Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-02-28
IN Am UPPER
BERTH
SIMON PURE's TRIP TO NEW
YORK

humorous expression which made Il
face Of the sage Of Springwells so a
e tractiVe.
I, Why. Simon, what is the trouble
= Il seen it, he replied lowering h
voice and looking around as if afrai
u Of seeing it again
" : Seen what?'
r New York"
You don't mean to say"
Yep he interrupted, nodding hi
head vigorously. Il seen it from ii
top { tn bottom. an inside out-Goo,
Lord"
Tell us about it,
"Wa-al, it's just this-away. An oil
uncle o mine passed in his ch-chicks
an left me hull thousand dos.ars. I'd
hearn an read so much o. Go hiam, ]
says { Mandy Mandy, go t. town IN
buy tn best suit y kin get fer $40,
and pay as much as two dollars an
half fer hat, an Wen go t. New
York
Simon ses she t me. Simon.
you're a fool asst her why an she
sed we he'd about as much use fer
New York as dog hes fer a side peck
ct. Tibet made me mad an | tole her
I go L thunder an Id go-an' | did"
what did she say to you when you
got back?"
She sed / wuz a burned sight big
ger 1901 than ! wuz before | left-but
then y know she was mad because |
didn't take her. Wa-al putting nine
hundred in tn bank, | tux a hundred
an a few dollars Mandy had a layin |
round loose, tellin her t draw ten If
she needed it whilst wuz gone. and 7
took tn train. AS | wuz a-goin'
thought I'd go right, so | takes a pul-
lem sleeper. Tibet is, they calls it a
sleeper, but what for I'm burned if I
know
When showed my ticket T. the
man at tn gate he sized up tn new !
suit case an kind O grinned. but he 4,
nan say nuthin', so / went ahead
ilookin fer car six. couldn't find no y
'ar siX walked up an down. an y
vi could see wuz some highfalutin' 6
lanes, Jawbreakers worsn the Skis q
het hes tn ducks out my way. Finally I :,
walks up { swell coon with gold a
RAID on his cap an ses. Please. mis-
err kin y tell me where in thunder p
ar six Isl? =
Right in hyar, sir, right in hyar. h,
IS he, smilin and perlite. 1t made Of
e swell all up with pleasure. an he
ent into dark hole of a hallway he
! didn't know but what tn cuss fl,
ID got me into the wrong pew. There M,
uz some men behind me, an one fell for
sings out, Well, go in or come out. Or
ION give d-m which Tibet didn't frc
una so all fired perlite. but what I of
uld understand it. so | made a bee ev
e through drape tibet hung up. an tbe
md myself in nice box with leath. Sos
covered seats. y
FINALLY lot O. swells came in an !
down. They looks at me as if I MIA
! no right there. an il made me one
gofdurn mad. Then along comes no,.
conductor an takes my ticket an roo
sleepin' car tab, givin me a little sto,
k slip foU,
mere consarn it, | yelled, GIN "
my ticket. ! hain't got L New gro,
k Th conductor told ME t. keen and
s",' on, ana IN crowd of swells end
cred an laughed. lowed | hednt 81
an t go t bed yet. and tole tn In +
is-bound gent not t git sassy. He was
meant business and kind O. min,
ed down a bit. tellin' me I'd cit nv 7 Ct
=. :" =" nioinih and
Upper -, sar!' SEES tn darkev. will
oer'n Is all ready sar.' ably
Va-all, sir. tibet coon takes me with
through tn center aisles between He
o Grapes that was fioppin' in il
d my shins { where there wuz A in N
adder. He pinted { it an TO hi
l'eu' an there was. sure 'nOugh, with
maze up on shelf. l looked it lucia
an it looked good t me. but | 4
IS down an huntin up tn coon. CONN
then he'd on a white coat asst rent
where l could hang my clothes. iust
ID he'd show me. | could see he tbinl,
ryin powerful hard not t. laugh check
'in'eu 10 hammock made outen and I
e''ins s"insih over tn bed / VIII
lin tibet wouldn't do as my new hands
'ould git all creased up tn wrong face =
A f,
Elm nuthin else t do. | climbs afta,n
! sittin' on tn side of tibet two on IN,
bed, takes off my boots an or h,
EN- on tn floor They certainly Iandjo
AXE noise, an a galoot sticks mucb
'ad outen tn drapes up-a-ways sudde,
nts { know what t'hell. grins of 90,
an tells him t keep his night. contin,
IN He wuz tibet mad tibet he rent d
his fist at me. Seem no pegs. side:
m coat up an puts il in III tenant,
an crawls in between III lords
with the rest of my clothes on. notice
{ time | WIZ real dozy. Jest their !,
w fallin' { sleep there comes ON the
p an | thought I wuz hein IRE to
through tn front en- of tn car. oontinu
my head out an asst tn coon The Do
e matter wGz. He ses we WIZ this. V
ppm at a station. sed if tibet ti6cstio
way II wuz done | sDosed n ancv of