Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — How Smith's Friend Go[?] T[?]oug[?]. [ARTICLE]

How Smith's Friend Go[?] T[?]oug[?].

They. viwc uut in. Kansas about 100 -Milfcs and wanted to; rwi*b Kansas dClty. One- of them had a pass for -John Smith and wife. He tvns John fSmltt. all right, but hip frleud could "hardly pass as Mrs. Smith. Although t they were ivactlcally without 'funds. i they hoarded the train. “Take a seat In the rear of the car," said Smith to this friend. ‘Then Smith went forward and sat '•down t>y h young woman. Soon they ■were talking like old friends. »nml the •uhject of tickers was brought up by Smith. He asked her to let llim see her ticket. It was not of the variety that requires the signature of the pui * chaser. Smith examined it until the conductor came o through, and then he handed up his pass and the. tick. t. Pointing to his friend behind, he said. “The extra ticket is for him." The scheme worked. To this dhy the young woman does not know that she was once Mrs. Smith for a short ride -through Kansas.—Kansas City Times,