IT SURPRISED HIM.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1942, 19 June 1905, Page 7

IT SURPRISED HIM.

Aad For Avrhile It Frightened Hln Too, The upmU crowd was on the hack platform of the car, and all were as talkative as ever. As the car swung onto the bridge the passenger with yellow whiskers spoke up: "I vas goming down der oar in der morning, und it was pretty veil all filled full. I growded oop der aisle, und more people growded in, und pretty soon der aislo vas jem full. I stood by a feller who vas sitting down mit a fur oap on his head. He vas a moon faced fellor xn't light eyes und no eyeprows, und he had a habit of vinklng all der dime. "Veil, dot car vas pooty unsteady, und we tumbled around a good deal. "First ding I knew she glfs a loorch, u lot of beople tumples againrt me and I stop square ou dot vinking feller's toe. I expected he'd holler like a pirate, but Ten I looked upwn at him he choost looked up und vinked. "Two minutes later I stepped mit orate heaviness Mi his ronce more. Dot dime I expected he'd ohump oop und shlug me mit his fists. But he didn't. Ven I looked down at him, h© only vinked i vonoe more. "Veil, chust den der car swung arount again, effrybody fell over effrybody else, und I choomped Bait both feet on dot vinking feller's foot. Now, I thought to mysoiluf, he vill git right oop und kill me, but he didn't make a move. I looked at him und he vas still quietly vinking. Veil, dot made me feel greepy. I tried to look down at hi* feet, bat der growd vas so crato dot I ooudn'tsee nodding. 'ls he perrylized?" I asked myselluf. Den I got a cold shweat ven I dink mebby he vas von of dese lopera, but ha didn't look like a leper; not like dose lepers I readet apout. I dried to growd away from him, but it vasn't no use. Den I looked at him kind of drombllng. His moon face vas turned oop to der ceiling, und he vas gaJmly vinking at der roof. "At last ve reached der market houeo, und all dervimmen got oudt. As der last von moved down der aisle dot moon faced man got oop und to my crate estonishment didn't fall down. Und den—veil, vot do you dink? He ehtooped down und picked oop a pair of rubber boots dot hed been intending by his ?uet und walked oat vinking like a grazy man l How va£ dot?" . . .