Show H go stopped the car he was young and neatly dresar dressed sred ed but he retained the biggest halt half of if a last nights jag making hla his way up the bowery as steadily as he could he a suddenly decided to t take a cable car unfortunately he was in the middle of the block and cable cars only stop at corners but the gentleman was too much absorbed in whisky and thought ought to realize the fact the first car refused to stop of course so the gentleman retired to the sidewalk and entered the cars number with great care and deliberation in a memorandum book then he essayed a second car about four cars had passed while he had been putting down the number but the second and equally a third car likewise did not stop atop in each case he entered the number of the sinning car in his book finally with in an expression that said ill make this car stop he clutched the handrail on the car platform of a fourth car and pulled back as if stopping a te team of horses the car went on so did the gentleman with the lag jag a cort art of human pennant to the car A passenger on the rear platform ran rang g the bell wildly to stop the car after the car came to a standstill the pennant climbed aboard and calmly put down in his notebook the number of the conductor gripman and car then he dropped asleep triumphantly the me man next to him saw the number of the car az as he had written it down this was it Ca Car number new york sun |