The Springdale news., 1908-05-29

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 "Oh. that was at Baker street l saw there was an inspector on the hunt. and, having a first class ticket, l got into second class carriage. My idea was to tell him that hadn't got q second class ticket, but was quite will ing to change into the third Then he'd say that could not do that and should have to pay the excess. the difference between second and third. Then I should have replied that wouldn't pay and that would change Then when he tried to stop me from getting out should have shown him my first class ticket. see#''
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 Cant you imagine what silly goat that inspector would have lookedf Well he came to ny carriage. and he said. Tickets. please began. I haven't got second class ticket. but Then he interrupted me He said. Show your ticket. please speaking quite eiyilly. as if he we're being Pa tient with a child that couldn't under stand Then had to show=it. and he didn't seem surprised or amused or pained He said. Thank you, and went on. Other people in the carriage smiled q good deal and l rather fancy they were smiling at me. These things don't work out the way you have plan ned them beforehand That was what was wrong with the signaling in the park a
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 That was what brought me to the condition in which you saw ne yester= day had seen the soldiers signaling in the park They fool about with flags and notebooks, and crowds come round and get frightfully interested Well my idea was to do some bogus signaling that didn't mean anything and take in the crowd. l meant ta write to the papers about it afterward so that the crowd would know they'd been fooled and get mad with them. selves That's the last thing. by the WAY, ever do with Jennings l told him about 1t, and he was a good deai amused and said he'd join in it. We put on blue serge suits and yachting caps, so that we looked official with dash of the navy about it. We had no flags. because we thought it would be more fun to signal with our arms and legs. but we both carried laundering big notebooks. We took up our posi-. tions in the park about fifty yards apart and took care to be near a path where plenty of people would be pass ing Jennings signaled first He stood on his left leg and worked an imagi nary bicycle with his right. Then lie rapped his knees together sharply twice and finished by striking his chest with both hands alternately very quickly. thought should have died of laughing. but controlled myself and pretended to take down the mean ing of all the signals in my notebook.
 Then 1t was my turn to signal did a windmill action with my right arm and bell pulling with my left Then covered my left eye with one hand and stamped With my right foot threw in few more eccentric move ments and of course Jennings pre- tended to record them. By this lime each Of us had a little crowd around him At his end 1t was almost all ehil drep and nursemaids. but at mine there were a good many ablebodied park loaferS Jennings always has all the luck. as you'll see.
 Well. il was q regular bean feast and went beautifully When the crowd asked me questions l told them not to talk, as 1t interrupted the signaling I.,,, fr. kf int ing kind of man came up He was yer. .quarrelsome and partially intexi- cated. but l fancy that he knew some thing about signaling He had Hot watched us for half a minute before he said we were not signaling at all and that the whole thing was q plant l began to feel a little nNvous. Then he snatehed my notebook and of course saw that there were DO genuine entries in il. l moved away aud that crowd. which seemed much annoyed, moved after me Jennings seeing there was trouble on boited at once in the most cowardly way instead of coming to help me. and as be had only nurse maids at his end he was all right"
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 The police got me out of the park in the end and put me into the hanson in which you saw me l can't understand why the crowd lost its temper over harmless little joke like that. but 1t did. Anyhow. I've done with these smart tricks now In future you'll kindly remember that Pm just as big fool as anybody else"
 l promised not to forget it.-Back and White