New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-24

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He was too weak to murmur "Yas
sab" He simply fell on one knee
and got to work.
There was witness to his helpless,
rage-a newcomer, the American
counterpart of the Englishman in al
that makes travel dimcult for the fel
low travellers. Ira Lathrop was zeal
Gus to resent anything short Of per
lection, quick and loud OF complaint
apparently impossible to please.
In everything else he was the op
posite of the Englishman. He wal
burly. middle-aged, rough, careless IL
attire. careless of speech-as uncoutt
and savage as one can well be who IL
plainly a man of means.
1t was not enough that a freeborr
Afro-American should be caught kneel
ing to an Englishman. But when he
had escaped this penance, and ad
vanced Hospitality to the newcomer
he must be greeted with a snarl.
Say, are you the porter of this car
or that mans nurse?"
Il can't tell yet. What's yo' mum
ba. please?"
The answer was the ticket. The
porter screwed up his eyes to read
the pencilled scrawl
"Numba sem. Heah she is, boss
Right next to a lot of women, I'll
bet. Couldn't you put me in the mems
end of the car?"
Not ve'y well, sub. l reckon the
cab is done sold OUT
With growl of rage, Ira Lathrop
slammed into, the seat his entire hand
baggage, one ancient and rusty valise.
The porter gazed upon him with in.
creased depression. The passenger
list had opened inauspiciously with
two Of the worst types of travellers
the Anglo-Saxon race has developed.
But their anger was not their worst
trait in the porter's eyes, He was, In
limited way, an expert in human
character.
When you meet stranger you re.
veal your own character in what you
ask about his. With some, the first
question is, who are his people?"
With others, What has he achieved?"
With others, "How much is he worth 2"
Each gauges his cordiality according
to his estimate.
The porter was not curious on any
Of these points. He showed a demo-
cratic Indifference to them. His one
vital inquiry was:
How much will he tip?"
His inspection of his first two
charges promised small returns. He
buttoned up his cordially, and de-
termined to waste upon them the IT.
reducible minimum of attention.
1t would take at least bridal
couple to retsore the balance. But
bridal couples In their first bloom
rarely fell to the lot of that porter, for
what bridal couple wants to lock it.
self in with crowd of passengers for
the first seventy-two hours of welded
bliss?
The porter banished the hope as a
vanity. Little he knew how eagerly
the young castaways from that
wrecked taxicab desired to be bridal
couple, and to catch this train.
But the Englishman was FESTIVE
again:
"Pawtah! l say. pawtahl"
"Yassah!"
what time are we due in San Fran
cisco?"
"San Francisco? San Francisco?
We are doc than the evenin' of the
10th day. This bein' Monday, that
ought to bring us in abote Thuzzday
evenin'."
The Yankee felt called upon to
check the foreign usurper.
"Porrterr!"
"Yassah!"
Don't let that fellow monopolize
you. He probably won't tip you az
all"
The porter grew confidential:
"Oh, I know his kind, sab. They
don't tip you for what you do do. but
they're ready letter writer's to tho
superintendent for what you don't
d."
"Pawtah! I say, pawtah!"
"Here, porter"
The porter tried to initiate the
Irish bird, and be in two places at
once. The American had a coin In
his hand. The porter caught the CLEAN
of 1t, and fitted thither The Yankee
growled: #
Don't forget that I'm on the train,
and when we get to frisco there may
be something more"
The porter had tho coin In his hand.
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