Екатерина Жигалкович

One day narrator's uncle Melic travelled from Fresno to New York. Before he got on the train his uncle Garro paid him a visit and told him about the danger of travel.

Uncle Garro advised Melic to choose his sear carefully, sit still and not to look about.

Garro also warned Melic about two men wearing uniforms. He said that the men would come down the aisle and ask Melic for his ticket. Uncle Garro advised to ignore them, because they would turn out to be impostors.

After that uncle Garro told Melic about a pleasant young fellow who would offer him a cigarette. Garro suggested him to day he's not a smoker, because Garro predicted the cigarette would most likely come to be doped.

Melic agreed with everything and continued listening. 

Uncle Garro warned Melic about a beautiful young lady that he should ignore and pretend to be deaf, because the lady would turn out to be an adventuress and cause Melic trouble. 

Garro also forbade Melic to play cards in the smoker. On his opinion, that was the only way for Melic to travel safely.

Oh, I almost forgot, uncle Garro gave Melic a tip for keeping his money safe. According to the tip, Melic was supposed to put all his money in a shoe and put it under the pillow. Melic was supposed to keep his head on the pillow all night and not to sleep at all!

Melic agreed with everything his uncle had told him and even tried to follow his advice. But...nothing bad happened, so he gave up the whole thing and just enjoyed himself. 

When Melic returned from New York, his uncle visited him again. However, Melic didn't tell him the whole truth about his journey because he didn't want to neither disappoint nor upset his old uncle. Uncle Garro was very pleased to know that his experience was profitable for somebody else.