The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-05-02

Wellington roared: "That's another
point you've missed" And Ashton
rang again, but the pale yellow indi.
vidual who had always answered the
bell with alacrity did not appear.
Where's that Internal buffet waiter ?"
grumbled.
Wedgewood began to litter. eve
were out of Scotch, so sent him fo1
some more"
"When?"
"Two stations back. I fancy we
must have left him behind"
well, why in thunder didn't you
say so?" Ashton roared.
'Tt quite escaped my mind" Wedge.
wood grinned. Rather good joke on
you fellows, what?"
We'll, don't see the point" Ash.
/ ton growled, but the triumphant Eng.
lishman howled: That's where you
pay!"
Wedgewood had his laugh to him.
self, for the others wanted to murder
/ him. Ashton advised a lynching, but
the conductor arrived on the scene in
time to prevent violence.
Fosdick informed him of the IRE.
trievable loss Of the useful buffet wait.
er. The conductor promised to get
another at Ogden.
Ashton walled: "Have we got to
sit here and die of thirst till them"
The conductor refused to back up
for a coon," but offered to send in a
sleeping-car porter as a temporary
substitute.
As he started to 60, Fosdick, who
had been necessarily consulting his
watch, checked him to ask: ooh, con.
ductor, when do we get to the state
line of dear old Utah?"
Dear old Utah!" the conductor
grinned. Wed "a been there already
If we hadn't "a fell behind little"
"Just my luck to be late," Fosdick
moaned.
What you so anxious to be in
Utah for, Fosdick ?" Ashton asked, sus-
piciously. "You 60 on to Frisco, don't
you?"
Fosdick was evidently confused at
the direct question. He tried to
dodge it: eyes, but-funny how things
have changed. When we started, no.
body was speaking to anybody except
his wife, now"
"Now," said Ashton, drily, "every-
body's speaking to everybody except
his WIFE,"
You're wrong there" Little jim
mie interrupted. Il wasn't speaking
mie interrupted. 81 wasn't speaking
to my wife in the first place. We got
on as strangersh and we're strangersh
yet. Mrs. Well'n'ton is "a"
"A queen among women, we know!
Dry up," said Ashton, and then they
heard the Querulous voice of the por
ter Of their sleeping car: Il tell you
don't know nothin' about the buffet
business"
The conductor pushed him in with
gruff command. Crawl in that Gags
and get busy"
Still the porter protested: "Mista
Pullman engaged me for a sleepin'
car, not drinkin' car. I'm berth
I maker, not a mixer" He cast re
sentful glance through the window
that served also as bar, and his
whole tone changed: Say, is you
goin' to allow me loose amongst all
you do, l can't guarantee. my con-
duck"
them beautiful bottles? Say, man, if
IF you even sniff one of those bot
tles," the conductor warned him, "I'll
crack it over your head"
"That won't worry me none-as
long as my mouf's open" He smacked
his chops over the prospect Of inti-
macy with that liquid treasury.
"Lordy! Well, I'll try to control my
emotions-but remember / don't guar
antee nothin,."
The conductor started to go, but
paused for final instructions: And
remember-after we get to Utah we
can't serve any hard liquor at ALL
Whats that? Don't they low moth.
In in that old Utah but ice-cream
soda?"
That's about all. If you touch e
drop, I'll leave you in Utah for n.e."
"Oh, Lordy, I'll be good!"
The conductor left the excited black
and went his, way. Ashton was the
first to speak: "Say, Porter, can you
mix drinks?"
The porter ruminated, then con.
fessed: well, not on the outside. no.
sir. If you-all is thirsty you better or
der the simplest things you can think
Of. II you want to command anything
fancy, Lord knows what you'd get.
Supposin' you was to say, Gimme a
Tom Collins I'd be just as liable as
not to pass you Jack Johnson"
We'll, can you open beer?"
"Oh, I'm a natural born beer.
opener"
Rush it out then. My throat is as
full of alkali dust as these windows"
The porter soon appeared with a
tray full of cotton-topped glasses. The
day was hot and the alkali dust very
oppressive. and the beer was cold. DR..
Temple looked on it when it was am
Der, and suffered himself to be bullied
into taking a glass.
He felt that he was the greatest sin.
ner on earth, but worst of all was the
fact that when he had fallen. the for-
hidden brew was not sweet. He was