The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-31

station telephone booth 1T the rear Of the
store to telephone his litt IL brother Freddy
10 hurry down and see an elephant right
in the cigar store. He remained in the
booth a long time. 80 long that Catherine
would wait no longer for that box Of cigars
she had set out to get for John O'Hara ae
o mnyf OF hor appreciation OF the way ne
had stroked her cheeks. She just reached
counter near the o at last and put q
couple Of boxes in her trunk and started
back toward the express ONCE.
Joh O'Hara was not In the ex press ONCE
when Catherine returned to the FIRST en-
rance she had made in the building owing
the incident was brought up to him. that
Catherine had scarcely left when he opened
the wire screen doot and wandered oil TO
some other spot. At this other spot he
stumbled upon duties that detained him
for some time. and as the poor grateful
elephant with the trunk OF cigars couldn't
reason out that he would not return for some
time she waited and waited. Her rear
limbs We're not quite coated with bale hooks.
Many citizens we're advising Catherine from
the rear in 10 lusty a manner that Johnny
McC askey, warping tho ferryboats TO
their slip "A block away heard the noise and
almost wondered that was happening.
Really the only thing that happened after
Gathering grew too discouraged to wait
longer for John OHara 10 come back was
thar she finally returned 20 the car from
which she first had exuded. When she
had gone some distance into the car a great
many men fastened the door and locked
II two or three times, and then were for
throwing the key away. They were dis
suaded, however, by q number Of truck
drivers who wished the key kept Until
Keeper Jack Murphy returned so that he
might 90 into the car and extract the bale
Max J~acobowitz wanted their cigars.
But when Keeper Jack did return the
key could not be found. IL had been
turned over TO John 0'Hara. but for the
life OF him he couldn't remember where
he had placed IL. And so the elephant.
lanta together--at least the hooks and
Catherine we're toeether-at II O'Clock
A. VI.
10 not believe the Jersey City papers
when they state, IA one OF them did last
evening, that the eleJ hant squatted on
the trolley car tracks for some time and
blocked traffic. the Sun is naming no
paper. but The Sun does insist that any
paper with the slightt st regard for the bare
facts of "A news story should print the facts
and nothing els" A. has been said. one
paper insists that Ca;herine's name is
Charles, which u worse than absurd. and
anorher says that he cars were stopped
" hen they were moi. II such statements,
80 evidently untrue, are permitted in Jersey
City newspapers they have only themselves
Ia blame If their circulation il not a. large
~ he papers Of this city Honesty Is as
easy as falsehood.
job O'Hara found The key 20 the freight
car in which Catherine vas locked shortly
after II:y O'Clock yesterday forenoon.
soon after he had found IL some truckmen
learned Jhar the car had not gone further
than the lower end of the ward rs yet and
they persuaded O'Hara TO accompany them
10 the car 40 that hey could get their bale
hooks. Unfortunately DHara lost the
key ngain on the way down through the
yard and it had moi been recovered again
~ 10 "a late hour.