Evening star., 1923-02-25

for a full minute. l guess, to see il
she was kidding me, as there have
been enough pictures of 1t printed in
every paper in the land for every one
to know II by sight. but I saw that
she was in earnest. I explained to
them the best 1 could about the city
and then 1 found that they came from
New York. Can you beat it? And
they were from the city Of wise
ones
"A chap got on at the same point
the other day and wanted to go to
the Treasury. He was from a distant
state and was going up to the Treas
ury to get several hundred dollars.
for he said that the bills he had in
his pocket were all payable at the
Treasury upon demand. I guess they
don't often have federal money where
he came from, and he travelled here
| to get his coin. After all, wondered
then and am still in doubt IL he was
a regular dumbbell or was Just kid
ding me.
HIIAD 4 funny one pulled on me
L the other day. A fellow got
on and role clean to the end of
| the line, then asked we il he could
speak to me for minute. 7 told
him that as soon as / had turned In
my stun I would talk with him, and
what do you suppose he wanted? He
was a collector and wanted to know
| IL could get him some of the tickets
and things they used in the earlier
days. He showed me tokens, tickets
and such like from half a dozen
places he had been this year. and
guess after all he Is just as sensible
as some other people who make a
hobby of collecting this, that or the
other thing. Queer one, wasn't it?
"a woman got on the other after
noon and rode clean around the
| swing as we used to call it, and she
told me that she took the ride be-
cause-and now hold your sides-her
dog liked 1t. I never knew she had
a canine with her until after she
| sprung that on me, and as she got off
she had one of those fuzzy little pups
inside of her coat
"a chap got on the early trick and
rode all the way around with me and
then went direct to the 'super's' Of
. fee. l thought that he was a spot
ter, but instead of turning me In for
| some fancied violation OF the rules
under which we work, he told the
] boss that I was SO darned nice and
| courteous that he thought it was his
| duty to let the head folks of our
road know that the public is treated
here better than any other city In
| the country. That made me feel
| fine.
| "A man hoped on last Monday, and
he was one OF those around the cir
Gle birds, too. He asked me about a
million questions, and just before he
got of he handed me his card. He
was the high muckamuck of one of
the new systems they are installing
in Australia. and had been getting
data on our roads here. He said that
| our underground was the best system
that he had viewed since starting
+; out was glad / had had the method
explained to me one day by one of
our repair men. l suppose he will
go home to the land of the kangaroo
and tell the folks that all Of we move
up forward. please folks are wise
to all the workings of the road, and
that Tommy Edison holds US in the
highest esteem.
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stXXTE have crabs now and then, also
| w Don't forget to put that down.
and if you had to put up with some
Of them. You would realize why sc
many of US get gray at an early age
and want to beat up the wife and
kids when we get home at night and
find a cold supper. after the boss OF
the house has been Cabling with
some neighbor's wife.
81 had q man, at least he was 9
male person. start to jack mo up be.