Judge — April 29, 1911 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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“IT say, quite a numerous number,”’ George shouted. “Ten—number ten,’ **Lower berth."’ “T know, I say, we got quite a numerous number of ladies this trip."’ “Wedding trip?’’ said the man. ‘‘Oh, no. Just going down to El Paso.’’ The brakes ground against the wheels, the car came to a stop, and George got down onto the platform with his little stool, It was merely following his regulations. The car was already full. Up the platform came a lone woman, her suit case in her hand. “Car three?’’ she asked breathlessly. “Yassam,"’ said George. ‘But I guess—. Lemme see yo’ ticket, please.’” There was no mistake about the ticket. It said, ‘‘Upper four, car three."" “This here is yo’ car, mam,’ said George reluctantly. ‘‘Yo’ better get aboahd; but they’s some mistake.’’ He aided her on and took her suit case. A minute later he stepped aboard with his little stool, closed the vestibule, and the train started. He began to ex- plain to the lady, but she was not the kind of lady that accepts ex- planations. She had bought and paid for ‘upper four, car three,’ and she meant to have it. It made no difference to her that two la- dies were already asleep in upper four. Nota bit! said the man. “The’s—the’s a gentleman has got lower ten,"’ he said, ‘tan’ he ain't re- tired to bed yet. I'll go ask. Maybe he will give up his berth.”” “*Be quick about it,”’ said the lady. The bearded man with the pipe was leaning back comfortably in the long seat of the smoker. He looked up as the curtains parted. ““Escuse me, sah, the’s a lady in there’ “That’s all right!'’ said the man. “Give her a drink, if she wants one. Give her another pillow. I don’t care."’ “Escuse me,'’ said George, more politely than ever, but at the top of his voice. ‘‘This here is another lady. She says she belongs in upper four, and there’s two ladies in upper four. We got thirty-eight ladies"*— “That's right,’ said the “Thirty-eight. Give ‘em all said George; ‘‘but man. drinks, THE INTERPRETATION OF HIS DREAM. give ‘em all that's right.”” “*Well, escuse me, sah,"’ said George. “This here lady I's talkin’ ‘bout makes thirty-nine. Thirty-nine!"’ ‘Hey?’ exclaimed the man. ‘‘No, no! Thirty-eight. Some mistake. Only thirty-eight. Count 'em again. Only pillows. Thirty-eight, sah,"’ said George politely. **You don’t onnerstan’. This here is an extra lady. They's thirty-eight ladies in their berths, an’ this thirty-ninth lady she ain’t got any berth. She ain't got no place at all to sleep." “All right,”’ said the man, can’t get to sleep’’—— “She ain’t got no place to sleep!" shouted George. ‘‘Lady just got aboard. She wants upper four’’—— “All right!"’ said the man. ‘‘Let her change if she wants to. Let her sleep in upper four. I don’t care."” George wiped his face. It was streaming. He came close to the man's ear and shouted. He told him this was a new passenger, not one of the thirty-eight, and that she demand- ed a berth, and there was no berth. She de- manded upper four, and upper four was full. A smile of under- standing came over the man’s face. “All right, all right!’ he said carelessly. ‘‘Let “If she Boarder—"' I had a most peculiar dream last night. I dreamt that you let me off on my board bill, that you paid my tailor, my shoemaker, and my laundryman. I wonder what it all means ?"" ‘Landlady—"" It means that you are all going to move.”” her have her George scratch- Put one of ed his head. way. comicbooks.com