New-York tribune., 1908-11-08

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that sufficient He was going somewhere, was ne
not5 All right. Why worry He refused to worry
Instead, he parcooE OF some retreShrent from his
rear pocket tagon-r3t forgetting to do the honors
As 70 the place whittier he was bound he dIdn'C
have any ticket for anywhere No. he told me. he
had1't overlooked that He d never cared much
for tickets. ne sand. They s't N the way OF the
loose matches n his pocket. W nat was the good
of ticketsc Thus he philosophical. occasionally
fo-tifying himself agans- the fatigue of the journey
and Hospitality provided me the means 10 do the
same. Thus was friendship Ce--e-teL
THE train being q long one. with many tickets TO
collect. was pulling into the station a. LeaTen-
worth. Kansas, the nrsr stop above Kansas City,
before the conductor wheezed INTO -he smoker %
take UP fares When The conductor reached our
seat. II developed that my careless and care tree
COMPANION the pasterer III addition 10 the absenCe
Of ticket for himself was II possession ot a mere
sixty cents
This conductor was not q ga--uous person. His
immediate desire. poIn-edly expressed. was that
something he put into his hand 2E the 2-a5rerer.
either the ticket or negotlall collateral e4uaI III
value thereto
Both the plasrere- and I e1deavJ-ed TO portray
TO the conductor the fJoslr-ss Il railroad tickets
That conductor however. was lacking n perception
as well as II the sense If Eur-a- He had To leave
for a moment IN order % see -Ea- me CTlaih 60
INTO and OUT OF LeaEenT'--- all night men ne
came right back 10 Whe-e We were s---II Che Tram
having started again. and loa-seE requested us -
eliminate all Of that comic supplement STUN ana
hand him sonnet hing
'Whe-eupoa I 6ulged on. upon the firing line
q
had a ticket for A-chisor he plasre-e1 had sixty
cents The ticket to AtCh-71 was good only Tor
the ride there, and upon arriving n trcAi7Jh me
rider On the ticket would he -I-1-ess. ana nluth,
took the liberty to p-ophe-y. might De done IN
Atchis5u with sixty cents On the other hand me
mere sixty cents Vvasrr good tl- anything At all N
the present circumstances l. wouldn't even pay
for a ride to any point tlr which that tram Was
making
therefore, I suggested. the pIasrere- and l
should match TO see which .t vas 70 take pos
session both OF the ticket % Atchl5on and the sixty
cents The loser Of the match standing Tor an INA
mediate ditChuent detachment from the tram
NY bosom friend. the plaste-er, saw It. Not
only that, he liked II. He spun dime took
srfrr5 him rrv-rieGser t., Atchison He scaked
me 10 final lingering garge out II MS rear pocket
lar. the conductor pulled rhe bell rope. and there
| was fitchei The suIuac S-reWn Kansas bank OF
the Missouri River. midway between LeaTen"ortH
and Fort Leayen~9rth
T. was q clear. m0onless August night. The stars
L were big and friendly. / stood ana gazed at
the Durling eddying Big Muddy until It annoyed
r7e--he big dr1ftwJoi logs floating close 70 the
bank reminded me too much ot sea serpents.
th0usaudtold magnItled eels afa sl1-iI-r. "1l'lI
walk away from the rivers verge
Il did / struck into the woods, weeuing that
I might ind road. l. was a correct "egn.
found the road running between LeaFen"'rlH anu
Fort Lrarerw8-th On the Government reseT| tti5n
r. -r3- time II being past midnight. what with
the many varied activities 1t the day was wear y
And So / Law down by the hedge oI mingled i3<
grapevine and honey ysIcElr, wondered lot q A--i1
while over the pIriIuguess at the foolish ulLle stars
thar were r-fhbr-irg az me. and went To sleep
4 vas dreaming that good little Jll "lzehed
sch9oluIstres5 that | hadn't even thought ol i1T
wears was leading me round JE the LETT ear-"hen
/ came to with a Jerk
red. and little baby eleIhant. standing ln4uiT-
Ingiy over me, with ITS night loot Niitt1 was S'i-1