Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-18

of the company. whose duty 1t was to spy
on conductors ana report them IL he dis
covered any failures to collect fares. He
evidently did not know that l recognized
him. and l carefully scrutinized his ticket
which was to Charlottesville. Va and kept
my eye on him without arousing his sus-
picion.
when the train pulled out of Charlottes-
vile found my friend. the spotter. still in
his seat, as / had expected. Accusing him,
asked for further fare. and he told me
that he had given me ticket to Washing
ton. An argument followed, the man man
which was surprising. Finally. when the
train had reached Orange, / determined
to satisfy the longing Of the gentleman for
terrupting his voluble flow Of language,
seized him by the collar. led him to the
door, despite his protests and struggles.
and cast him from the platform. accelerat-
| ing his descent to the rough ground by
smart kick. He swore vengeance, and sure
enough soon thereafter I had to explain
away the charge Of brutally assaulting
passenger. But I don't think he will care
about trying to work that game on me
again."
Clerk David Langley, who issues the in
| formations against alleged offenders Of the
police regulations, was up against queer
kind of game the other morning that for
several moments caused him to exercise his
He was hard at work at his desk when
a colored woman came into the Office and
blurted out that she wanted a warrant for
male friend of hers.
For what offense?" inquired Mr. Lang
ley.
The woman stood stiH for a moment as
terry, sab. .t...
braced himself and set to work to solve it.
You must be wrong" he said What
did he do to your
"oh. he said was a peach. and then he
The visitor was sent upstairs to ask Mr..
Weyrick Of the district attorneys Office for
warrant for assault and battery.
A few mornings ago a stalwart lady Of
color. accompanied by a large basket Of
clothes. hailed a suburban car. She had
placed her basket on the ground. intending
to hand it on the car when she got aboard
The car stopped for the washlady, but just
ductor put his hand on the bell-cord. The
colored nanny. supposing he was about
| to start the car and leave her basket, actu-
ally startled the passengers In the car who
had not noticed her by shouting: "Hor on
| dah Mister Conductor, till gifts nah close
on!' The conductor held on.
* X X X
( "Bless my SOUL" said an uptown drug
gist, while looking mournfully from behind
| his counter the other day, 1.-THE game Of
| business is one that Is enough to set q
| man crazy. Look at this fine hot weather.
It's the thirstiest weather we ever have
One would think the soda fountain would
make druggist rich with such record
Of temperature and humidity. When I put
| that fountain in I prayed for just this kind
Of weather and lots Of It.
CHOW what has hapDened? I got what I
| wanted. The humid weather came, but
| there has been such an exodus to the sea-
shore and to the mountains as have sell
dom witnessed. Why. the people have SIM
| ply left. II the weather had been ordinarily
comfortable they would have remained at
| home and my fountain would not be able
| to supply the demand. The fact Is have
got too much of a good thing in the kind
| Of weather that has been melted out to US
here in town. Next summer will lend my
influence toward securing temperate wealth
! err. just hot enough to induce thirst and
yet not hot enough to drive people out Of
| town. I tell you, we learn by experience"
| X X **
| man who Travelled considerably between
| this city and Philadelphia told some friends
the other evening of his scoop" in an ex-
citing adventure.
IT reached Philadelphia early in the
| morning." said the traveller, land was the
only one to get off at that station. Imagine
my surprise when saw the body Of tiny
baby lying on the tracks. It was neatly
dressed in white clothes and was evidently
| a child of luxury.
| 1T believed, on second thought, that the
baby had fallen out Of. the car window.
| The body was wedged between the ties and
the station platform. One arm and one foot
were severed. Gently I picked up the in
| FAINT, but life was extinct. Instead Of carry
| ing it to the hospital and notifying the
| police. I wrapped the body up in a news
paper and left the tiny bundle in the bag
gage room"
"Well. isn't that rather unusual way of
disposing Of child's body?" queried an
| interested listener. 80.
I'm way. yes; but was In hurry and
] desired no Inconvenience I learned later
! that each train crew was asked to identify
1t. Finally the station master. acting as
| coroner, rendered a verdict Of death from
! loss of sawdust,' with which the body. Of
! this particular child was filed" -,.
| 4 X 4 y *
II don't think my self-suficiency ever
received a harder blow than 1t did recent
| ly," remarked an intelligent and bright
| faced young woman who holds down a
| chair in one Of the executive departments
| "A party Of tourists were going through
| our building. scrutfnizing everything and
| peeping in through the open doors at US
| clerks. We got tOlerably used to that sort
| Of thing, though 1t does make us seem at
| times like animals In a cage and we are
| somewhat tempted to call out for them
to wait awhile that the animals would be
| fed at IL sharp.
| well, in this party there was the incest
| appearing, motherly. old lady you ever saw,
| the kind that warns ones heart at q
glance. you know. She looked US over
| closely and apparently pityingly and re-
marked In half tone to her companions:
| Poor things, and yet they seem happy"
| Something like the remark one made
| about u.s.. said another In the group Of
ladies who had listened to the narrative
! After staring at US intently she turned
| away and said to the person with her, Poor
| things and yet It's better than being in
1 some mans Kitchen" -s-