Kane County Independent | 1912-10-10 | Page 6 | The Penalty of Politeness

the penalty of politeness when james jamea J hill Is in the humor be will tell you of a pa particularly po lite lie brakeman in the west who never tired r of answering the innumerable able questions put to him concerning tho the peenie features along hla his line usually the brakeman formed part of a crew that comprised d a conductor who was something of a grouch on one occasion when the polite brakeman had been for some time ex satiating patia ting upon the beauties of nature as see seen from tho the car window a passenger whispered to the conductor can you tell me how the brakeman lost his forefinger ho he seems to be a nice aileo fellow sure hes a nice fellow assented the grouchy conductor the trouble why that fellow is so obliging that hes worn his finger off pointing out the scenery along the line judie judge