The sun., 1904-07-17

= The young man who started out last
ASunday morning at o'clock to go to Boston
on the Sunday newspaper special, had all
sorts Of f1e ideas about what he was going
TO sse. He prepared himself by rejecting
UPON the midnight ride of Paul Revere
and working himself UP to fine poetic
frenzy over the modern method Of carrying
the nsws by night.
In his minds eye he saw farm wagons
backed up by the railroad stations, with
whole families camped out In them, waiting
to get the first news from York of the
effect of Candidate Parker's telegram on the
st. Louis convention.
He saw the porches of summer hotels
lined with weary eyed girls, champing
at their chewing gum in their impatience
to learn the latest ways OF making bathing
suits and preventing freckles. He saw
himself as one OF a small privileged COM
pany who would be gazed upon by the
rnurky light in scores OF railroad stations
as benefactor Of the populace.
He came out OF this dream IN time 70
get aboard the first section of the Boston
train at the Grand Central station at hall
past / o'clock. He kept on coming out OF
It all the way to the big South Station In
Boston. He had delivered himself over to
the tender naercies OF robust youth dressed
IN q touseiled undershirt, faded yellow
trousers and tennis shoes. The young man
did not look at the adventurer with ap-
pfoval.
Got any clean clothes to put on when
you get to Boston," he asked
NO" replied the innocent stranger
sUsThen you're it, said the robust person.
sYou Better strip down TO your ur,dershirt
and let me put your things in my bag.
You may not know it, but you've got to
work The conductor between here and
New Haven has got bug that we do moth
ing but carry stowaways.
@He doesn't care how many passes and
permits you have; II he doesn't think you
are here as working messenger of some
Newspaper, out you go! You never met
a conductor who thought he was the presi-
dent Of the road, did you? This Is one of
them. He thinks the whole board OF di-
fectors is sitting up nights admiring the
way he covers his job. When we get under
way, you get at that pile Of papers over
there [pointing to mountain in the middle
Of the carl, and get busy lifting up bundles
and dropping them, and keep it up until
he's gone back into the next car. And be
careful you put every bundle back just
where you found 1t. otherwise you'll make
Q lot of extra work for me by mixing things
up
rBut why cam I tell him I'm reporter
assigned to write a piece about the tramp
protested the adventurer.
That's the story every deadhead that's
tried to stow away on this train for ten years
has Been telling. Tell him anything else
I'm the world you like, but don't tell him
the truth, because he wouldn't believe it.
Now strip down, and stand over the pile.
and when whistle begin lifting bundles
as though your next weeks rent de-
pended on it, - ''
The reporter did rs he was told. Along
about New Rochelle way his guardian
whistled twice. The weight-lifting process
began. Through the door came man
In Q light blue sack suit. with no brass
buttons, and wearing straw hat with
fancy band. The reporter felt that he
was the victim of false alarm, but he kept
on working" The thin man pulled out
q memorandum book and took down the
number Of each messengers pass. He
took down, the reporters number Then
he played it low down. &C.
where's Pete?1 he asked.
sOn the other side OF the pile the mentor
whistled low warning. 1t was horrible
crisis. The reporter executed what he
considered a mastery move for safety.
He made signs indicating that he was deaf
and dumb. '~',
Il was the champion mistake OF his life.
The ovsr-responsible conductor retired to
q comfortable seat on a pile of bundles
and watched the new man work. He had
never seen a deaf mute on job before,
and he was interested. He stayed for
forty minutes, and the reporters back is
lame yet. .' ..
Guess you miss Pete, don't you. Bill?'
shouted the conductor as he went on to the
next car. This man don't seem to know
much more than to lift papers and put 'em
down again. Guess he'll learn in time.
though" t.,,4 .-
Meantime the papers on the floor OF the
car. as on the floors Of the other four cars
Of the, train, had been sorted out from the
confusion Of the pile into which they had
been hurled through the doors from the
wagons and trolley express cars which had
brought them from Park row, -.
Tho messenger. from each newspaper
those piles new piles are made up for each
tewp along the line. All the bundles for
one town, one from. each paper, are piled
together and bound up with strong twine.-
The messengers all cooperate. BY the
time the train reaches New Haven all the
papers are set in well ordered STACKS along
the sides OF the cars, Then everybody
ad,ourns to the last car Of the train to
watch the 4throw-ofs.." ....... 49,.
When, as at the first throw-off, at Bran
forh, there are five or six big bundles, each
one weighing twenty-five pounds or more,
the preparations are somewhat elaborate
The bundles are piled in the doorway Of
the car on the station side. They are
pushed just as close to the edge as may be
without putting them in danger Of toppling
over Of their own accord .,,.
Then the railroad man-they call him
'Jim'-whof has charge OF the throw offs,
kheeis down behind the pile, like small
boy behind a building block fort. Another
railroad man keeps a lookout over the top
Of the pile. After the main part Of the
stAtion1 Is passed, and there is no danger
Of hitting any Of the windows with the
flying bundles, the lookout whoops:
sNow!s