The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26


baggageman why didn't kill those dogs, and, get
ting answer-for John Parker was checking hard
and stopped only shift his whiskers off the clip
the conductor got his blue pencil and his black
pencil and filed them away, took up his punch and
trip checks and put them in their proper pockets
shifted his timetable from the box to still another
pocket, and picked up his lantern. The head-end
coming in just then with sash p1ller
Francis asked him to clean up the globe
While the brakeman fished for piece Of waste,
the conductor moved his wet overcoat a peg nearer
the stove spread it out better, and listened to
a wild old John Parker had picked up about
No. Is being turned into strictly limited and
carrying diner west of Bear Dance. without
wasting any comment, Pat looked at his watch and
listened the click of the truck the fshpates
under foot, and the angry, tremuous roar of the
three furnaces melting coal to push No. up against
the wind that curled like corkscrew down the long,
narrow gorge. Then he took the lantern from his
menial and strobe quickly through the vesbule into
the dirty light and foul air of the smoker
No "please" that night; just "rickets!" short and
snappy as bear trap. He could talk very differ
emily at home to the babies-but there was no sug-
geson ootsying the tone that called for trans
portation in the smoker. He passed down the AISLE
pulling hauling, shaking the snorting brutes noting
punching checking under the rays of his lamp until
the last passed and he walked into the
chair There only one "go-back sleepy
Italian who couldnt-even after he had been jerked
out Of his seat and turned upside down and inside
OUT and shaken and cursed-still ne couldn't tind
his ticket. So Pat Francis passed him, with the
shocking intmation which amounted to an assurance
that if he didn't find it by the time ne got pack ne
would throw him off,
The Transportation on No. / mostly through
tickets and required only ordinary to the
date limits; not much scalpers stuff turned up on
the west bound Pat called again as he closed the
chair behind him, shade less harshly'
tickets because naturally respects people who
ride in the chair garland then there women.
One speaks civilly to women passengers, but
their transportation more carefully. However,
he wasn't thinking of Womens wiles as he quietly
reused sleepers and asked for their credentials
They were worn, tired looking women; haggard,
good many of them, cat-naps snatched in the
chairs, their
fortunate sisters slept peacefully back In the halr-
mattressed Pullman berths He was thinking solely
as he mechanically went through the checking opera
tions of a cattleman in canvas coat smooth face
and red tie who should by rights be half way
down the just ahead Of him. But the conductor
Francis didn't His eyes rose beyond the
passenger under his nose for in front of company
detective and the curiosity all concealed
the conductor is strictly dress parade with sting
in his right that he would like to land directly
under the spoilers ear:
A shabby travelling rnan-a cigar man-handed up
a local ticket. for Antelope Gap. Pat Francis
looked at it for minute before he punched It and
stuck it in his pocket @&s - Il. . =
I'VE don't stop at Antelope Gap tonight" said he.
shortly. .'.>
Don't stop?" echoed the cigar man. wide awake in
fraction of second. Ivy, since ven? Day tolt me
you dit" he cried, in the most injured tone on the
train
Cant help it,
But vy-e?"
I'm late"
bud " god-do!" cried the cigar man, raising a
note of absolute terror, Pat Francis passed calmly
without attempting to controvert the confidence OF
drummer
"Aint you god-do?" appealed the latter, weakening
bit as he realized that he against quiet man
and hard.
Not on local transportation. rckets!" he con-
tnued to the next.
But the cigar happily of that
does uncomplainingly submit, and he kicked
vociferously, as Pat Francis expected he would By
the time the excited salesman had woke everybody
up in his end Of the car and worked himself into
a lather Pat at him with proposition.
AnteOpe?"
"Vild Hat"
whats the matter with going up to Wild Ha,
tonight, and I'll give you a, train check back tc
Antelope on 2 tomorrow. Then you can get back
on II to the Bend"
The injured man considered quickly. accepted
speedily. hundred miles for nothing. "My
frent! Half cigar, aber dom forged my drains
bordation back, will you?" The conductor nodded az
he took the cigar stocally and moved on. 1t was
one stop saved, and the Antelope stop terror
any time with a big train like No. 1.
Francis had reached the of the chair whel
he had impression that he had forgotten some
thing. He stopped to think. The cattleman Turn
ing, he looked back sharply over the passengers H
walked slowly back through the car looking TO
the fellow. There cattleman in sight, ano
walking back, Francis dismissed him with the con
clusion that he must have gotten off at the Bend
and at the air in the chair smelt fresher
cleaner. Into the seepers then-that easy
Only take the batch of envelopes from each porte
conductor and tear off the coupons, and in tn
, Portland half-fare, which meant only littl
with the tactless man who had gone into bite
discussion with a conductor the day before ava
back at the Missouri river, as to whether his DO
should pay fare. Instead of gracefully paying whe
called on, he had abused the conductor who mayt
because there "spotter" sitting by, had fe
compelled for self protection to collect the half rat
But in retaliation for the abuse, the conductor ha
reported to the next conductor haf-fare in tn
Portland sleeper, and thus started endless chat
of annoyance that would haunt the traveller all tt
t way the coast. But sometimes travellers will stud
y tact, and forswear abuse and it's penalties.
Conductor Francis finishing the string Of loade
I Pumans, sat down in the smoking room of the la
with the hind end brakeman to straighten out
collections. The headlight of the pusher threw in
,. yellow dazzle of light them; and the continuo
cut of it's fire doomed from the stack. Pat Franc
: setting down his lamp, began to sniff.
70 Smell anythng?" he asked presently, of his con
e panion.