The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-17
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Come OF tile Eccentricities That Distinguish
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Come OF the Eccentriclties That Distinguish
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"Be spry, now, II you want to get up
here" remarked a Broadway stage-driver
one day last week to a fat man who was
endeavoring slowly and painfully to climb
over the wheel up to the perch beside the
drivers seat.
"Don't see what you are In such hurry
about" observed the passenger, as he
wiped the mud Off his trousers which he
had carefully scraped from the tire Of the
wheel on his laborious ascent. .,fT-
"Got TO hurry. The other stage is over
a block ahead Of me, and IL won't do for me
to let 1t get too far ahead, though I'd like
to well enough.n g no iat yyrd
"Why don't you, then, and give more
time for your passengers to get on and
OFF," ul ssrgnNrs. NsrJI t1Ig
because the man behind would report
me. You see, when Pm only little ahead
Of him catch all the fares and that leaves
him. empty,p. rg,r,
"what difference does that make to
hinpn 4 " y ~ " ~
"Just the difference between $10.50
week and nothing. eyes," continued the
driver confidentially, "if he doesn't do a
fair days work he Isl laid off,"
"What's fair days work?"
swell, that depends on the day. To-day
is not too hot nor too cold and it doesn't
rain. It's good day for travel l ought
to take in, s.. If don't Pm laid off and
SOME one else put in my place. The jot
ain'C like street railroading." r
"Pays better, don't it?"
"Same wages, but more chances" 4F Z
"More chances,-howW y ll tEl.ta
The driver eyed the fat stranger sus.
piciously, and discreetly changed the
subject"
"This amt as good a team as / had last
week. had old Kitty and hermate. She
is the best stage horse in the city. Must
be close on to twenty years old, but spry
"Do most horses last that long" in
quired the passenger.
swell, l should say not. Some amt
good for more than six months. There's
just the difference in horses that there is in
men. Some amt worth powder enough
to blow them up. Some horses get oil st owe
to pieces in no time. Their feet give out.h
"How much are they worth In the first
| placer" tEl e1i
.All the way from $50 up. But after
they are used up they sell for what they'll
bring. They are, bought by hucksters and
farmers, and sometimes, they make first
class horses after long restp tA
al don't see how ydutcani support o
family on $lO.5O a week." remarked the
passenger. Vh3lij1l lrJ I
"I'm not telling you everythiugp w
''I know that" returned the passenga
half apologetically. ~ merely asked
throus ia curiosity"
| t'Wel,I don't mind telling you that Ilefi
| ajob Jas express driver that paid me $40 q
week to come here, and could go back to-
\ morrow at S19h | Wanted to-"
~ snake extra money here"
----HAll 1 can get hold of.".-.--.----.------. of.
"How many passengers have you on top
to-dayPtl
AAfter thrusting his hand into his coat
pocket and jingling some coins rather
noisily, he. replied: "Thirty-6ve cents
that's seven to-day. It won't do TO gel
caught at It, though. IL IS only the dis
honest drivers that get caught. Going Ia
get. off heres All right. I'll slow up,
| Whoa" q
And with crack Of the whip, the.stage
and its honest driver rumbled Off in the
distance and disappeared around a bend
| In the street.