Show t h j Stopped Slopped the U Fast Fust Flyer At a recent dinner at tho the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse Whitehouse House the following story was told by one of the guests on Secretary Taft who was present and who by bythe bythe bythe the w way Y tips the scales at beyond tho the three-hundred-pound three mark The Secretary was returning to Washington from Chicago aboard tho the Fast Flyer that only stops at large cities clUes He had urgent business wl with h han an old acquaintance of his who lived at a small station about two hundred I miles from Washington the population population I tion of which is about five hundred He asked the conductor if he could stop the train for him at that place but he replied that it would be Impossible impossible impossible sible for him to do so that so-that that he certainly certain certain- ly would lose his Job If he did Well after much worrying over his disappointment disappointment Mr Taft thought of a scheme by which he could gain his his- end and when the train next stopped he sent a message to the superintendent dent of the road saying Will you stop your Fast Flyer at for tor a large party on way way- to Washington If so instruct conductor tor to stop today About an hour passed when the conductor conductor conductor con con- ductor passing through the train stopped at the Secretary's seat and told him that he would bo be able to get getoff getoff getoff off at Denizen as eg he had been ordered to stop his train there for a large largo party going to Washington The Secretary Se- Se rotary smiled with that childlike expression ex ox- of Innocence for which he is famed thanked him and settled down again behind his paper Two hours hourn later the porter of the train called Denizen Denizen much to the surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of the passengers Mr Taft gathered up his handgrip and started for the platform of the car where he was standing when the train came to toa a dead stop As he stepped of off the train there was no one in sight but the surprised looking station agent |