Show I RANG THEM ALL UP I Newark Star Colonel Edwin W lime IUne the secretary of the public service serice corporation takes frequent trips over the line and keeps In close cl touch with the rank and file of the trolley company The colonel is isa Isa isa a great admirer of the corporations em and believes them to be he the B P PO PO O 0 E Nevertheless he tells this story with gusto On one on occasion he was on the rear platform of a fairly well filled car in to charge of a loquacious conductor The latter rattled away at a great grea rate tak taking takIng taking ing a fresh lease upon the conversation whenever the colonel nodded his head or put in a word After Arter haing posed as the target for fora a rapid fire verbal onslaught for several minutes the colonel lifted his eyes to the fare register at the end of or the car ear earThe carThe carThe The movement was wall Involuntary but de detected detected detected by the conductor who managed a few minutes later to learn earn the e colo colonels colonels colonels nels identity The conversation was succeeded by an ominous silence and i the conductor leaving the platform walked to the center of the car and with without without out stopping rang up exactly seventeen fares faresI I counted them said Colonel Hine afterwards in speaking of the incident and there was genuine satisfaction every time the bell rang |