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Show Taking All Precautions. (New York Telegraph.) "I was at a little station in the midst of one of the dreariest and dryest stretches of the Frisco road," said the Oklahoma man, "when the throueh express ex-press pulled in. As soon as it stopped a little seedy-looking man with a covered basket on his arm, hurried to the open windows of the smoker and exhibited a quart bottle filled with rich, dark liquor want to buy some cold tea?" I heard him ask. "The eyes of two thirsty-looking cat- i tlemen in the car visibly brightened and they each paid $1 for a bottle. " 'Wait till you get out of the station before you take a drink," the little man cautioned, 'or you'll get me into trouble.' trou-ble.' "He sold another bottle to a big buck Indian with the 'same words of warning, and found three other customers before the train started. J'Yv S(,em t0 have a Prey Rood thing here for a, bootlegger,' I said to him when the train had disappeared 'but I can't see that It would make you run any more risk If these men took a drink before the train left.' " 'Oh. yes. if would,; said the bootlegger. bootleg-ger. 'I'd probably be killed if they did You see. what these bottles had in 'em' was real cold tea,' " |