Judge — February 15, 1913 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Amusing Stories About Well-known Persons. The Youth and the Bear, Christy Mathewson, veteran twirler of the New York Giants, who recently returned from a hunting trip on a North Carolina preserve, is telling the follow- ing to his friends: “We had trailed a bear one night and returned to our camp, our purpose being to pick up and follow the trail the first thing the next morning. When we woke, we found that one of the youth- fal members of our party, who was on his first hunting expedit on, had dis- appeared. “His gun was gone, and we knew that he had gotten the ‘jump’ on us. We finished a hasty breakfast and were just starting from the camp when we heard a crashing through the thick brush about thirty yards from the camp. ‘Several of us threw our guns to our shoulders, expecting to get a glimpse of Mr. Bruin. Imagine our surprise when our youthful friend, minus his gun and with his clothing badly torn, because of bis long run through the woods and brush, burst into the opening. “Did you get the bear?’’ one of us shouted to him. “Get him!'’ he exclaimed, slowing down considerably. ‘Get him! For God's sake, open that door! I’m bring- ing him home alive!'" One On Harahan. The late J. T. Harahan, former presi- dent of the Illinois Central Railroad, was fond of telling the following story of personal experience. “Twas sitting in my office, one day, when a burly Irishman entered and said brusquely, ‘Oi want a pass to St. Louis. Oi wor-r-uk in the yar-r-ds. Me name’s Casey.’ ““That is no way to ask for a pass,’ Tsaid. ‘You should introduce yourself Politely, Come back in an hour and try it again.’ “At the end of the hour, back came SSSGSSS SSS Re RES dead e ee eeedaduedaGqagqGequaeceqaes Use the . Broadway Limited Between New York and Chicago It leaves Pennsylvania Station, in the heart of New York (one block from Broadway at 32d Street) at 2.45 P. M. to-day. Connecting electric train leaves Hudson Terminal (five minutes from Wall Street) at the same time. It arrives Chicago, Union Station, at 9.45 to-morrow morning. Returning, it leaves Chicago 12.40 P. M., and arrives New York 9.40 next morning. It is all-steel, all-Pullman with parlor-smoking or club car, drawing-room sleeping cars, dining car, compartment cars, and observation car—all of the newest and brightest design and electric lighted. It has a library of best current literature, and the latest periodicals and newspapers, terminal telephones, a bath, barber, ladies’ maid and mani- curist, a stenographer, and a trained crew picked for their efficiency. It is The Time Saver de Luxe It makes the over-night run at comparatively low speed over a rock-ballasted smooth-riding road- way which is the short line between New York and Chicago—the best guarantee of promptness and comfort. The dining car service is excep- tionally high grade. It presents Pennsylvania Railroad service in its very best form—a service that has been the standard of America for more than half a century. It is the most convenient, comfortable, complete, and reliable service between New York and Chicago. ¢ PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com ee eS OS See SRS SOS SaaS a aaa eee eegeeteqeeeGqedqEgaeadar