The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-13

the distance to the door while the
Texas Bob made funny noises in his
throat. The Professor pushed the
bill Of fare to me. but I was too weak
to take 1t and muttered that all
wanted was a glass of water. Our
host frowned and told the waiter 20
repeat the same order for each Of US.
REGULAR CHOW.
1t takes three men and a boy to
bring tho food back to US. We sees
cops, handouts and steel bars mixLd
up in our futures. but we were In
for 1t and we started at the eats.
When we had finished about q thi.d
Of the food, the Professor holds up
a warning finger. Don't eat an
other mouthful on your life." he
whispers mysteriously. We all stops
kind Of sudden like and watches the
Professor. as he takes little 'i1
can. from his pocket. He takes Oft
tho lid and we sees that the can II
full OF dead reaches. Like they WIS
SO many diamonds. he drops a roach
here and there in the food that Ia
left remaining on tho plates. Then
he raises to his feet and assumes
that position made famous by Ma
poleon and George Washington. The
waiter. comes forward.
my good man." says the Profes-
sor, how do you expect a gentleman
to eat that sort Of food?"
Whats the trouble with it7"
Look at the bugs"
II am looking at you"
Pray don't grow impertinent. I
mean the bugs in the food" The
waiter takes a look and sees the
dead reaches flirting with the por-
terhouse steaks.
II beg your pardon" he mutters
kind Of dazed like. I'm repeat the
orders at once"
You will do nothing of the kind.
After what has happened. we could
not eat in this establishment. Como
gentlemen" With these words. the
Professor marches to the door and
we follow meekly in his wake.
while the waiter stands there.
groggy.
I've hiked many miles In tho
years I have been on the road. but
the distance from that table to the
door was the longest ever tackled.
/ know 1t took me nine years to
reach the entrance and then II took
me and the rest of us about three
seconds to cover the four miles to
the jungles. I looked back once to
see II we was followed and saw tho
Professor calmly looking at some
diamond rings in the window of a
jewelry store. He showed up in the
tungles about an hour later and I'm
wondering how he got hold of that
quart Of moonshine he pulled out
Of his coat pocket. I'm willing to
bet that he used more reaches.
FIREMAN HAD CONTROL.
"o hehAu NY IA Shc Juukieo dlI Jay,
recovering our nerves. We got on
a blind baggage of q limited that
night and hadn't been riding ten
minutes before the fireman discov-
cred US and began to test his eye
sight by throwing some very hard
Jumps Of soft coal in our direct ion.
Believe me the boss of the washing
ton baseball club should know s.bout
that fireman. He had plenty Of
speed and a world Of control. I
know because he threw ten Jumps
OF coal at my right eye and regis
tered hit every time.
The train was going about fifty
miles an hour 1t seemed kind of fool
ish to drop off. We Just stood there
and took our medicine until a little
mound Of coal had collected at our
feet. Then we let the fireman have
1t. One chunk caught him in the
nose and he beat It for the pro-
lection Of the cab. He let us
alone after that, but there was more
trouble In store for us.
The train We were On was . ooor