Show A Mixed Irani On one of the local railroads they attach at-tach a passencerrcoach to a freight train and call it mixed It is against the companys rules for such trains to travel very rapidly and borne times there is considerable growling among the traffic department II Are we almost there 1 asked a nervous man of conductor the hundredth hun-dredth time Remember my wife la sick aud I am very anxious II Well get there on time replied the conductor boldly Half an1 hour later the nervous man approached him again I guess shes dead now said he mournfully But I would give you a little something i extra if you could manage to catch up with the funeral May be she wont be so decomposed but what I would recognize I recog-nize her l The conductor growled at him and the man subsided Conductor said he after twenty min utes silence Conductor if the wind isnt dead head I wish you would put on some steam Id like to see where my wifes buried before the tombstone crumbles to pieces Put yourself in my place for n moment said he Theconductor shook him off and he sat down with a very melancholy look Say conductor after a loug pause Ive got a note coming due in three months cant you fix it to rattle along a little 1 The conductor 6a9w fydrigry and threatened to knock the passenger down if he didnt keep still The nervous man again went to his seat Two hours later the conductor saw him chatting and laughing gayly with some other passengers The conductor con-ductor approached him saying You dont feel so bad about your wifes death I Time heals all wounds sighed the nervous man And you are not so particular about i the note sneered the conductor Thats all right conductor dont worry Ive been figuring up and I I find That the nqte has outlawed since I spoke to you last I I |