St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-14

The girl of nerve has found way
which she declares is most etficacious
for, securing a seat i'll horse car. L
had heard of the little plan which she
is said to work, but it was reserved for
me to see it only yesterday. 1t was in
along each side of it were evil
IDENTIFY gentlemen, for they were we'll
dressed, and what l am about to tell
will show that they were of sensitive
temperament. The car was full. There
was not seat to spare when, at the
next crossing, young woman entered.
She was slim girl, rather pale, but,
like her own teeth, small and white,
yet with plenty of nerve.
As she boarded the car and came in
she glanced up and down the two rows
of men. No one noticed her. All the
faces wore stolid, preoccupled look,
and those of the men who had papers or
note books handy began 10 study
them. Not man budged from his
place. And now. what do you
think that girl did? Walking slowly
along the car, she looked carefully at
the faces of the men until she selected
her victim. Taking up her stand in
front of him, she grasped the strap by
hitching her umbrella handle in it, and
then, leaning slightly forward, she
gazed intently at the mans feet.
He stood the scrutiny for a moment,
then he looked down to see if there was
anything unusual about his boots; but
no, they were nicely BACKED and in as
make them. He looked up again at
the girl. She was still staring hard
at his feet. There must be some
thing wrong. Uneasily he hitched
about little in the seat, crossed
one leg over another, and tried to look
sideways out of the window. But the
scheme wouldn't work. for there in front
of him stood that small bit of a girl
staring with two wide open eyes directly
down at that pair of boots. Again
he moved, this time recrossing
his legs and selecting new po-
sition where he hoped that
his feet would appear less prominent
and conspicuous. But no, there they
were, looming up as aggressive as ever,
and there in front of them stood the
mite of girl absorbed in studying
them. The man had big feet and the
girl knew this when she selected him,
and being woman she had judged
where to hit him in just the place that
would strike his Sensibilities.
1t was becoming too much for him.
He could not stand it much longer. He
must move his seat or get out upon the
platform. This was really becoming
too awful, when the size of his feet
could attract attention from woman in
a street car. More and more uneasily
he hitched about. more and more
intently the girl stated, and ere two
blocks had been traversed he got up,
made lurch toward the door, and got
out upon the platform, where it was two
blocks more before he recovered his
equanimity and got over feeling that all
the world was wondering at the size Of
his extremities.
The little cheat of girl meanwhile,
with the sweetest possible smile, and
half-whispered THANK you," sank
blissfully and gracefully into the seat
and enjoyed her ride home. In telling
about it afterwards she said she had
worked her little game three times daily
for the past month, and had always sue
ceeded. How the man liked it or what
he thought OF the INSCRIPTIONS nature
of the proceeding, as it revealed itself to