The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
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 Freshie BilIer politely expressed hi. surprise. No," he answered.. s.vou oont say so-" Then a sudden thought ten 10 him. ''Duk he won't pass me he protested. for he don't know tnaF I'm member" soiIiday held up A.s hana. Euler" he commanded, '.go s1 anu .axe mat ront seat up there and en s.s wnsn the conductor comes through yust noa to him. and touch the brin of your hat with your right hand. Be sure -Wltn the right hand And hen nass you See if he don't" Biller amiled a queer smile. No; win he?' he exclaim-
 One of the crowd snealSed up front ana had khe conductor. who was in a for. ward ear, punch all three tickets for the crowd. Don't forget the chap on the front seat he requssted
 when the conductor canfe through siler looked at him expectantly. nod- deds and then salufed in the manner m. dicated with his right hand. The con- ductor smiled cordially. as though he had known Etlier al his fife, and passed on. All was as tt should be.
 Nov, look hare" they told Biiler, af- ter their New York day was finished. we'll % back on the trAin with that same conductor: he comen down in the morning ana gees back at night. You want to salute hizn in the same way as before-only. for heavens sake, uee the loft hard this time., instead of the right Come cn."f
 Once more they consulted the conduc. tor before boarding the train, Onct more BilIer occupied a front seat. Ths others sat we'll in tha rear to watch the fun: for they had instructed the conduc. tor this trip not to honor BiiIeFss signal flor so ran the story that they all had heard before. The conductor entered the car as before, and Piller, in his ex. element, gestured with his left hand and made profound bow.
 Nov watciA." whispered solliday. El vas as they had planned. The conduc. ter stared at Bfller: then bent over him as though requesting g ticket, and then there was . wrangie.
 Finally 1t was their turn to open theiv eyes. For the conduetor seized Biiler roughly by the sleeve, yanked him out into the aisle ard, before they could in. terfere, he had pulled the bell rope, the train slowed down and Freshle BfiIeI had been pushed 0lR the platform intc the night. He had been elected for non. payment of fare.
 -Gee!' muttsred sclliday. hastenins forward. that ccndncaor must have mis- understood" But the conductor appear. ca to understand himself-for he ap- preached the orewd of young men and, punch in hand. seized their three tickets He did not punch them. "I'1I have to take these up," he announced.
 What? they exclaimed, in unison. ExacEiy, answered the conductor; ''these tickets all belong to Elnstein, of blrdseye, and none Of you chaps are his children, his withes, his family, his ser wants or his guest. These are all for feited-eyery one.'' They looked on aghast. for the tickets were almost brand new and worth a nint of money from their standpoint. Solliday leaned In for it," he said; have any of you tel- lows got any money. I'm strapped!'' So were they all. None had the price of Q fare to Birdseye. ''Youn have to raise the money" said the conductor, pccketing the tickets: that's all" Then he passed on. Fortunately for them he did not bother them again, for some req son, until they were within~a few miles of their college town then he descended upon them like thousand of brick and demanded their fares. No fares could they pay. Al right" said the oficlai. ''of you go-fEat,s aII.' And on they N1AANp Nt2& t4t%% tAA~ AAA@AAts NJ E44A NAAG few remaining miles. soIliday slapped his thigh. Holy smoker he exclaim- ed, 'to think of Freshie Biller. miles and miles behind, doing this same stunt. It's awful" "Yes." groaned anothar, ''but what of Einstein's ticke&? There's two hundred and a quarter that we've got to cough up; and there's not man among us can raise the price in a year--hang the luck!" Steadily they plodded over the ties. At last they reached the Birds eye station. tired, discouraged. dusty. They were met by young man of the
 Great scottr' they exclaimed. .'how in thunder did you set here 9 BilIer smiled. ''Stoie a rtde." he aaid. ''What became of youT' ,fhey told their tale. Then they pl0ddeC toward the college buildings. solliday utOpped them.
 Hang it," he said. we've got to Eo and tell Einstein about this thing, and right away. I can't sleep untn do.''
 They went to Einstein--a sorry bakers dozen. They told their tales. Einstein laughed.
 That's all right, gentlemen,'' he sx. pIained, "alI right Behold--here are the tickets. This young man brought them back. Such a good young man at that They turned to BiIler.
 How in thunder did you get 'em back?'' they asked. BiIler smiled.
 T thought you knew" he ahswered softly. that my father was James c. K. BllIer, the secretary of that road. IT know that conduetor like a book. and he-he took me into the baggage car and we had a smoke together" Biiler sighed. T thought you knew.' he ad- ded, "that conductor belongs to my fra ternity. Next time. old chaps. 1t won't cost you anything to ride" They stop ped in the lane and gave three cheers bfor Biller. son of the secretary of the