Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-21
A B~RAKEMAN'S ROMANCE.
now 1T INTERESTED A PASSENGER
ON A DISAGKEEABLR MIG 1T.
a love story E'old Between stations by a
Man Toe Huppy to Mind n storm.
From the New York Sun.l

was bIectluR III a very QlSagfceabIe
way the other night when q young man
got into the rear car Of an elevated train
at an uptown Third avenue station. The
brakeman followed him into the car,
and, after shutting the door, sat down
and drummed his heels on the mating.
and showed his hands into his pockets
with a look that was notably cheerful. -.
The weather does not trouble you
suggested the young man.
"Me? No. / was just thinking about
my first trip at this business. 1t was III
this very car, 81, and I'm not liL Ply 10
forget it,"
Eyes? p
eyes 1t was a year ago next Thurs
lay. We ran down to the Battery, just
apefore dark, and were on our way ZIP, ~
hanover square, when I noticed a par
ticularly good-!ooking young girl get on
my car. She had such big eyes and
such a-well, I can't just describe her,
sou know, but inst behind her was ole
Of those stylish young dudes from Wal
street or thcreabcuts. He was a regular
masher. The girl Eat down in the third
neat there. The dude got lis eye on
her while he was on the platform, for he
sat down next to her. Then, as I shu.
the gate and glanced III, he leaned over
toward her and said something which
made her Jump MP and walk quickly 70
the other end of tine car, with her face
on fire, while he gigglcd III q way that
got me mad. Three seconds later he
vas sputterin8 something about my
number in the next car, but he wasn't
talking very plain, because he'd got the
wind choked out Of him."
Did the young woman see you ut it?'
81 didn't know then and didn't care.
She tried to say something about thanks
when she got off away up town mere,
hnt she began to cry and ran down stairs.
Then | wanted to go and lick the dude.
but L restrained myself. If | had not
been SO green, You know, I'd never no
ticed the two Of them in the first place
Ever hear from the dudes report Of
you2"
The duck bin of the brakeman's cap
lowered a bit and then he said:
Eyes. / was reprimanded."
Have you seen the young woman,
since?"
The frown was replaced by the sun,
NEST kind of q look.
Yes; Dow and then. Pleasant sort
of an evening after all, isn't it %"
"Well, i'll here, may be. You wert
saying you saw her afterward.'
The brakeman hesitated q minute.
during which he seemed to Ice looking
down through the bottom of the car.
II might as we'll tell you. saw her
often for several months. She used to
get on the train at the same station
about the same hour OF the evening, SC
that she happened on my train. OF
course | never let her know that I saw
her. Along III the eummcr she got on
Ehe tram one evening with Il handsome
young chap who carried IL gripsack an
looked like n man who had been to some
place. They seemed to be mighty IN
tercstcd IN each Other in the car, uuti
all at once she glanced up and saw N,
looking at her very hard. Then sh,
blushed clear up to the tops Of hel
ears, and | was that mad at myself tina
went into tho front car and staycl
there"
- bit jealous, ell q
"Then / didn't see her u moro afte1