Arizona republican., 1905-05-07

In up my courage, and when I got back to No. 27 I see the green lantern I'd left lit was a-burnin low, almost out. I got up on the platform and tried two bells as usual but the cord broke in my hands. tried the door, but it wouldn't budge. That blamed car just naturally refused to recognize me. and wouldn't let me in. Then I sat down in the sand and cried like fool, and wondered what was wrong
 It bust on me like a light from the sky, and the callin of a sinner to re- pentance sayin'. Come now, this is the appointed time" All I'd done in the old days rose up in front of me, and right there I experienced a change of heart and was converted of sin. It come sudden, and I acted sudden. I didn't stop to think nor reason, nor to set my mortal mind against the judg- ment of heaven and that car, but I rose up confident of grace, and went round to the front platform where the fare box was and dropped in a nickel and tride the bell. The cord wasn't broke on this side. anl she rung all right. The light fiared up again, and the door opened as easy as a snuffbox. was saved.
 From that time on I never got aboard without paying my fare, and when the box was full I'd turn it over to the treasurer of the company. or course, I might have drawn out my money in the bank and paid it all up at once, but it seemed to me that this means was shown me so that would be reminded of my wfckedness every day and keep in the road of re- pentance. But even then sometimes I backslid and fell from grace when I emptied out the box. Some of the money would stick to my fingers, and it seemed as if I couldn't stop stealth from the company. But afterward I'd repent and put in a quarter and even a half dollar for my fare to make up, and in that way I went on tryin' to lead a better life and keep in the straight and narrer road of salvation.
 Well, I thought then that No. 27 would settle down and give me some peace of mind. but it wasn't long be- fore that car begun to get uneasy again. I didn't know what in crea- tion to make of it, and it did beat all the way it took on. I drew out $5.00O of good securities that was pay in me g per cent, and sent it all in gold coin packed in a barrel or barley to the company, but that didn't do no good at all. The car was plum crazy. and nothin' seemed to satisfy the crit ter.
 No. 27 settled and sobbed and sighed like a fellow that's been tilted by a fiirt. They want no doin' nothin' with 1t. I puttered over it and tight ened all the nuts. but it sniveled and whined like a sick pup every time the wind blew. When the fog came in the drops of water stood on the win dow panes like tears, and every gale made the body tremble like girl bein' vaccinated. The old car must be sick, l thought. and l greased all the slides and hinges with cod liver oil The thing only wheezed worse than ever. I thought likely it might be fieas, for the sand is full of 'em and I sponged the cushions with benzine. It want no more use than nothin' at all
 Perhaps I ain't got no call to boast, but I fatter myself I found out what was lacking as soon as most would have done. Howsomever, I spent a good deal of time waIkin' round the Beach thinkin' it over. They's quite a colony of us out there now; seemed like my car drew out a lot of others, until they's more than a bakers dozen of 'em scattered around, built up and managed in different ways accordin' to the ideas of their owners. Some hist 'em up and build a house under meath, some put two alongside and rip out the walls. some put 'em end to end, some make chambers of 'em and some settin' rooms. They call the colony Carville- by the Sea. and it looks for all the world like some new fangled sort of Chinatown.
 I was walkin' round one day, in