Arizona republican., 1919-10-06
Me and ". Ride Or
 A Government Train
But Travelling To Phoenix Under The Kind Care Of Mr. Hines Isn't as Simple as it Seems-In Fact It's Quite An Adventure In These Times

my dependable shoulders the responsi- bility for the remainder of the trip. Clothed with my new authority, tackled the Amarillo rail-roadus officio.
 Brother" l said, showing in the forte stops to attract attention, me and my wife here have been all night pumping the bumps into your beautiful city, and we would like to stay here, but busi- ness urges us onward. Now how about changing these tickets so we can de- part at the earliest possible moment"
 "Nuthin' doin'. buddy" came a voice from the vicinity of a looking glass where a youth of wonderous eyes was attempting to train his raven locks to do the marcel wave. "Nuthin doin'- your next train is the same one you didn't get, which leaves at the same time tomorrow morning you didn't leave this morning."
 The whitening glance of friend ". spurred me on to make a desperate oposition-considering the small number of creased and crumpled bills reposing in the family bank
 Look here, kind mister ticket man" l soothed. If you will just sign statement that you refuse to exchange this ticket, I will buy another one so and the wife can leave on the noon train today"
 The king of the railroads mileage cer- tificates carefully studied oyer the proposition while he carefully nipped the cuticle from the vicinity of his polished nails:
 The Weighty Verdict You fellows don't know what you do l want. I'll change your ticket at 2 o'clock and you can get out of her on the 2:15," was the verdict. The smile of satisfaction which | flickered on the tired face of friend W. repaid me for the bold stand I had taken. and I spared for another point:
 How about Pullman" 1 Don't carry any on that train-you'Il make direct connections at Tucumcari and can get sleeper out of there" | The 2:15 pulled out on time. The 1 conductor looked at our tickets l "Youll have to lay over all night in l Tucumcari." he informed us ''We haven't made connections with the west bound train for two weeks on account l of bad track"
 The sterling worth of that conduc- l tors word became apparent as we compared the time table with the sta l tion stops The train semed to be in l dulging in a continuous rehearsal for q shimmie contest. It would stop, wobble and shake upon the slightest pretext | A bottle of milk which we were carry ing was churned into butter, and my nose is still sore from self inflicted kicks
 Although friend ". insists to thu contrary. am inclined to believe that there were times when our coach wa, on the tracks. Whether the city O Tucumcari was moved down the tracl or our train was actually conveyed t( it was a question which didn't bother u. at the time nearly so much as the loca. ton of sleeping quarters We found place, paid the proprietor s2, looked a the bed and were just turning back tn, covers when bell-boy pounded on tn, door and informed us it was only 3 minutes until train time.
 The Train Was Obliging
 We put our tooth brush back in th'
 grip, locked it securely and hurried t, the station. The train was there wait
 ing for us. We got on, and then waited for some more passengers. Whel
 every seat in the coach was taken. tn
 train started.
 At Fl Paso me and the W. manage,
 to squeeze into Pullman with instruc Itions to transfer into the Phoenix ca
 at Douglas.
 U Now we can enjoy our journey,