noon
The conductor , red in the face and puffing from his exertion , swaggered through the car , muttering `` Puppy , I 'll learn him . '' The passengers , when he had gone , were loud in their indignation , and talked about signing a protest , but they did nothing more than talk . The next morning the Hooverville Patriot and Clarion had this `` item '' : -- SLIGHTUALLY OVERBOARD . `` We learn that as the down noon express was leaving H -- yesterday a lady ! -LRB- God save the mark -RRB- attempted to force herself into the already full palatial car . Conductor Slum , who is too old a bird to be caught with chaff , courteously informed her that the car was full , and when she insisted on remaining , he persuaded her to go into the car where she belonged . Thereupon a young sprig , from the East , blustered like a Shanghai rooster , and began to sass the conductor with his chin music .