The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-12

the change. and TO thank me, l found
that she had been crying. If hadn't
+, known before what was the matter with
me, [ should have found out then by
my Sudden anger at whoever had
: made her cry." | wanted to kill some
BODY, but / couldn't do a thing. |
didn't even dare to speak to her, for
can tell you she wasn't any Of your
bold girls, and if | am only street ca1
conductor, / know better than to be
rude to ladies, and she was lady II
she wasn't dressed to kill. When we
stopped / was desperate, and, though
it was against the rule, ] got off the ca
and helped her to the sidewalk, and
the sweet smile she gave me when she
| thanked me was all had tolive on fol
a long time, for lost her again, and
! this time almost gave her up.
By Nav | was so miserable that
mother said | must have a holiday.
| ! went to the Super and told him /
wasn't well and wanted to get off for
a month. He was very kind, said that
/ looked pale, and | could 90, and he
would save me a place when got back
i Y on see | hadn't been in the habit of
running about, and hadn't asked for
a holiday before while | had been on
! the line
So one bright morning | found my
self free to go and do what | liked for
four long weeks. OF course YOU can
! guess thing meant to do if it could
be done. Perhaps If ] had seen the
girl as often as | wanted to | might
have stopped caring anything about
her a.; but | am one of those men that
don't like to have to give up anything.
Fora week ] went every morning to
the starting place of the ears, and ev-
cry night to the corner of Sixteenth
street. Then ] was sure there was no
use looking for her there. She was off
that beat, at any rate, and | did begin
to despair But New York is a queer
place. You may live there for years,
and know that cert;in person lives
there too, and yet you may never
: meet and then again you may meet
Il, day after day the same person, with no
reason for it, or you may stumble
upon somebody III the queerest way;
and that was what happened to me.
was getting tired of roaming
around, looking into stages and cars,
! when one day, after two weeks of my
vacation were gone, an old friend
asked me TO go with him to Brooklyn
We wanted to go to the navy yard
and half dozen other places we had
never seen, so we agreed to take an
early start and spend the day 1t was
| hardly seven when we reached the
| Fulton Ferry. A boat had just come
| in, and crowds OF men and women were
coming through the gates. joe had
got separated fl ON me little and was
ahead, and as | was pushing 20 catch
| him ran against somebody / turned
in a hurry to apologize, and there was
the very girl had been looking for so
| long. As she locked up imagined
| that she knew my face, but she gave
no sign, but hurried on to a Fifth av-
enue stage. OF course Joe made his
trip across the ferry alone, and | al
! ways have to laugh when / think low
astonished he told me he was when he
| looked all over the boat and couldn't
| find me, and then came back and | had
disappeared froin this side, too. 1t
cost me several plates of oysters and
! glasses of ale TO get straight with him
again. But forgot all about him
| did not want to attract her atten-
ton by getting on the same stage, so
| jumped into a carriage and told the
driver TO follow that stage, and he did
SO well that when at last it stopped at
the corner of Thirty-ffth street, we
were only a few steps behind ! let
her get out and go down the street
| before got out then ! paid the driver
and watched her till she went up the
! steps of a nice-looking house Then
| began to wonder what / should do
next.
You are getting tired of my story?
No! Well, I'll make the rest of it as
short as | can. found bakery over
on Sixth avenue, bought some crackers
and cheese and put them in mv pocket;
then | bought a newspaper and book
and prepared to keep watch of that
house till night, for all | knew. |
stayed mostly on the avenue, near the
corner, leaning up against lamp posts
and reading The police looked at me
a little, but as didn' 'ttrouble ANYBODY
/ nobody troubled me. / was just fin
ishing my lunch, a little after II. when
to my great joy | looked down the
street and perceived that part of my
watch was over, for the little grey fig
ure was coming quickly to the corner.
l looked up the avenue and saw stage
more than a block away. She had
not noticed me, as [ was on the onno
site corner, and as quickly as I could.
without attracting her attention, L
crossed the street and began as nearly
a run for the stage as | dared
J caught it just as.is reached Thirty
Sixth street and jumped in. l got
seat at the further end and pulled up
the collar of my oyercoat, fer it was
rather chilly, snd | had worn one