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Show Thero Is a Santa Fo stugo driver by the name of Sleeper, who Is qulto a character In his way. He answers questions freely, and gives tho passengers pas-sengers a good deal of Information thnt Is not called for by their tickets A nervous old lady was riding lilmn a dangerous looking trail with htm once, when sho noticed a hatchet lying in tho bottom of tho stngo and Inquired why ho carried It. "I uso tho hatchet to knock Injured passengers on tho head," tcplled Mr. Sleeper. Tho old lady gasped with astonishment astonish-ment nnd drew nway from him to tho other end of the seat. Sleeper leaned over toward her, and In a confidential whisper explained: ex-plained: "Wo havo n good many accidents on this hero lino. The stngo's alius tip-pin' tip-pin' over nnd rollln' down precipices, and every tlmo n passenger gits hurt ho sues the company for damages These hero dnmngo suits uses up all tho profits of stagln', nnd wo've had to stop 'em, so overy driver carries a hatchut. When a passenger gits hurt wo simply knock him on tho bend and throw tho body over the preclplc, nnd then there nln't no lawsuit. See?" Montreal Herald. |