Show he muzzled the ducks A baggage man on the santa fe who runs into kansas city from out in the western part of kansas has lost lots of sleep it is i doubtful if he be can ever catch up with it he leaves at nig night ht and reaches kansas city in the morning I 1 id 0 nearly eary every night he brings I 1 in bis is car two or carpe three coops of live lire domestic ducks during daring the night when he has no baggage to deliver at small stations it has been his habit end and privilege lenie 0 to lie down on an improvised couch and doze with the advent of the ducks the dozing stopped the almost con constant quacking of the ducks who could rot ifa understand der stand their strange environment would not permit of sleep for many nights night as he ha lay awake be bb planned relief I 1 air ii thought of strangling the ducks or chloroforming chloro forming them but neither expedient seemed good one ocie night a bright idea came to him after he be had bad put it into execution the ducks docks were silent the next night he had two coops of unusually vociferous ducks As aa soon eoon as it came time to shep he wrenched a slat flat from one ot of one of the coops reached in and pulled out a duel duck from his pocket he took a small rubber band which he slipped over the duck s bill just back of the nostrils the j duck tried to quack but the rubber band while it stretched a little au would d afo not permit permit the duck to open it its b bill i fa far enough aught to use its tongue only a murmur came from it one OLIO byone by one the ducks were muzzled ded led and the re rested ted comfortably fort ably the commission men were surprised next morning when they received a lot of ducks with rubber bands around their bills and when the tha hands bands were removed the of protest fro arna el the ducks were deafening kansas city star |