Show new yorker in the provinces dont tell them out in the provinces that you are a new yorker remarked an all old time drum drummer nier to a younger commercial traveler or they will ill stick you halt half the time heres an instance I 1 was just starting home homa from a city in the tar far nest iest and a few minutes before train time broke the glass in ill my watch there was a matchmakers Natch makers shop opposite the tha station and I 1 rushed in with ith a request tor for hasty repairs as I 1 was just start ing for or new york the watch mechanic looked me over and apparently sized me up as a new yorker iia 1143 went to his bench tooled fooled around tor for a minute or two snapped the case shut handed mo me the timepiece and demanded 60 50 cents I 1 poked the watch in my pocket and caught the rear platform as the train rolled out when I 1 looked at the watch an hour later there was no sign of 0 a crystal in it new york tribune Iri bune |