The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-07
The Difference In Girls.


When the world is SO full of young
people who are toe smart, and who are
continually asserting themselves, and
showing that they want to have some
thing to say, it is pleasant to occasion
ally meet real modest young person,
who had rather suffer Inconvenience and
torture, even, than to make any fuss.
This was noticed more particularly dur
ing the last rainy day, when the heav-
ems seemed to be weeping over the loss
of the sun, which had not been seen at
its accustomed haunts for over q month.
An old man got into street-car with
his umbrella as wet as it is possible for
an umbrella to be. The seats were all
fall, and he closed his uml rslla and put
the point down on the floor as he sup
posed, 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
attention to what he was doing, but she
seemed to -elent. and with a resigned ex-
preston, as though she hoped he was not
going to ride many blocks, or perhaps
somebody would get out and give
him a seat, she looked out of the win
dow. Once she moved her head as though
she look down at her shoe to see how near
full of water it was, but again she
thought better of it, and looked across
the car at man with wart on his nose.
After few minutes she began to shiver,
which was conclusive evidence to some
that the water was coming up around
her instep, and gradually overlooking the
banks. She looked as though she feared
that il she spoke to the man about it, he
would think her very forward, and that
she was guilty Of an improperly in
speaking to a stranger without an intro
duction. Finally she became nervous,
and when 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 huttering finger and said:
May L ask, you, sir, without SEEM
ing to be impolite, to do me favor? ?"
"Why certainly, Miss" said the old
man, as he looked down at her. "What
isit?"
"Will you please take your umbrella
out of my shoe for moment, and let
me take the shoe off and empty it."
For heavens sake, Miss, was my
umbrella in your shoe? beg pardon, +"
and he took 1t out.
Z" It's of no consequence at all, said
the little lady, as she turned up her shoe
on the side and let the black-cambric
water out. There, you can put it
right back, or if you would prefer dry
shoe for your umbrella you can put it in
this other one.
But the old man blushed, and moved
off to the other end of the car, and
stepped on another girls foot. The 9TH
er girl was not that kind of retiring
child of nature, aud she looked up at the
old blunderbuss with fire In her eye and
every red hair on her head meaning bust
ness, and said
Cant you keep off of peoples feet !?
You better ride in a sprinkling cart
when you go anywhere. Why don't you
look where you are walking? l don't
see what the city bought stone crusher
for, when you could walk on a stone
quarry and furnish cobblestones for pave
ne 1t.
The old man pulled the bell rope, and
putting his umbrella under his arm he
walked the whole length of the car,
knocking off several hats with the UNI
brella, but he didn't mash any feet, for
all the passengers put them under the
seat. It beats all what difference there
is in girls.-Geo. Peck.