The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-02-04
ADA PATTERSON SAYS AhfERr.
CAN GOOD BRnED1No m BEs.

Atlantic crO8slnBi made me naive con-
adence
% Do you know, she said, "I don !,
thing Americans are half as ilbred as
we think they are. They are abrupt, .
she went on generously, because they
are always in a hurry, but / have met
some Of them who seemed quite rein
ed. -
We are not nation Of dancing
masters, and We laugh At court Ell.
quette, but we can bear the real tests
A sharp.eyed sharp.tongued western
woman flashed back In response to the
large English woman'a . leisurely state.
mont.
This morning J recalled the western
woman s words, / was 0he Of a car full
Of passengers on subway express
Midway between two stations the train,
which was depended upon to deliver
bankers and brokers n their ohiees be
fore the market openedj to enable law
yers to meet clients with whom they
had appointments; TO permit editors to
open their mail aud dictate their an
swess before the rush Of the day
events closed upon them in overwhelm.
ing volume, stopped.
there was loud, angry kissing as
though a hundred snakes had engaged
in battle. Then came bump, jolt
and an amazed tumbling from our own
seats across the laps VI our neighbors
seated in the other end Of tho caf. The
three women and tho "a men looked
at each other, but no oDe spoke word
employees ran exeitedly through the car
aud stopped over the broken coupling
at the rear Still no one in the car
spoke Everyone sat still as a craven
hguIe. Every face whs serene Eevery
brain was busy. The probabilities were
being weighed, We we're between sta
tions. The only exit was across the
{ tracks that surrounded as, aud that
, was fraught with danger from the ia
1al third rail There was the menace
. Of defective signals u OF a train dis
) patehels mistake which would bring
another train plunging down upon US.
D A Tense Moment.
/ There was danger and everyone IN
1 the car knew 1t. Newspapers fell from
i before the faces they had screened, to
$ the knees Of the readers. Faces were
set in line Of earnestness. Eyes peered
$ Tito the darkness OF tunnel broken
Il only by the gray CLEAN of the steel
n trucks. The workmen dashed back and
J forth through the ear. Two men rose
e aud followed them /, their work, lean
cd over them, and quietly listened
- they came Baek to their seats and exl
i planned that the serpent's sounds were
y escaping air, that two ears had been
Il uncoupled, that the workmen were try.
is my to repair the broken coupling. Nv
eryone listened No one spoke,
J. In the middle OF the long opposite
!. seat sat man whose name is on the
tongues Of everyone who speaks Of ma
& tiopal politics, OF hnanee; United
I, states senator from the west, who jug
4 giles with millions as does slight OF
,r hand man with eolored balls. His race
was as unmoved as though it had been
y ehiselled from stone. Important mat
ters, big matters, were pending in hii
Office They always are anxious eye
A were staring at the ground glass win
dow of the door marked Private il
y his suite of Offices But be lifted hi
newspaper, settled his strong jaw, an'
began to read. lie did read, too, for h
le turned the pages of the paper.
= Quiet Restored.
= A blue-eyed woman in a mink JACKIE
'' smiled at an auburn-haired girl il
black velvet across the aisle. The cir
y in black velvet smiled back. Everyon
n was calm of face The men resumes
their newspapers. The woman in tn
y mink coat considered some persona
:" problem perhaps her shopping. Tn
girl Ia black velvet bent her auburl
= head above her shopping bag aud eH
amined a card case. Yes, il was pro
- vided with cards, containing her ad
dress In case eA ncAAooo eSNAuoH
- they would know how TO find her home
- he thought was communicated to ev
nc eryone in the car. stil no one spoke
A guard ran through the ear AM
4 tried to pull the bell. The rope slippe'
, snakelike, through his hand. A tips
- youth in the corner laughed. II wa
the laughter OF despair.
= ''Now the pulley's broken" he sal
with an oath.
~ Ssh sh sh' came reprovingl
IRON the lips Of the men about hin
But no one looked severe. The gii
= in black smiled ever 50 family. A gra,
- haired man g stolid face broke int
wrinkles Of merriment. The eyes o
IN some OF the younger men shone tbroug
their lips were stern. The tipsy yout
had vented their inward impatiene'
ZEE They were tolerantly grateful to hin
.as The hiss Of the battling serpent
.er cease. "We 70 going to cut OF thi
he ear Jim, shouted a workman. III
re passengers looked interested, hopefu
nd but preserved their calm.
re The Rescue.
ey Get on a little power, not much,
xi. cried some one out Of the darkness
Ia o,bo ,oas Ia command The train star