The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-07-01
THE DIFFERENCE IN GIRLS.

When the world is full of young PEG
pie who are too smart and are continually
asserting themselves, and showing that
they want to have something to say, it is
pleasant to occasionally meet real
modest young person, who had rather
suffer inconvenience and torture, even,
than to make any fuss. This was noticed
more particularly during the last rainy
dav. when the heavens seemed to be
weeping over the loss of the sun, which
had not been seen at its accustomed
haunts for over a month. An old man
rot into street car with his umbrella as
wet as it IS possible for an umbrella to
be. The seats were all full, and he closed
his umbrella and put the point down on
the floor as he supposed, but in fact he
nut it right into the low shoe of one OF
those sweet, modest girls, right on to her
stocking. and the dirty water more than
poured down into the shoe. At first she
looked as though she would move her
foot. and call his attention to what he
was doing, but she deemed to relent, and
with resigned expression as though she
hoped he was not going to ride many
blocks. or perhaps somebody would get
ont and give him seat, 50 looked out oil
the window. Once she moved her head
as though she would look down a
her shoe to see how near full of water 1t
,ela thpr nh +.
and looked across the car at man with
a wart on his nose. After few minutes
she began TO shivcr, which was conclu-
siye evidence to some that the water was
coming up around her instep, and grad
ually overlooking the banks. She looked
as though she feared that if she spoke To
the man about it, he would think her
very forward. and that she was guilty oil
an improperly in speaking to stranger
without an introduction. Finally she be-
came nervous. and when 4 girl begins 10
get nervous something has got to be done.
She blushed and touched him on the hand
that held the umbrella handle with her
little tluttering finger and said
May ask you. sir, without seeming
to be impo!ite, to do me q favor?
Why certainly, miss" said the OLD
man. as he looked down at her. What
is ita''
"WIl you please to take your umDrella
ont of my shoe, for moment, anu e'
me take, the shoe Off and empty it.
" For heavens sake, miss, was my UNI
brella in yonr shoe: ] beg pardon, anu
| he took it out.
Its of no consequence at all, said
the little lady, as she turned up her shoe
ON the side and let the black camprlc
water out. "There. you can put 1t right
back, or il you would prefer dry shoe
for your umbrella you can put it III TINS
| other one
| But the old man blusLed and moved
| off to the other end of the car, and step
ped on another girls foot. The other
girl was not that kind of retiring chilo
of nature. and she looked up at the oIo
blunderbuss with fire in her eye anu
every red hair on her head meaning 'u'f
ness, and said:
Cant you keep off of people feet
You better ride in sprinkling cart when
you go anywhere. Why don't You lock
where you are walking? don't see what
the city boushta stone-crrsher for, when
you coald walk on stone quarry ana
furnish cobblestones for pavements."
The old man pulled the bell rope, and
putting his umbrella under his arm lie
walked the whole length of the car,
| Knocking off several hats with The UNI
brella, but he didn't mash any ieet' 10Y
all the passengers put their feet under
the seat. 1t beats all what differences
there is in girls.