The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-27
How Jim DonneIIy
Made a Success.
By EVERETT P CLARKE

ban railway station. not seeing promo
tion where he was, asked to be trans.
ferred to some more promising posi-
ton. The system was a long one, pen
etrating into what we're then the back
woods Of North America. The com.
pany needed men on the frontier. but
unfortunately those positions were so
unattractive that the employees there
could not be made to hold their places
Jim was told that he might have a
passenger train In this region. but was
advised that the people travelling there
were hard to manage, and It was fear
ed that he would give up the job after
learning the conditions.
Jim had commenced railroading as
brakeman. The salary of conductor
was much better than that Of agent at
an inferior station. and he decided to
accept the position Another induce
,ment was that If he succeeded in run
ming his train through the lawless dis
trict with regularity he would be adj
vanced to a higher position
The main trouble Jim's predecessors
had experienced was collecting fares.
The people Of the country made all
sorts Of excuses for not paying their
way. and If the conductor tried to put
them Off the train they would make
tight One conductor had been killed.
another severely wounded. and others
had been too frightened to insist on
getting the fare All this was explain
ed to the applicant
Jim thought the matter over and
made up his mind that he would fight
his way to a mastery of the situation
He would not undertake the job with
out seeing it through The fights the
conductors had experienced were with
individuals, and so long as he was not
called upon to fight several men at
once Jim saw no reason why he should
not stand as good chance as the 9th
er fellow, though he was not a large
man nor especially muscular. He was
quite ingenious and relied on his think
Ing powers to provide ways of collect
Ing fares.
Jim had been running his train sew
eral days without trouble when
wild looking man got on at q wilder
ness station, and when Jim asked him
Cor his fare the passenger, feeling
Through bis pockets, finally took out
dirty paper on which he had himself
wr4tfsc q pass. i'm HANDED Il hack
10 him with The Iaconic remark. no
sood" Tho man began 10 berats the
conductor with his tongue for insult-
ing him. ct me sams dime putting his
h6sA - M hiR Ger ~ reve1yse. i'm
pat hb hand into his outside coat pock-
ct and. puIling out q rubber bulb, re.
psatsd his request for The fare The
nnn was eating his revolver In posi-
ton for draw when Jim placed the
bulb before the rascal's face and.
pressing It, filled his eyes with red pep
per. h h 81 4
There was howl. the passenger put
ting hts hands to his. eyes. Jim. TAXI
hug Advantage ~ his biindnsss. made
a grab for bis revolver and secured II.
Then. pulling the bell rope, he took
the man by the collar and hustled him
70 the door. giving him kick as he
dropped him or the train.
-. e. .- .an ".o .e,aSeu " pay
90 his muscle to protect him from being
put on the train by the conductor. The
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90 a.5 D.s ae 'aA
arms wbsr ,r, asrad h,,' e. ~.
fare he sos rcbad FOR his ticrat ~ r-
tended 70 do 90 tben said that ha hsd
lost n linn who Understood ths MANS
game passed ON Collecting when ths
train reached the pext station be eot
out went TO the BAGGAGE CIR tooe =
new punch out OF a bag and when The
train started on went through the cars
again. Coming TO the man who. had
lost his ticket. be told. him that he |