Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-26

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and the envy Of the other passenger
vere such that TIE esennce Of tso ~
vss snncsscsd- They took seass dirscs-
~ opposite the happy party and TIE
larger man of ths too. siiehaly drunk.
began 10 make renArks stosf the pie.
tuse before him. His friepd vas evi-
dently ashamed and tried 20 sslenos
him. The young man in saH. With TIE
ladies. remained 1uiet-she defence -
masking iss h&na. Enbolden~d by this
silence the msn in blpe vinked At The
lady Passenger 10 his night and vas
preparing 10 smile, when the iafv op-
PosIse. on his left. sprxng 20 her feet.
stepped scross the car. and. vIfh her
epea iefs hand pushed the half harmed
cigar which he held in his teeth into
his mouth. While With the right fisf she
gave him . singing blow on the nose.
TIE EXPRESSION on the fare Of the fell
lov sss one Of unaffected surprise.
The other lady laughed heartily. and
said. play fully. 70 the conductor. Shell
Whip him easily; Ill lay you t-o 10
one. Thscar vas going very fast.
PATIRHr uxpER IksrLr.
The friend Of the assaulted man inter.
fered and cast some reflections upon
The oharscters Of the ladies and their esz
sort Instead Of taking offence. ia
yoasS maa whose standing in society
IVES questioned only smiled and said
Take care Of your friend. or the lady
may throw him ont of the window"
The contestants had nov clinched and
the heroic man in blue made an effort
to strike his fair antagonist in the face,
but she eluded him and both rolled on
the door Of tho car.
sit up, Mary" said the gallant
young man. pushing the lady. still by
his side, into perpendicular position.
Then addressing the second man, he
said. Now. my Christian friend, your
turn has come" The crash OF broken
glass WAS hoard simultaneously with the
blow delivered on the offenders face,
and the gallant youngster closed with
the elder sport" The conductor again
and was struck o dazing
blow on the nose. First blood from
not her-the conductor. The driver
whipped up his horses. "Here's q
lark" said a baker. emerging from q
cellar, and started after the car.
sHH NEVER WEAKENED"
All were on theirsleet again, and the
lady, who had not uttered q
word, was doing effective work with
her finger nails upon her portly antag.
onist's face. How the car spun along!
Somebody called for the police, but the
noise within drowned it. The sight of
blood loosed the tongue OF the woman
in white. She screamed! Then she
look long breath and screamed again.
The car stopped. A travelling circus
Was we'll enough, but q madhouse did
not look right on wheels.
"ARRzsT raIN-I Guss NOT"
A policeman arrived, and the tattered
md blood stained combatants were
dragged apart, still glaring at each
other.
"Who makes charge against these
people?" said the officer.
No response.
do your" This was addressed to
he conductor.
mo"
do you?"-to the passengers.
"No." Why should they?
"Drive on"-was the officers order.
"Twenty-sixth street," said the con-
iuctor soon after; and the young peo-
,ls having left the car, the passengers
,raced themselves ir the corners for
mother nap.