The Washington herald., 1921-01-09


is a private rehearsal. and we dou,t
want any roadside SPECTATORS selk
ing tickets"
I'm half an hour caligula EnEs
@saii hot Looks like an apron on
q broomstick.~
peranbulated down the elf
again, and escorted up a man six
foot three, with a sandy beard and
no other dimensions that you could
notice. Thinks ] TO myself, ~ he's
got s1o,ooO on his person, it's In
one bill and folded lengthwise."
ssMr. Patterson @. Coble, our sec
ond vice president" announces the
colonel.
.Giad to know you, gentlemen"
says this Coble. Il came up 70 dis
semInate the tidings that MAJ Tai
lahassee Tucker. our general pas
senEer agent, is now negotiating a
peachcrate full Of our railroad
bonds with the Perry County Bank
for a loan. Ny dear Col. Rocking
ham. was that chicken Eumbo or
cracked COOLERS on the bill Of fare
| in your note? Ne and the conduc-
tor Of Sc was having a dispute
about it."
Another white wings on the
any more I'll IRE on 'em and swear
they was torpedo-boats!"
The guide goes down again, and
conveys into the lair a person IN
blue overalls carrying an amounts
Of inebriety and a lantern ! am
so sure that this is MAJ. Tucker that
don't even ask him until we are
up above; and then ! discover that
it is Uncle Timothy, the yard
switchman at Edenville, who is
sent ahead 10 nag our understand
! ings with the gossip that Judge
/ Pendergast, the railroads attorney.
Is in the process OF mortEsging Col
. Rockinghams farming lands 10
J make up the ransom.
While he IS talking. two men
crawl from under the bushes into
camp, and Caliguls, with no white
flag TO disinter him from his plain
duty. draws a gun. But again Col
I Rockingham intervenes and intro
duces Mr.. Jones and Mr. Bats, en-
gineer and fremeu o ftrain No q
Excuse US" says Bats. but me
and Jim have hunted squirrels all
over this mounting, and we don't
need no white flag Was that
straight, colonel. about the plum
pudding and pineapples and real
] store cigars
Towel on a fishing pole in the
cling" howls CalIgula. Suppose
it's the firing lire OF the freight
conductors and brakemen-"
Ny last trip down" says l. win
ing OF my face. If the S & + T.
wants TO run an excursion up here
Just because we kidnapped their
president, let EN- Well put out,
our sisn The Kidnapper's CafS
and TTainmens Home
This time I caught Maj TalIahas-
see Tucker by his own confession,
and felt easier. ! asked him into
the creek so I could drown him Il he
happened to be a traCkwalker or
| CabOOse porter All the way Up the
mountain he driveled to me about
asparagus on toast. a thing that his
intelliEence in life had skipped.
| Up above got his mind seEre-
/ gated from food and asked II he had
raised tho ransom.
Ny dear. sir" says he. L sue
. ceeded in negotiating a loan OF $50
I 600 worth Of the bonds Of our raul
/ road, and"
Never mind just now. major"
saws 7. IT'S all right then. Wait
till after dinner and well settle the
-.I OF you gentlemen"
/ continues, to the crowd. are in
/ vlJcu to stay TO dinner We have
. mutually trusted one another, and
/ the white GaE is supposed 10 wave
[ over the procee edinEs-"
The correct idea" says CsIiEuls,
who was standing by me Two
baEEaEe masters and a ticket agent
! dropped out Of q tree while you was
| below the last time Did the major
man bring the money
! He SAYS I answered. that he
! succeeded in negotiating the loan %,
II any cooks ever earned so 900.
! IN twelve hours, me and CaliruIa
| lid that day. At o'clock we
| spread the top OF the mountain
with as fine a dinner as the per
| Sonnel OF any railroad ever en-
| Eulfed We opened all the wine.
! and we ConcCCted entrees and pieces
| de resistance, and stirred Up Ii-rre
~avory chef de cuisines and or
! canized a mass ~ grub such as has
| been seldom instiCated out of
canned and bottled goods The
railroad gathered around -. and the
| Tassail and diversions was intense.
After the feast me and CaIEuIa.
! IN the line Of business. takes Ma
! Tucker to one side and talks -a7-
som. The major pulls out an
agglomeration Of currency about
the size OF the p-i~e ~ q tow lot
IN the suburbs Of RabbitviI.c. Ariz.
and makes this outcry.
Gentlemen" saws hp the stock
! n the Sunrise & E5euvi!Ie EaU- ad
| has deprecated some. The best
/ Guild 90 with $4,000 worth .c the
/ bonds was to secure a loan rs S. so.
on the farming lands Of C.I. E.,k 4
| 'ngham. Judge Pcndergasr was ablt
To obtain. on q ninth mort-a-.. tht
sum OF $50. You will md N
amount, $3.50. correct
a railroad president" said
looking this Tucker in the rye
and the owner OF 1000 acres O.
land; and vet"
Gentlemen" says TuCke-. ",h
railroad Is ten miles long -ra-
don't run any train on il ~. II
"hen the crew goes out in the r..rs'
and gathers enough IiChfw.o.
knots to get up steam.
A long time ago. when times WA
good, the net earnings used n ~-.7
as high as SIS a week. Col Er..-
ingham's land has been sold to-
taxes thirteen times There hasn't
neen peach crop in this part -
''.rE!a f0r two years The W.
spring killed the watermeIons No
"ody around here has money enough
10 huv fertilizer: and land is so
poor the corn crop failed. and there
WASH enough TO support the .ah-
ms. All the people have had p. cal.
IN thls section for over a year .s