Show country editors day of triumph very likely you have not heard of chula mo this Is not strange be cause chula has but recently been placed upon the maps of a state whose citizens insist upon being shown and who refuse to give proper culta to their credulity jt Is not exactly correct to say that chula has been placed upon the maps for on one bright red letter day in its lexicon it was thrown upon the maps in a bright red splotch by a country editor this editor came to the city the other day as the guest of the st paul railroad he occupied an en tire draw ing room car ate rich food and drank sparkling wines anre from the colored porter all the way from chula and back again at the expense of a soul less corporation the man who compelled the map makers to take notice of chula en jos the not uncommon name of smith E H smith smiths great opportunity came when the st paul put the southwest limited train into service between chicago and kansas city the train passes through chula on its eastward and westward flights and there were things about it that made a great am upon smith s imagination he watched the flight of the south west limited as it tore great holes in the atmosphere of chula and then wrote this about the train the new train on the chicago mil walkee waukee and st paul railway passed through chula for the first time sun day night about three hours after dark there was no hesitation at chula town at least none perceptible there are no high places in chula town hence we question whether she ever touched the track she just rip ped a great fiery hole in the darkness and left the atmosphere heated steam hot for a second then whistled tor niantic or chicago we are not tain which if central had not been closed we would have telephoned to chicago to see if she haan hadn t run clean through the union station she Is sure nut a hurry up train chicago Is only about three miles up the track no she Is a gleam of summer sun light and electric lighted from the cowcatcher clear back a hundred yards behind the last coach she Is knee deep with velvet carpets and her cushions are as soft as a girl s cheek she is lighted to a daz ale and heated to a frazzle she was built to beat the world and her gorg acus splendor makes us chuckle to think we have a pass on her she goes so fast that the six porters look like one big fat she is called the southwest limited she stops going both ways at and you can get on her there but you 11 have to hurry in the gratitude of his heart the general passenger agent wrote the poet editor that whenever he desired to come to chicago he would be more than pleased to cause the southwest limited to pause long enough at chula to take him on and again to let him off the offer was accepted by wire as editor smith does not believe in toying with fortune nor flirting with opportunity then he wrote a piece tor his paper as everything that hap pens it anything does happen in chula is news and told the citizens that he was going to chicago on the limited and as the guest of the gen eral passenger agent and of the road As might be expected the entire business of chula was suspended the following day and every man woman and child not bedridden was down to the depot bright and early the chula band in full uniform was there play ing suggestive pieces about conquer ing heroes and chula s mayor revised his last fourth of july oration to alt the occasion it was a gala day for chula and the editor bad to tell them with becoming modesty how he had achieved greatness about the time he reached the spread eagle stage of his address there was a long mournful wall pitch ed in a minor key which sounded like the expiring war whoop of an apache indian it was the southwest limit ed hailing chula mo editor smith grasped his new 3 75 suit case firmly by both straps and waited all aarem ble with excitement the band be gan a furious tan faring and the zens of chula held their breaths there were two more long walls fol lowed by two short ones as the urn iteus mogul swept down upon chula s only grade crossing a cloud of blind ing dust an answering toot to the tower man as he dropped the sema indicating a clear track and a faint moan was borne upon a passing breeze to smith and to chula s tion as the mogul whistled for nian tic or chicago smith standing disconsolate with grip in hand and with chula s tion gazing seemingly with a million eyes clear through him dian didn t care much which it was without so much as a look at his fellows the chula news editor turned and hastened to his sanctum where he sent a telegram which read when it comes to four flushes there are others needless to say that it was all a mistake the general passenger agent apologized by wire the limited did not forget to hesitate at chula the following day and thus was chula mo placed upon the map chicago record herald |