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Show HIS RUBBERS HAD VANISHED Consequently Man From the Country Had Little Use for City Methods. Tho benches in tho waiting rooms at tho Union dopot in Kansas City aro used for other purposes than to rest on by travelers, tho Kansas City Star enlightens us. At overy midnight tho maids clean out tho rooms. They do not forgot to poko undor tho benchoB for stray bundles loft by trusting trust-ing travelers. Sometimes, after Intervals, tho travelers trav-elers return to claim their property. Some time ago a red cap at tho depot saw a man In a linen duster, a felt hat and tho manner of one who had spent his llfo In a secluded part of tho Ozarks got down on his knoes and peer carefully under Bevoral of tho benches. "Lost anything, mister?" tho red cap queried. "Wall, no, sonny, not 'zactly. I left a pair of rubbers horo last January when I was on tho way tow Emporey. Hain't Been nuthln' of 'em, havo you?" Tho red cap explained that ho hadn't, and, moreover, that tho room had been cleaned out several dozen times slnco last January. "Well, I Bwan," replied tho traveler, blinking and stroking his beard. "Tho city methods do beat me." |