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Then he would say he never heard of Beulah. I would look pityingly at him, but make no reply because it would be no use, and anyway I know Greentown _is_ the changing place, because I've asked three men before; but Cousin Ann always likes to make conductors acknowledge they don't know as much as she does. THEN HE WOULD SAY HE'D NEVER HEARD OF BEULAH I WOULD LOOK PITYINGLY AT HIM BUT MAKE NO REPLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OF NO USE AND ANYWAY I KNOW GREENTOWN IS THE CHANGING PLACE BECAUSE I'VE ASKED THREE MEN BEFORE BUT COUSIN ANN ALWAYS LIKES TO MAKE CONDUCTORS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS SHE DOES
wn station. 'Four ten,' the man would say, and I would fling my whole eight dollars in front of the wicket to show him what manner of person I was. "Then I would pick up the naught-from-naught-is-naught, one-from-ten-is-nine, five-from-eight-is-three,--three dollars and ninety cents or thereabouts and turn away. "'Parlor car seat, Miss?' the young man would say,--a warm, worried young man in a seersucker coat, and I would answer, 'No thank you; I always go in the common car to study human nature.' That's what the Admiral says, but of course the ticket man couldn't know that the Admiral is an intimate friend of mine, and would think I said it myself. "Then I would go down the platform and take the common car for Greentown. Soon we would be off and I would ask the conductor if Greentown was the station where one could change and drive to Beulah, darling little Beulah, shiny-rivered Beulah; not breathing a word about the yellow house for fear he would jump off the train and rent it first. WINDOW ASKING FOR A RETURN TICKET TO GREENTOWN STATION FOUR TEN THE MAN WOULD SAY AND I WOULD FLING MY WHOLE EIGHT DOLLARS IN FRONT OF THE WICKET TO SHOW HIM WHAT MANNER OF PERSON I WAS THEN I WOULD PICK UP THAT NOT FROM NOD IS NOT ONE FROM TEN TO NINE FIVE FROM EIGHT TO THREE DOLLARS AND NINETY CENTS OR THEREABOUTS AND TURN AWAY POLLAR CAR MISS THE YOUNG MAN WOULD SAY WARM WORRIED YOUNG MAN IN A SERE SUCKER COAT AND I WOULD ANSWER NO THANK YOU I WOULD ALWAYS GO TO THE COMMON CAR TO STUDY HUMAN NATURE THAT IS WHAT THE ADMIRAL SAYS BY THE COURSE THE TICKET MAN COULDN'T KNOW THAT THE ADMIRAL IS AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF MINE AND WOULD THINK THAT I SAID IT MYSELF THEN I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE PLATFORM AND TAKE THE COMMON CAR FOR GREENTOWN SOON WE WOULD BE OFF AND I WOULD ASK THE CONDUCTOR IF GREENTOWN WAS A STATION WHERE ONE COULD CHANGE AND DRIVE TO BEULAH DARLING LITTLE BEULAH SHINY RIVER BEULAH NOT BREATHING A WORD ABOUT THE YELLOW HOUSE FOR FEAR HE WOULD JUMP OFF THE TRAIN AND RENT IT FIRST
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