The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-07-05
THE DIFFERENCEIN GIRLS.
BY GEO. W. PECK.

BY GEO. W. PECK.
When the world is so full of
young people who are too smart,
and who are continually asserting
themselves and showing that they
want to have something to say, it
is pleasant to occasionally meet a
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 day, when the
heavens seemed to be weeping over
the loss Of the sun, which had not
been seen at it's accustomed haunts
for over a month. An old man
got into a street-car with his UNI
brella 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 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 re-
lent, and with resigned expires.
sion, as though she hoped he was
not going to ride many blocks, or
perhaps somebody would get out
and give him a seat, sho 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 of it and looked
across the car at a man with wart
on his nose. After a few minutes
she began to shiver, which was con.
elusive evidence to some that the
water was coming up around her in.
step and gradually overfowing 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 OF
an improperly, in speaking to a
stranger without an introduction.
Finally she became nervous, and
when girl begins to 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 1 ask you, sir, without
seeming to be impolite, to do me 8
favor?"
"Why, certainly, miss said the
old man, as he looked down at her
'What is it?''
"Will you please take your um
brella out of my shoe for moment
and let me take the shoe off an6
empty it?''
'For Heavens sake, miss, was
my umbrella in your shoe? I beg
pardon" and he took it out.
'It's of NO consequence at ALL
said the little lady, as she turned
up her shoe on the side aud let the
black cambria water out. There
you can put it right back, or if you
prefer a dry shoe for your umbrella
you can put it in this one
But the old man blushed and
moved off to the other end of the
car, and stepped on another girls
foot. The other girl was not that
kind of retiring child of nature
and she looked up at the old
blunderbuss with fire in her eye
and every red hair on her head
meaning business, and said:
"Can't you keep off Of peoples
feet. You better ride in sprink
ling cart when you 60 anywhere
Why don't you look where you are
walking? I don't see what the
city. bought stone-crusher for,
when you could walk on a stone
quarry, and furnish cobblestones
for pavement"
The old man pulled the bellrope.
and, putting his umbrella under
his arm, he walked the whole