Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-18
He WAS 100 Hoea.sa.
Reaching n London Cahby That All Amerl-
cans Are Not EASY Marks"

aEatiihE ~ ahllNhh thRpl AuaA WI hlltAl=
ans Are Not easy Marks"
The hanson cab Is a London insti.
tuition; al any rate, il Is IN London
seen at lis highest state of perfection.
Long acquaintance has established
custom which has crystalliled into
exact regulation by which every Lon.
don ''cabby' is bound. Most of the
jehus OF that town rent their rigs
cab and horse-from companies. They
must pay so much a day To these COM
panles, no matter what their own luck
may be IN capturing fares. This
sum Is generally n soyereign-say s.
a day. On bad days, therefore, aud
on all days for that matter, there is
the strongest temptation for cabby To
rob his passengers. He has perhaps
not evolu;ed beyond the moral stage
where robbery is possible. But he is
always restrained by the rules-the
laws of the police-which name q SER
tain price for a certain distance. And
every London man knows these rules.
He knows how far he may ride for a
shilling, and how much farther for a
sixpence. And if there is one creature
on earth who is in the habit of main.
tanning his rights against the demands
of nvtortion II is the London man. In
case Of dispute there is always the POI
lI9"au. who, in contradistinction
from the New York policeman, always
decides with, instead Of against. the
respectable citizen.
IL is only when a foreigucr-and es-
peclally an AIacrican-c0mcS 10 Lon
don that the London cabby pricks az
his ears. The American is known
abroad rs the easy mark" for eNtor-
ton. princess, Americans ard fools"
SO the European S1yIn ocs-are
guilty of all the eXtrayl 300 r,. They
overlee walters, oyerply CaDmen ana
ride IN first class railway carriages,
while sensible Europeans looks on IN
wonder and disgust. IN American
a Chicago mgu-tells II AN experience
which he had IN LonlJn. He took a
cab with Il friend I Om his lodging
house IN RloomSbu ~ TO a theatre in
P~iccau.lly Circus. The farc-which
is the same for two persons as for one
was rigiyfully ci- hteen pence But
the American. witt that fool generos-
ity which disting lshcs the American
abroad, gave Tho cabman two shil.
lings The fellow knew at once that
his passenger vas an American-no
Englishmam wolld have been guilty
OF such an iniiScretion and seeing
another siXpenee ia prospect. began 10
clamor for hail a crown.
WHAT did give your" demanded
the American.
Only two bob, sir" said cabry,
''and The fares to-and-six sir, SO 'elp
me GGwd, SIR"
Give me back the two bob" said
the American.
Cabby. expecting that his demands
were to be ac4uicSccd in, handed over
the CON The American thereupon
went Gown into his pocket and ished
out a shilling and u siXpence."
Here. hs sJid, handing the money
TO the ra5man, here is your proper
fare.
Jehr o5cl uautterable things, but,
finding Ala customer firm and police
maj near al hand, pocleted the one
andsiX, together with his alleged
grievance, aud drove away.
So il will be in Chicago when the
mar who uses cabs learns his rights
and knows how TO enforce them.
There will be some unpleasantness for
the pioneers IN the good fight, but
there is glory awaiting the men who
will make ;be first light. Chicago
Herald