The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1900, Page 2

se of the window or old man e per has passed with us, -car soon the dini k his brown paper » the old man spoken 1 the lunch. and the the look of indigna- e of the stranger, and 1an came reeling oving train with “What did the’ man say?” asked the Bad Boy. “He told me to go to thunder with my doughnuts and cheese,” said the old man, his lip quivering. 3 “Now we will go into the dining-car to dinner,” said the Bad Boy, and the old man got up and followed him. “We will have a feast fit for the gods.” “Mush and milk is good enough for me,” said the old man, but when they got into the dining-car the old man was paralyzed by its beauty. The steward of the car bowed them along with dignity, and the old man thought he must be the owner of the road, and he asked the boy if that was one of the Vanderbilts and was told that it was Corneal Vander- bilt. DAY CALL The waiter bowed low, and the oid man, not to be outdone in politeness, made an old-fashioned courtesy such as he used'to do at a country dance when the fi¢ shouted “honors to partners,” 1 he put out his hand and shook h d of the negro and said he was pleased to meet him. “This is my friend, Senator Petti- grew of North Dakota,” said the Bad Boy, introducing the old man to the waiter, and the old man looked puzzled but sat down. “Remember, until I change your name you are Senator Pet- tigrew,” and the waiter handéd them bills of fare. The old man looked over the bill of fare and said he couldn’t find any fried salt pork and boiled potatoes, but the 'T&E OLD MAN APE AN DLD'FASHIONQD COURT»E»_sVY. boy told him there was other stuff just as good, and he ordered for both, When, the Blue Points came on the old man kicked and said four little oysters like that for a grown man was an outrage, He said when he had oysters he wanted big ones, and he could eat a whole can, The boy put some horseradish and cay- enne pepper on the old man’s oysters and told him to sail in. He took one of the oysters in his mouth, swallowed it; the tears came to his eves and he reached for the bottle of water and said “Jerusalem!” The Bad Boy and his friend Senator Pettigrew went through the bill of fare, and aiter an hour or so went back into the sleeper. where the berths had been partly made up, and the old man watched the operation with in- been doing? and™ will apo Boy, wi ing. “This m ing him to a san lions. grew, and I Let me put ¢ sponsible fc poor, insa The con turned the he took him bacl pered to him: “Now, 1 have saved you mob, but remember you are sane the rest of the trip.” GEO. W. PECK.