Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-11-24
IN A THIRD AVENUE CAR
BY AMELIA Z. BARR.

BY AMELIA Z. BARR.
70 In a great and busy city the boo
Of life lies wide open. "Millior
Of surprises" await those who kee
eyes and hearts attent, for Go
takes many text by the waysid
still, and churches are not the onl
If places in which a sermon may b
heard or a lesson learned. No on
It would be likely to call a Third Ave
nue. car consecratcd ground, unles
d the care, and sorrows, and patienc
y which have passed in and out hay
j hallowed it; yet few nights ago
little incident occurred in one
| which may well make us all re1cc
how often opportunity and duty
} ordain us priests, and we ignore OF
reject the dedication,
| Any one to whom space and com.
fort have a recognized relation.
ship, would have said this car was
already 100 Iull; Dut 'he patience
ana compIalsance OF the New
Yorker is remarkable, and no one
9rumbled when the conductor stop
ped, and took in a little troop of
young girls, evidently just released
( from toll and confinement, and full
Of laughter and conversation. One
soon learns. in New York, to accu-
rately classify the social status or
occupation of the people whom we
habitually meet, and there is no diff
ficulty at all in identifying the girls
employed in stores, either as man
ufacturers or saleswomen. As
general rule, they are bright and
pretty, with wide awake bearing
and a quick intelligence, which ar
CUES "brains to the finger ends" and
these were fair representatives Of
their class.
Presently the car stopped again,
this time for an old woman, heavi-
| ly loaded with basket and bundle,
and utterly tired and exhausted. =
Seeing no seat for her among the
crowd, she SAID wearily :-"Let me
out; l am too tired to stand, and !
l will wait for the next car" In
stantly a gentleman, sitting near
the door rose, saying pleasantly,
Take my seat, madam. lie
moved a few steps forward, but (
was surprised to see the woman for
whom he had made the sacrifice
turn round and walk out with that
air OF submission to adverse cir
cumstances which is perceptible on /
the faces and in the gait OF thou
sands who have virtually abandon t
ed the struggle with evil fortune.
A keen, quick glance backward |
revealed to him at once 'rhy his t
mad been unaFalling. One t
OF the young girls before alluded |
to, Immediately on his vacating his s
seat had slipped trlumphantly INTO t
It and she looked mp with a saucy, S
iehant air into the grave, re- S
face, winch mutely a
Questioned her right. she evident S
y considered she had done smart a
hing, and the tltterlng admiration o
u her companions supported her b
or lew moments even under the II
teady hre oI the bright searchlng a
,aze that was gradually conlouhd- n
ng and humb'mg her' Inc gentle il
nan, delrauded alike OF his seat S
nd his effort to do a KIND action, Il
oaned now against the closed door, W
teadily watching the countenance p
f the usurper. She moved rest N
9ssly under this inquisition; her d
ravado failed her completely, and Il
Consideration like an angel" W
anne, dyeing her checks with
hame, and making her seat as in
olerable as such seats of repent
nee generally are. Perhaps if this &C
ilent reproach had lasted longer S
lere would have been reaction; Il
ut this judge of human nature f
new just how far to go, and when d
e saw the eyes bright with unshed lc
,ars, and the faint trembling round re
lie mouth, indicative Of hardly O
emotion, he stopped and f
lid in gentlest accents, "Little a
irl, l am going out now; but can p,
OF do so until | tell you how sor- ht