Show KICKED OVER THE STOVE Story Sloe o Traveler Wh Played ut at O 0 S L 14 I A good story star Iu Is from office to office in Hall Railroad road row und and Night Depot Agent ChrIstensen of at the th Oregon Short Line Is the victim As heard twice yesterday the stor story goes goos like this An Anold Anold old man came down from Idaho SO see oral eru nights ago aso Ho He asked It IC he could leave his overcoat In the ticket offices at the depot as he spending the afternoon uptown Mr Christen ChristenSen sen told him ho he might and let the old man man enter the office where he hung his overcoat behind a little old stove Ho He went ent tip town and lilt Christensen resumed his duties selling tickets ox cx pluming why passes are uro no longer lonser passed as tho they were In the past and telling nervous people what time the 6 train leaves ete elc etc Later In the evening the old man returned The Tho ticket was crowded with tm velcro In front of a a wired window a along along long line of persons moved mol ahead slow h b the little Night Agent ChrIstensen Christenson was working rapid rapidly ly lip passing out title little slips o of paper to leaving the elt city The next train was due and there thero were many man going out on It The Th old man caught the night eye The latter motioned him to como come InsIde The clerk could not stop to pass out the overcoat The Tho old mon man entered the office He seemed near nearsighted sighted The Tho agent kept tip up sp etl In banding out tickets punchIng them making change chango and ques questions etc Presently theme was wall II a crash followed by and still stillmore more marc crashes The WAS wall filled with a cloud of at something bangi The Harriman representative ducked but too late The old man had bumped the little stove and andover over u a dozen of oC broke apart simultaneously Most oC them toll Coli on the night agents head hend Those mIss missing ing his caput fell on his hili shoulders When excitement the smoke and soot had been beel nut and the tho stove cir nod out face wn was eo cov covered ered with soot The fhe old map man hopped the room all apologies and ox ex With his hands taco tace nn anti clothing ehon chon black Mr Christensen had to keep lit at work Women tried In vain to from laughing its those ahead of them moved towards the win vin window dow tIou The night agent simply hd had to dole out tickets ap a there thero a dozen or more persons persona anxious to catch tho train just about to pull lull through the tho yards It was wall nil alt over ho ha took ono one nt at In the tho mirror und his hla face |