The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-10-14

81 beg your pardon. Ma'am, but
you sat down on my nickel" which
very courteous speech produced no
more impression than did the first.
Curious and curiouser," said AL
ice, and then, as the people swayed
right and left at the conductors ap-
proach. she laid Ter hand on the big
woman's arm, and said, with quite a
tragic little air this time:
80. | beg your pardon. but Vol sat
down on my nickel, and then the big
woman turned round, shook her head
discouragingly and said:
81 guess you're mistaken" I never
saw You before in my life," which S,
1ustered the little woman that she
dropped back in her seat quite pale
with the exigencies of the situation
and the big drummer leaned away
down, and asked her DO you know
where ynu want to get Off which
made her angrs and she sat up very
straight and said she did, and just then
he was swayed to one eide like the
leaning tower of Pisa. and the conduc-
t!r's hand appeared with a Stare,
please"
The hand waited patiently for a
minute, aud then, not receiving the
desired fare, the head and BODY ap-
peare1 after it. As soon as she c, uid
see his face, the little woman whis-
pered t. him that she couldn't pay
her fare just now, for this lady
had sat down on her nickel. "
(She was afraid to mention the
pocket-book with that drunken man
on the carr This little speech was
delivered with MANY stammeriDgs and
much b;ushing. and the officious new
conductor reached up, pulled the bell
rope, stopped the car in the middle OF
the block, aud said, in the dead silence
that reigns around still car on a
stormy night. "Sorry, Miss but We
Can't let you ride for nothing" You
oughtn't took csr if you didu'.
have any nickel" upon VIII oh every
body turned 20 look at the little wO.
man, and the judge, the drummer,
the two boys, the washerwoman aud
one of the ''sassiety" ladies, with
patronizing air, aud a shrug at the
sle-t outside, offered to pay her fare.
All OF Which angered the little woman
very much, and Sic held her hesd
quite up, looked the 'nductor full in
the face, and said in rather a high
key, Il didn't say l couldn't pay my
fare, said this lady sat down on my
nickle." As the contrast between the
TWO forced itself upon the passengers,
they all began to laugh. which made
he little woman angrier than ever,
md then they all stopped.
Then the big conductor, who would
readily have undertaken to adjust any |
;..i~ difference. ha.yan o. esr.h |
hat occurred within the bounds of the |
,ar, reached over, seized the uncon-
.cious cause Of all this "unrranqu lity"
by the arm. and said. "This lady says
you sat down on her nickel" he
fat woman turned around, faced the
angry Ii tie woman, became conscious
Of our expectant faces, and slowly re-
settled herself with The remark 81
never saw her before In my life.
Then the conductor grasped The truth
She was deaf He rang the bell for
the car to 90 on, leaned over and
shouted in her ear, "You sat down
on her NICKEL"
This time she heard half the SEN
tence. She heard the word "nickel",
turned and glared into the little
woman's wrathful face, and burst into
a torrent of words that could only
come firm an Irish woman with a
grievance. She thought she was &C.
cused of stealing the nickle. She de-
tailed her personal history to them
with all the impracticable evidence
she could command, explained the
high esteem in which she was held in
her neigborhood, appealed to them for
corrobortion, which was beaped upon
her lavishly by the drunken man who
was also becoming excited. she
wanted to be arrested and searched in
the car: produced the contents IF her
own pocket-book. and accounted for
the various nickels therein: wanted
to arr. st the little wtm'n and con-
due or: was going to sue the road for
4 pfamation OF character wanted the
names of the passengers for witnesses:
bused them all for laughing at her
T for the little woman was in the cur
tent now and laughing rs hard as
and hen she came to her
street, she fairly backed the speechless
md astounded conductor down the
isle, on the platform, off the steps,
md into the mud, and we left her