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Show MERELY OBEYED THE RULES How the Late Tom Johnson, In Early Life, Squirmed Out of Very Tight Place. When the late Tom Johnson stnrtcd In life he drovo a horse car In Indianapolis In-dianapolis Ono night there war a big storm of sleet nnd snow nntf tho tracks wero almost hidden, Johnson was on the night shift, nnd In tho 'storm ho drove his car two blocks beyan' a curve beforo be-foro ho realized tho car was off tho tracks and slipping nlong on tho Ice Ho tried to pull tho enr back and failed. Thereupon ho unhitched the horses, drovo them back to tho barn nnd left tho enr whero It was. Next day the superintendent culled him. "Here, Johnson," ho said, "what do you mean by driving a car tiff tho track and then leaving It In tho street'" "Why," Johnson replied, suavely, "that's In the rules for drivers and conductors " "In tho rules for drivers and conductors?" con-ductors?" roared the superintendent "Where, I'd like to know'" "Certainly," replied Johnson "It says nlwnvs to ho polite to passengers Do you remember tho kind of a night Inst night was' Well, thcro was a lady on my car who didn't have an umbiella nnd sho lived two blocks from that curve So I drove her home "Saturday Evening I'ost |