Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
vent the conductor for her fare, and

nothing when he called Fare please
but kinder pointed to the five. Well.
he refused to pick it up, and says re-
spectfully:
{" If you can't hand me the fare,
ma'am, as YOU should, / shall not pick
it up from there
"Then she bridled up and called him
an insolent puppy, and said she'd re-
rort him. ale marched out of the car
and left the nickel lying there, deter
mined not to be bluffed."
"Did she make a complaint"
"You bet she did! He was hauled
up for it the very next day in great
shape. She hasn't rode on my car
since, though" he added abscnt-mind-
eddy.
When the car reached Twelfth Street
half dozen unsalted youth OF the dis
tincsively orally period boarded it, and
distributing themselves over the plat
form. began their inanc chatter.
Come, now," said the conductor,
"you are not allowed to stand on the
platform as long rs there is standing
room inside; move on, please" The
Cholleys and Clarcnccs cast indignant
chances at him for a moment, stalked
through the car and began to struggle
with their paper cigarettes.
"Have YOU that kind of Il ruler" in
quired the reporter, who had become,
by reason of much practice, an expert
at wriggling through a packed mass Of
humanity when escaping from a car.
That's putting it a leetle mite
strong,' said the bcll-ringer. Then,
opening mis- little book. he read the
rule. "It directs us to ask passengers
to refrain from crowding the platform,
and we have had practically the same
rule for some time, but this was given
out to us a few days ago to paste in
our books, so as to freshen II MEM
DRY. Panorama placc!" he called sud-
denly. between the opening and closing
OF the door on Il thin man wearing q
faded plush cap.
But why Panorama placer" queried
the reporter. a In Lord Arthur Somer-
sault.
Because it's pantomine," he re-
turned quickly, having evidently heard
the original, and making a sweeping
gesture toward the two circular build
ings. Now I'll tell YOU" he continued
seriously. 1--WE have our orders to call
it so. For my part l think it's a shame
to change the name of a court that was
called for one of Chicago's old settlers
simply to advertise a money-making
show. just why the company agreed
to do it / am not trying to findout. 1t
would be a difficult, not to say danger
GUS, thing to attempt.
81 made a hundred dollars pretty
easy one day last winter" he con-
tinued, as he carefully scrutinized the
face Of his Waterbury to see if
it was running away with time. ''It
was like this: My cousin Sammy is a
detective downtown, and he was tellin'
me about a big robbery that had jus.
taken place. Them newspaper chaps
w found out the whole of that
affair, and I guess now they never will.
You see this English George as they
called him, was a con man., and he
done up a rich old duAer down or
Washington Street for about ST., 700.
The case was kept mighty quiet, be.
cause old Hunks saidhe'd rather lose ali
the cash than to have it come out in
print what q royal chump he was.
$50 Sammy was put on the case and
had been workin' it up for about q
week, when one day he told me a little
about it. Notmuch. mindy you, but just
described the kind of q man he was a
layin' fora little, slender, slick-look-
in duck, with a smooth face and small
hands and feet and never said nothing
about why he wanted him. He prom
Used me a hundred bullets if I'd spot
him at any time, and rs long as l 60:
the Doodle 1 didn't care what they
wanted to run the sharp in for. Well,
about nine o'clock one evenin'. just as
we stopped at Twenty-ninth Street,
there was a woman got on the car that
attracted my attention at once. She
wore a long, loose-fitting sealskin that
almost touched the ground. black silk
mittens, and a thick, brown veil that
you could scarcely see through
couldn't see nothing but the sparks in
her ears. The car wasn't more,'n half
full, but every blessed fare but two or
three was sittin' near the rear door,
leavin' the first half of the car almost
empty. She walked forward and took
a seat pretty we'll towards the from:
door, and when she paid, kept OH her
mittens. / went back all of a tremble
with excitement, for I knew l had that
hundred sure. 1 figured it out that
this con- man, dressed like a rich
lady, was goin' down to make a
train, probably at Twenty-second Street,
and l was afraid she, or rather he,
would give me the slip before l
had a chance to have him arrested, and
l knew he would if he saw 1 was onto
his little game. 1 acted as unconcerned
as possible, but kept a sharp eye ahead
for the lights at the Twenty-fifth Street
Police Station. We soon sighted them,
and by great good luck the Lieutenant
was standing on the steps. I gave him
the tip as sly as l could. and the fell
lows veil must have hindered his look
out. At any rate the Lieutenant
boarded the car in front, as I signalled
him to do, and before Mr.. English
George knew what was up he was a
prisoner. That was a good nights
work for me-"
GLOW did you penetrate so good a
disguise? 1 should have thought YOU
ran a great risk of being mistaken
He laughed scornfully.
''It was easy enough. OF course, ]
was not quite sure it was the man my