The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-05
THE WOES OF aCABBY.r
nnnmerable Hardshipe Are HIS TO
Bear.

no Is Subjected Alike 10 Dtsagrceabie
People nnd Indictment Weather
and Ia Poorly Paid for
His Services.
Talk about n po1iccmans lot being
'an unhappy one, sold veteran hack
driver the other evening to New York
Herald man, well. you can lay large,
gioony and peculiar wagcrs that
l Will swap lots with any police
mon ON the cast or west side-or,
for that meter, with any one of
the squad in the toughest district In
tho city. guess you don't know what
80 drivers have to put up with, or the
great difference in the kind Of parties
we have to drive Why. before now 1
have had parties tolse me at the Astor
house and give INC an order to drive them
TO FGty-ninth street, and when would
get out ut the address given me would
climb OFF the box to open tho door for
my passenger and collect nv fare.
when. 10! presto, chnngN the hack
would be empty. The Lord knows
where my freight got out but most
probably somewhere between Twenty
third and rwenty-fourth strecta
don't see how they do it so quietly. for
it makes some noise to open hack
door and takes some practice to lump
out safely. But they 90 it somehow,
and ! suppose 1t is partly due to our
getting tired md sleepy with our days
work.
''ThcrA sometimes run ocruss hard
crowd, ind whom try TO collect ut the
end Of the route they give ING the
laugh and know that if insist I
will only get half killed Policemen
are newer near, either. Oh, l don't
blame theqn, fer if I wes one would
hide, too.
Another thing that troubles driver
awfully Is notwithstanding, perhaps in
pouring r,ln-for a man never went
into house yet without saying that
he would he out in few minutes And
you never can tell when they will come,
either. If they would only say hov
long in the first place, 1t would be
easier, tor then you could drive oil to
snane convenient spot, or else crr1 I'D
and go TO sleep quietly inside, IN cnse
tho gentleman didn't give you cigar
to comfort you. And, speaking of
cigars, 1t is astonishing how few foes
drivers got. man will fee his wuttor
his barber, hts porter, his chambcrmaid
or any people In such employment. but
he seldom thinks OF Offering the driver
anything but cignr or drink. Yct O
driver he's q hard tine, and bis wn4cs
are not large, either, to say nothfno of
the responsibility resting ON him In
the way of careful driving, finding the
way, etc.
"Still, 7 have known people to give
me money occasionally, and In this line
think actors are more gener9ats than
others There Is ono lady in p8rtlcular
tho wife of n star actor-Hfio never
fails to give me ct least fifty cents over
and above the fare have to turn in to
the boss l never enjoy shopping e1-
csat when go with her
Speaking of ladies. ! suppose they
W'e worse than anybody else at keeping
you whiting The trouble with them Is
that they get as far rs the door OF
house and there they stand Why, I
have jumped up and down OF nv box
dozen times just because. every time
my fare opened the house door she
would close ii again and continue her
es wanted to be ready to open the car-
riage door for her
"Thcotcr parties and pnt1cs Who
wont to Inc taken to the stations are
pretty good jobs, as the distances are
almost always short and direct and
there ere generally several IN the porty.
Another thing driver has to Go Is to
use Judgment as to how he drives. &C.
cording to the party inside and the oc-
casion- Often have | had young fell
low press fifty cents into my hand when
would be driving him homo from the
thcater with his girl and whisper:
Drive slow as you con. please, and 90 a
long way Well, sir, perhaps those some
people would take me agnin yoor or
two aftervartl, and could tell they
were married. because the fellow would
Ialt her in the carriage and shut the
door. saying: Good night, dear; will
be home soon. just want to look IN ut
the Hoffman house; business engage
ment- Man takee On carly traAH bc I'D
in half an hOur.'
when you are driving swclls bono
from The thelter With their wires you
want to drive fast, you know, so TINT
they can get back to their clubs ut o dc
cent hour. Everyone knows Chat yoal
wnnt to go slow ct funerals and fast 10
trains, but for the little fine details
driver has got to have Judgment
Whats that9 Well, thank YOU, sir,
don't care II do. Very much obliged
Good night. sir, and plcase don't rocn-
tiOn my nlnn."
Could BOT Sec beyond His Nose
Noikhovsisy, Russian exile, within
Ncturin0 ut Homestead Enc. related q