when he saw me.
Boss said he, coming over 70 me,
All Suah did look eve,yWheah 70 dat
'thuh ten dolluh gol' piece. but All
Iuah couldn't I'm e noWheah,' and
hen he burst into Q happy darlry
augh and slapped his thigh joyously.
told him how welcome he was 20
he SO piece that he had pinched out
or himself, and I'm not certain that
didn't give him another couple Of
ollars 70 show my appreciation OF