San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
The Difference In Girls.

Wben the world is so full of young
neople who are too smart, and VINO are
Continually asserting themselves, and
showing that they most always want
to have something to say, 1t Is pleasant
TO occasionally meet a real modest
young person, who had rather suiier IN
con yenience and torture, even, than TO
make any fuss. This was noticed more
particularly during the last rainy day,
when the heavens seemed to be weep
inc over the loss of the sun, which had
not been seen at its accustomed haunts
for over q month. An old man got
into q street. car with his umbrella as
wet as it is possible for an umbrella to
he. 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 put it right into the low shoe
of one of these 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 at
tention to what he was doing, but she
seemed to relent, and with resigned
expression, as though she hoped he was
not going to ride many blocks, or per-
heps somebody would go and give him
a seat. she looked out of the window.
Once she moved her head as though she
would look down at her shoe to see
how near full of water it was, but again
she thought better for it, and looked
across the car at man with wart on
his nose. After few minutes she be-
gan to SILVER, which was conclusive
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 II sac
spoke to the man about it, he would
think her very foreward, and that she
was guilty of an improperly III speak
ing to stranger without an introduce
tion. Finally she became nervous, and
when girl begins to get nervous some,
thing has got to be done. She blushed
and touched him on the hand that held
the mbrella handle with her little tiut-
tering finger and said:
"May ask you, sir, without seeming
to be impolite, to do me a favor?"
"Why certainly, miss" said the old
man, as he looked down at her. what
is it?"
"Will you please take your umbrella
out of my shoe, for moment, and let
me take the shoe off any empty It,"
"For heavens sake, miss, was my
umbrella in your shoe? l beg pardon"
and he took it out. -,
ats of no consequence at all, ," said
the little lady, as she turned up her
shoe on the side and let the black cam
brio water out. "There, you can put 1t
right back, or if you would prefer
lry shoe for your umbralla you can put
t in this other one"
But the old man blushed and moved
% the other end of the car, and st 'pped
IN another girls foot. The other girl
vas not that kind of a retiring child OF
nature, and she looked up at the old
with fire in her eye and
very red hair on her head meaning
business, and said:
Cant you keep off of peoples feet?
You better ride in a sprinkllpg cart
When You go anywhere. Why don't
,ou look where you are walking?
lon't see what the city bought a stone
rusher for, when you could walk on a
tone quarry and furnish cobblestones
or pavement.
The old man pulled the bell rope, and
,uting his umbrella under. his arm he
talked the whole length of the car,
off several hats with his UNI
,relIa, but he didn't mash any feet, for /
IL the passengers put their feet under
he seat. 1t beats all what Il difference
here is in girls.-Peck'S San.