Have You Seen It?

Every big railroad in this country has a freight car in its equipment bearing the number 12,345, and yet I'll lay reasonable odds that you may tramp this town over and yon will not be able to flnd a man, I care not how much he has traveled, who has ever seen a car with that number. Among railroad men it is known as the "sequence car" or the "one-two-three-four-flve car." Perhaps you never looked for it. I have. For years in my travels I made it a practice to get out whenever the train stopped and take a look at the freight cars in sight, and I have met drummers who told me they did the sanie thing, but never a glimpse did I get of that car nor did I ever run across a man who had been so fortúnate. Try it. Go up to the freightyards in this city or across the river. You will find hundreds of cars, but it's $10 to a pint of peanuts that car lía, 345 will not be among them.