El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-30
Daily NOUeLette
THE UNDERWORLD.

: IoR many days Hiram Jessup. %
/ Jessep's Cut, had been preparing
! for his first visit 10 New York He
I purchased at Lemuel Slemmer-s Ev-
ieryEoods store. three red polka dot
/ ted handkerchiefs, a stylish pair Of
/ yellow shoes with nice, big Jumps on
the toes. a pair OF bright blue bagsy
: trousers and g 1ariug straw picture
/ hac
The whole village knew about Hy's
Z "trip so when the time came for him
Q TO depart he was at the station sLaE-
I inE -Howly" 10 everybody and eF-
1 eryboC- asking him 10 send picture
! postcards and bring sOvTelcers home.
So H- felt very important and prom
( isel postcards. soFTeneers and uu-
all the sights And when he stepped
outo The train lie waved his old greel
black umbrella and yelled 'S,lons
H.
On the way 10 the Great City Hi
ram Jesup rode in quiet Joy and
looked forward to seeing the world
famous statue Of Liberty and Brook
Iyn bridge, the tall heaven pointed
WOODWORK building, the funny shaped
Elatiron building and the rest Of tire
wonderful skysweepers- or course,
It H-as costing a wahop OF money. five
fifty for the days trip, but look what
ne would see-aud think what he
could bring back 70 the folks al home.
All the rest Of the Jessup CutterseS
who had ever gone to New York had
never come back, so he was the only
man 10 relate these wonders 10 the
homely villagers. 3Iebbe he'd sight
q submarine OF airyplane. while he
was going over on the ferryboats
mebbe-
III
When Hiram J. lit into New York
he didn't get there by way Of ferry
boat for he unfortunately had gotten
on the tunnel train, and gone straight
under the river. so he failed 70 see
the famous statue and bridge that he
had hopes Of ketchiu' q fish or two
from Finally. his suspicious aroused.
ny asked his ueighbor where these
things were and the men said IL was
too bad but he was under the rive-
and not over the top. so he volun-
tered 70 tell Ky Just where each
stood
"see over there 20 your right.
about a mile, ven the Statue OF Lib
ercy stands over there-she's got
further than that to your right. Isl
where Brooklyn Bridge hangs over
''Tm hoIdin' on. II that's what you
mean says Hy-
After his chance acquaintance left
bin in the terminal, Hy said 70 him
self that he'd see the buildings and
skysWipers anyway, so with renewed
faith he boarded another train and
sat back awaiting developments
which came soon enough, for TO his
great dismay, this train, too, rushed
underground
say. mister" shouted Hy 70 the
man next 20 him. Il thought MOO
Yawk was on top OF the earth. why.
dawgoue IL, the hull dern place is
sunk. I thought them gosh-blg
Duildin's Wuz too heavy for st."
An this man too offered 70 show Hv
the place where each building stood
Look See them four sticks over
there2 Wen, the Flatiron building
rests on them See them six posts
over there2 That's where the Wool
worth building stands. Then there's
the "
But here the mans station was
called and he got off. leaving Hy to
ponder on all this Information. and
even in going home, Hy didn't seem
20 be able TO get the overhead trains.
so he went there and came home IL
the dark.
Y.
-Four months later we see Hiram
Jessup back en- Jessup's Cut and still
nobody has ever heard him say one
word Of his trip 10 New York and
after various conJectures. some funny
and some sad. every Jessup-cut son
Of them quit trying 10 find out