Must Have Ice.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2968, 4 August 1888, Page 2

Must Have Ice.

This is tlio latest good American storyOn overland train. A newly ; : married couple are on their way from San Francisco to New York, Tho v railroad track is dusty, and tho. heat,. ' excessive, After some hours tho ' young bride, a capricious blonde, aska for a drink of ico wator. There is no ice, and the husband is in despair, ' 1 Fifty dollars for some ice," he cries. "Fifty dollars?" inquires a fellowpassenger, "Yes." " Very well, I will get you some at tho next station.",' And at tho next station the fellowpassenger produces a plate of ico and ' reoeives bis fifty dollars. Same scene ' the next day, The fellow-passenger ■ demands a hundred dollars, and pro-, oures at the sesond station another, ' . plate of ice, Samo scene tho next day again. " Ice!" cries the husband, . I must have ice. I will have ice." This time tho passenger dotfLnot reply, "Icol" again cries tl™usband, •' A hundred and fifty dollars." Thepassonger does not move. "Two hundred and fifty dollirs." StWlie does not movo. "Five hundred dol-' ; lars," fairly shrieks the husband, while the fair bride looks on with ■ limpid and beseeching eyes, "Impossible sir," says the fellow passenger ■ ■ 1 with much dignity of manner, " Your offer is tempting, but I examined my uncle at the last station, and if I tako any moro ico out of hispoftin, he won't last till we get to Ncfr York. 11 • •