The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-20

Av. no. q trffle. But couldn't
20 by Chicago. where you iive:"
Not on that trip. You must sure
come to see us. but you'll have to take
another railway. Our town Is on the
Tehauntepec. Podunk and Havana
Short Line"
One moment" said Algernon. Let
me put that down in my memoranda.
T-e-how do you spell it,"
We spelled IL for him.
and well meet you at the depot" We
notebook.
"Er-that is-you mean the sta
tion?"
Exactly. We call 'em depots In our
country-accent on the de. You go
to ask anybody for the station and
they'll think you're looking for q sta
tionery shop"
Indeed How extrawn'y!-
You'd better travel on our trains
mostly in the daytime. too. There are
a great many holeups at night"
"Holdups? What are they?"
Why. robberies. you know. Masked
men hold the train up and rob all the
passengers"
How extrawn'ry, Do they do this
often?"
"Oh. tolerably. Some lines have
holdups every night, but on the Te-
hauntepec line they don't usually
have 'em except Tuesdays and Satur-
days
Algernon's face expressed the most
naive surprise.
"Deucedly exciting, isn't IT." he re-
marked.
Well. guess yes" returned Sam.
Something doing about then"
You wait till you get TO Chicago,
though" Interrupted.
That's right" echoed Sam and
Tope.
'Is-er-do you have an, .youSse
with the Indians there?" inquired Al
gernon Suffolk.
I'm the summer only" said
They get pretty bad in summer. But
in winter they mostly keep in the
woods. and We are seldom bothered
by them"
And cowboys. don't you know. and
all that sort of thing" asked Alger-
non. DO they come right into the
! city,"
In? Well. should remark. Right
south OF where live L. a cowboy
boarding house. YCu stop a tthe Au-
ditorlum. and almost any fine after
noon you can see them chasing q pack
OF Indians or Il herd OF long cared
Texas steers down Michigan avenue. "
AlEernon's face was lii up with inter
est lie tossed off the last drors of tea
from his cup. and said:
| Il say. fellows. / wouldn't miss that
Tor anything. II must be rafting good
sport. IAN n N,F,
I in-thnt IL. do you think"
Well don't know about that" an
particular about Englishmen Foolish
ihtS g. Of course. What do you
oh. can get him a license. all right.
along. Mr.. suffolk. and we'll see that
you GU, nave a horse and gun
by JoNe. said tie Englishman. slap
fellows In Birmingham Will he green
with envy when i tell them. Ana how
about the grizzly bears aud mountain
near chicago
You can get all YOU want IN Lincoln
80 ! repled. That's large. nat
CITY. Plenty 81 big game"
tapital. capital. by Jove.- exclaimed
Tue BTitisher. beside himself at the pros
Iect. say. lets 90 IN and have some
thing. And want you 90 teach me tina
national game. poker ! must learn that
hhH you KNOW
tie led the way into the smoking-room
ne three or Us exchanged sundry winks
and punches
This L. better than running down q
it."uceSter hsh-bOat. hey. old fellow -
WI .spered Sam.
sure I answered And wait tiii ~.
get him into a game
After refreshments We began a ittfis
educational game ~ poker Algerror
was very stupid and lad o. write doWu
TIE various values 81 pairs and tbrees
ana straights before he could get them
INTO rs noggin
For the next two DAYS We four wer.
4hFrparabie TIE Englishfnan made
hf"gre~s IN the Name IN fact. come to
MINK % 10. he must have quit = Uttle
ahead. though his mistakes were ludt-
'fouH ard his fool questions legion
hrefyN. Of tho Clarion. was down N
meet us o. 80 wharf and uas rich,
giao 80 see ~ After he rad shaken
hands viii rs he suddenly made a al, :
TOY our Enrlisn friend. who was Inst
ieaNiug the customs gate and had qults
q '"ufah With him When he came back
W asked MIN n no knew the Rrftlshsr
49, friti-herT 20 said. Hes no more
N-ltish nan YOU arc That's Tafe RAJ
lgv. on impersonatcr. tigEest star on
NE 'aule' illt stage. born ami brouEnt
Dp Too chicago
We looked 49, ono another sadly
~t1nr said sam.
'E.Xeu'' eHid Tone.
And he's got Our address IN he
rotehooS' sid T. Say. don't Won Know.
. rEhf nov ne names Of the ffres n
0-aUs NI-crrun ir going to chase ao0n
. Michigan avenue