The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-22
How lie Got His Change.

A lady, small boy and a areporter were
riding uptown in Broadway omnibus
about midday recently. The lady and
the small boy had evidently paid their
fares when the repol ter got in, = The re-
porter deposited his fiYe-cent nickel in
the glass-front apartment house, and
looked round for something. to think
about, Presently the driver was stopped
j by the uplifted ana menacing forefngerl
of an emineptlY respectable looking gem
presence, and uhyielaing dignity of cour1-
tenanee, who stepped into the bus with
the precision of tying craYat, and in q
moment finding he had no snallchange.
handed the driver a wo1dollar bill. I. Re-,
ceiying his little envelope of silver, he
found tito contain three fifties and somsl
tens and tYes, He quietly, and with
habitual dignity. dropped a fifty-cent
4 pieoelin the two2story bassmentand attic
cash box, slipped the rest of the mouey
in his pocket, and slowly and calmly
/ settled back, folding his gloved hands
on the, heavy handleof his umbrella, and
1 gazing with mild sternness at nothing in
i!partieular. He was the pietufelof self
satisfaction and solid. respectable. COM,
1 posure. It was the calm Before tie
:. Storm The lady looked amused, the
reporter waited il, hope that the light
i ming would strike somehow, and the
small boy stared ifraIuazements $50 amj
Soon the small boy broke loose and
exclaimed: 4" % t'10isJ3'3 -
'eSay ,9nisteri you putsa fifty in the
box, You can get no change that way
bft 4 What! t!''Aand the respectable gentle
mauls dignity ivas gone! He sprang at
I the little bell, strap and ierked it like q
4 telegraph sounder, Until the driver won
dered what lunaticihad gotinto his bus.
f. ''Driyer!m 81 shouted the flushed and
angry respectable gentleman; "Driver,9
/ want nay change Lfputs a. fiftg4eeha
| piece in t;lat box by, mistake and want
t nay change ge.''''a 'oF Ji''siiiti . sos alf'7s1
| ''WeIl, remarked theariyer, Iguess
t.. DO y you 'haaarp Give me- me nv change
in$tantly,for L IHfeport geu totthe com
+, W i'Alf rigd9tg, ggd9gd erssfiiarked the driver. A.
tt,Ysdld better ride right up to the stabIel
4 with men
i TIE Respectable gentleman resumed
his seat thelimageof impotent rageland
! tried to be again respectable and digni-
fed but he matte tlie lady, the reporter
and the small boyiconidents of his per-
sonal opinion concerning the imperti-
nent driver the company, the two pas
senger4eo hes-and-a-freight-c II CASH
box and the. earth in general.
En The respectable gentleman had scarce.
~ settled back agaiajaWith his tgiogedr
hands folded on his umbrella, and gaz-
ing at nothing in particular; But with.
a isternness that was, no. longer, mild !!
I when lady hailed the bus and cot in.
a. happy thought occurred to tfierespeet-
J able fifty-eent passenger He smiled
benignly and with a Permit me,
: na1anAI, took the lady s fiye-eeh piece
andrTpnt it in his, pocket His lips came
/ well together and his. whole face assumed
an ar 0f deteFninatieny 8 AS 1.-The tEfiVeF
1Ilooked down through lhis, ,little box office
window aperture the respectable gentle.
man exclaimed. 81 .sIajJH 9fRF f0 iie
.lti ''DEiyer,4 am going to take fares unr
til | get my change. :?
Il FsWelI, but-1I'' sai2sIstss 9laAa OIL
dg ls'No1buts;s attend to yonrhersesa This
company owes me forty-fiEe, cents, and
! Pm going 10 have it before leave the
! stages3 e5og fire ngl,y asaE,tssE -,ffas 4
How long it took the driver to abpre-
Z ciate the Situation the reporter did not
/ inquire, but he 9said no more. 4 Soon a
gentleman got in, and the companyis
p creditor moved toward the front fof ffhe
stage and teekf, his fare. eyplaining the
case. All the passengers smiled. Pres
L entity two ladies' entered Everybody
looked at the respectable gentleman and
smiled again, the small boy. clapped his
1 ! hands, the creditor looked detelamineds
4 ffoWned slightly, took the ladies' ! ten
cents and put it in his pocket. The
driver merely looked down to see how
many, -ffares'i1 got in When "a young
; man got in, the smile became broader
than ever He isata opposite the fertyl
five cent creditor. The latter. leaned
: forward, touched the young man on the
knee, and said: -, s.,
II will take your fare, sir. ? 'sslit'S'ss'i y
The tone was so conmanding ithatthe
newcomer handed over his coin
aRnazedlys and the receiver Slipped it in
hispockets The young man, after con-
tinuing to stare at the self-appointed
conductor awhile, exclaimed .3lif 10 Lnf
f. ''Where' symy five cents Rt aspw tod
# 'In my pocket, sir
4 "Giye me my FIVE cents change, gave
you ten .cents.'1 4o aTu1nsT ad
.'Sir, it is all right. am taking fares
for the present. Iaccidentally, !" etc. 9a
swell, that's all right But / want
my five cents change
II beg your PARTON, :, said the respect
able gentleman, ignoring the qyonng
imam S request, aud evidently too much
occupied with his mental arithmetic to
catch the, idea. Tie other passengers
were BY this time roaring with laughter,
and the voting man Became angry an
;. voeiferous and threatened, to, cali an Off
Ger, and finally. the citizens movement
! creditor suddenly eaugitifIlei meaning
ofthe young mans rempnstrance, and
: with profuse, but dignilied apologies
! banded him five cents. " HBHa f01 on
When the eporteFleftthe scene of this
fareical comedy. the respectable gentles
: man had got up to forty cents and had
begun to look mild once more. Z IN. r
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