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Show FOOLED 'EM, ANYWAY. Recently a member of Congress from Missouri Mis-souri came racing down the iron steps which led to the train-shed of one of the depots in Washington, Wash-ington, just as the train was pulling out. The member was stout and perspiring, and his arms were filled with bundles, for he is a commuter. com-muter. Everybody got out of his way as he chr h1 the rear car down the long platform, some shouting shout-ing advice and more or less pleasant comment after him. Some sportively inclined persons offered of-fered bets in a loud voice on his chances of catching the train, whilst others laughed at his grim determination. The member caught the train, being hoisted up on the platform by a trainman, without the loss of a bundle. He shook his fist at the cheering cheer-ing crowd behind him, and went Inside the car with the blissful sense of having "won out." It was only when the conductor came around that he learned that he was on a Chicago express, instead of a local accommodation. However, he accepted the situation gracefully, observing: "There's one comfort. Those idiots in the station will never know. They think I caught the right train." Harper's. |