Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-07

Having finished collecting the fares, the
conductor of n Washington avenue, St.
Louis hO-se-caT cane to his perch on the
rear platform and said there would be 10
smoking allowed on the car. 1t seemed TO
delight him to sly this; lie looked as if he
were saint.
/ The passenger said nc had seen people
smoke on the car before, and the conductor
said. ''Not this car" as he jerked the
! IbcIl-strap and struck his thumb in the back
/ of a lady to support her Is she boarded the
conveyance of civilization.
Il didn't say this car" said the pas
Isenger, as he threw bis Havana INTO the
street.
/ Its nothing 10 ne whether a man
/ smokes or not" growled the conductor,
''only catch thunder for it from the
. Company"
! Seeing that the fellow softened, and
noticing a regretful glance creep over his
I face, the passenger concluded to engage
I him in ''sweet converse" Reassuring him
self that the conductor had no deadly
weapon concealed on his person, the cigar
. less citizen ventured:
zone Of you fellows struck oil in Chicago
the ether day.
The conductor" knit his eyebrows as if
the word ''iellows' had alarmed the bile on
his liver, and then asked, ''dow wastha;!' y
''2ich mans daughter became fascinated
with him; ran away from home and mar
riet him. And It has caused quite stir.
''Girl didn't wealen!" he asked quickly,
for the statement interested him greatly.
40; she isfrn."
"Do Won know what | Think" he asked.
Il would have puzzled a ph-en0logis. to
/ have guessed what he thought or whether
7 ne had eyer thought at ali or not; bus the
citizen made no a.lusiOn to this, and Kept
the fellow in a good mood by asking him
what it WIS he did think.
''I think a h0ss-car conductor has as
much right to marry rich as anybody else,
+ il he can get the chance; don't YOU p
''Why, Of course
An more OF us would get there if we
only had time TO devote 10 the girls. IOu
/ see, mister, conductors lie don't give
him no chance to write p0'try and soft let
tiers. ortn hang around the gates"
The citizen venturcd that the routine Of
the lives oi such men afforded little time
. for the pleasures incident to cour;ship.
AN then when We make mash some
dry-goois CLERK viii iia1 it ous, and will
foilec his girl an take her home. l have
noticed that dry-goois clerk Is thc most
iealousest OF mel, an specially Of oon1uc-
/ tors. ;"
You interest mc!r said the citizen.
''You see We have chances of maxim a
mash where nobody else kin. We iiirt on
the sly; sonctimCs it takes, an sometimes
Z i, don't. Frinstance, see a purity high
strung girl on the corner with her finger up.
put up my finger and smile,-this way.
/ (Aiay the Lord deliver the citizen from ever
seeing such a smile as that again.
'.Ef Size gives 4 correspondent smile, y be
continued, II stop the kecr, and as she
/ gifts aboard / gently squeeze her arm as she
comes up, no;icin her face all the while to
B see if it bushes; ef it Do, know she has
noticed it, an then 1 gently press my
thurnb between her shoulders Ostensijly to
steady her. bul in reality to test her more
I ef she kind o totters, it's evidence to my
mind that she is suceptible; ef not, | take
/ it she haint no use for me. or else she loves
another. Did get your ticket, sir: 2
The citizen had given up one ticket, bu',
rather than run the risk of getting into a
dispute and swapping the thread Of the
Charming narrative, he gave Up another.
'.Yes, indeed" said the fellow with a
sigh. What be said il 70. the citizen could
not divine. 1t had no earthly connection
with what he had been talking about, but
the citizen did not allude to the irrelevancy
of the remark.
sThen, when she sits down appear in
different for while, an finally venture
up an say Fare, please" have my voice
trained, an kind o put a tremble on the
word please Ef she fumbles around for
change it's purity good evidence she's
willin' to fiirt. Ef she pulls ont half case,
or a case note, when she's got a quarter,
you kin bet your boots that she would send
a 'volenteen' around ef she had the address.
l give her change and slip without tearn'
off any ticket, for ye see We aint got our
necks creased yet on this line, and she
notices that she has not been charged for
her ride. No matter how rich her father
is, or how many sparks she has 20. On to
her dukes, there amt no girl but wha, fes,s
a thrill at bein' dead d-headed. After while