Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-01
COURTING IN A STREET CAR.
Mr.. JacksOM's Conviction that Mrs.
Lewis is s'Bettr'n any Woman
in the ZiOn.''
New York SUM-

Passengers III Tue + ldtDuSu avenue, DIOOk-
)yn, car last evening, saw little colored
man enter at Clark street. He was seated for
only an instant when he jumped up and went
on a run to the further end of the car, and
seized the hand of decidedly tlashy colored
woman, who wore an immense finger ring
and a Grape bonnet with widows weed.
She looked up amazed, and then the two
laughed as only happy colored people can
laugh.
Il 'clar, Miss Lewis Lewis, l s'sposed we'd
lost you. l havn't seen you since de funeral,
and I've been thinking bout you ever since
them;
mo such thing, Mr.. Jackson said the
widow coyly.
''True as I'm livin man; hope to die if l
amt"
By this time the passengers had edged their
way along, entirely unnoticed by the happy
pair, and the conductor stood in the door and
smiled.
''What was you lookin' for me for, Mr..
Jackson?'
81 wasn't Iookin' for you, zackly, but kin
der thinkin'. I'm gettin' $50 a month now,
Miss Lewis"
'sBe you;'' and Miss Lewis sighed II
suppose I've got to go to the Elbow House
this winter. Times is very hard since MIR.
Lewis died.
eve been thinking bout gettin' married
again, Miss Lewis. The young ones kinder
want watchin' while I'm away;' and Mr.
of his basket This was getting extremely
they had lost the words-whch they did not
must have known from the actions that
Mr.. jackson and ''Miss' Lewis were critical
ly interested.
''Sure enough. Ishould think they wood
poor things. There haint nothin' l miss
more, now Mr.. Lewis is dead, than chil'en." "
''Thirty dollars is pretty good pay these
times, Miss Lewis"
'.Of course, that's SIS more than Mr.. Lewis
got when he was troublin' the water so. !"
What ever Miss Lewis meant by this Mr..
Jackson understood it.
"Yes,' he said slowly che could jess
the water, couldn't he? But he's gone now,
Miss Lewis, and you gave him very good
| funeral"
Then there was silence for few minutes.
Mr.. jackson and Miss Lewis seemed embar-
rassed, and MIR. Jackson appeared to grow
very small and Miss Lewis vary large
''You know what was the first thing l
thought when l seen you jess now," Mr..
jackson said at last.
''dOW M SOlu " huOW WudV yOu ~
| thinkin' bout, Mr.. Jackson
II wos thinkin' you could take care of the
chin an me on $50 month better than
any woman in the Zion."
Il spectI could, Mr.. Jackson" anu Miss
Lewis got very close to Mr.. Jackson, and
then poured out rich giggle, in which Mr..
Jackson joined.
Whether Mr.. Jackson and Miss Lewis, or
the other passengers, who were almost burst
ing with suppressed laughter, presented the
| most interesting sight ct the moment, is a
question Neither said anything more for
some moments-in fact, not until the con-
ductor called ''Sixth avenue
Il clar, Mr. Jackson said Miss Lewis,
''we've come way by Fourth avenue. Stop
the car"
$50 we have. I'll 60 along with you. It's
kinder lonesome here abouts, and the two
left the car.
The conductor said that Jackson lived in
Flatbush, and had four children. His wife
died about five months ago.
':What is an elbow house 2
'sThat's what the Flatbush colored people
call the alms-house.