The morning news., 1889-05-31
WHAT THE DEAR CHILD SAID.
A Whole Carful Kept in Cruel Sus-
pense by Young Lady and Noisy
Bridge.
From the Ne,p York Sun.

from Hte -NeD 1 OfK ONn.
When the business mems train drew up
at Elizabeth Saturday morning there was
only one seat occupied in the second car. A
beautiful young lady sat next the window,
and with her was a person whose featur es
suggested the sporting man. The car filed
up with bankers and brokers aud down
town business men, nearly all young, and
as keen and we'll posted as such men in New
York are certain to be. They might have
paid no attention to the young lady, in
spite of her beauty, had it not been for her
penetrating voice. 1t was liquid music, but
its tones were futelike, and as sae was vi
vacious and spirited, she made herself
heard by all in the car. Just as the train
started from Market street, Newark, she
interested every man in the Elizabeth
party.
Children are SO funny" said she.
"There's Martha Dollybear's little boy.
He has got the face of a perfect angel. The
lass thing you'd expect to hear him say, if
you could see his face, would be a naughty
word. You would not believe that an i'm
proper thought could form itself in his little
mind"
Every man in the car stopped talking to
his neighbor and listened to what she was
saying. There was nothing that they could
say or look at or think of tnat seemed 50 in
teresting as this novel bit of confidence
poured out TO the whole carful.
Martha has to whip him, because he
really swears sometimes, only ne is so deli
cate, you know, tlaJ she does not dare be
really rough with him But to look at b i'm
you would think butte wouldn't melt in
his little mouth. Well, as l was saying,
she took him 80 O'NeLps on Sixth avenue to
get one oysters, and she was eating and
reading and not expecting anything any
more tLan you ever do from q child, YOU
know, when, what do you think he said .
| Why, he touched her arm aud he said to
her: Mamma, mamma"
Precisely at this point the train rolled
with a crash and a roar upon the iron
bridge over the Passaic. The noise drowned
her every word as complet lY as If sac had
ceased talking. Those VINO we're nearest TO
her leaned forward almost to the point of
rudsneSs. Tbo two mel Immediately be-
hind her evidently heard the conclusion of
the story. Their faces betrayed the rat
ural satisfaction of having done so. On all
the other faces was look OF keen di5ap-
pOintment peculiar to see, and to ref ct
upoa, as showing how human even the
smartest men are and how prone to yield to
the very weaknesses that they woul1 cri j.
else most sharply in Others. Wnen the
train dartsd from the noisy bridge to the
soft earth of the meadows the pretty girl
was saying: REALLY, don't you think tnat
was too awful, coming from child, you
klowp
The men next behind the two, who had
evidently heard this awful" disclosure,
leaned over and got the conclusion of TIE
story in d whisper. They were proided in
tu-n by the mel bshlud them, who alsD
heard the story. TIE tale was being passed
in this way from one couple to another,
when the station in Jersey City was
reaclel. Then up rose a ruddy-facel, q,
J ~ in ha - ~ Of
called out 10 tle others, The E.izabe b
contingent will please stay in the car a
moment The men waited, standing in
their seats, until the pretty girl and her
companion had gone out.
Now sad the portly man, will NJ.
Sulzbacner please inform the res. Of us
what the child with the face OF an angel
said TO its mother in the oyster sllJon2
Let's all have it at once, 50 we can 60 u
business with our minds lree.n
"Oh, IL was nothing said the man who
was called upon.
"Of course it was nothing. Nothing ever
is a1ythins, but in heavens name give 1t
out
"Why.' said Mr.. Sulzbacher, "the dear
little boy with the taco OF an angel callei
out, Mamma, mamma, can't you win me
three or four crackersf'
"O-o-o-o-h" came from all the men.
"rhe point lies in the freedom with which
the child employed the yeraacular Of the
turf, and -'
"Rats!' exclaimed the men as they FLED
ont of tho car