The Portland daily press., 1891-08-13
CONSULTED THEIR OWN COM
FORT.
How Young Married Couple De-
tained Two Cars Full of Passen-
gers.

New York Tribune.l
The neople of a well known suburban
town on the outskirts of Brooklyn rely
wholly upon one line Of surface cars for
their transportation to and from the
business center of the City of Churches.
The VIE of young married man who
lived there had set off down town very
early one morning, and before her
husband got ready to go to business 1t
began to rain violently. He knew that
she had no umbrella with her CT water
proof cloak, and that she would get
soaking wet in her walk from the cars TO
her own door. The weather was warm
and open cars wers being run on the
street railway, so that he knew that If
she were coming home he would be
sure to meet the car that carried her
and would be able to recognize her some
wayoR.
Taking her cloak and umbrella with
him, he boarded down town car, took
front seat and kept sharp lookout.
Sure enough, before long he saw her
approaching in another car, looking
very much distressed as she watched the
heavy clotkis and thought Of the new
gown she Had on.
The rain had ceased for moment, but
was sure to begin again. "Will you slow
up, pleasea" he said 10 the driver. 81
want to board that return car. Stop 1t,
too, please"
The driver put on his brake and sig
nailed to the approaching car to stop for
a passenger. Both cars came to stand
still just opposite each other. The hus-
band stepped lightly across the interven-
ing space and quickly handed the cloak
and umbrella to. his astonished wife.
Then he stepped back again and sat
down in his old seat.
The conductor of the husbands car,
not knowing why bis car had stopped,
thought that the driver Of the other car
must have passenger to transfer. The
conductor Of the wife's car thought the
same thing. Therefore neither of them
whistled for his car to go ahead, as no
passenger had yet been transferred.
SIS that all you wanted% exclaimed
the driver Of the husbands car in dis
gus. "We1l, you have got galll' and
he let his brake fly and slapped his horses
with the reins. But before he could get
any headway on, his conductor blew one
viciously sharp blast on his whistle, the
signal to stop. The driver threw him
self on his brake with big oath, dragged
his horses back and turned around to
see what was the matter. He saw a
laughing young woman, who had just
walked up to the fact that her husband
had paid her particularly thoughtful
little attention, spring from the opposite
car TO his, give the man who had started
all the trouble a resounding kiss, and
then hop back again.
The husbands conductor had seen her
coming, and, concluding that she was
the passenger to be transferred, he had
stopped the driver, whose stupidity in
starting he could not understand. When
he saw the little woman kiss and dart
back again, the inimitable cheek of the
whole thing struck him dumb. The
driver and conductor Of the other car
comprshended the thing at the same
time. and SO did the two carloads Of pas
sengers who had been delayed In reach
ing their homes and their business.
No one need have wondered IL they
bad united on emptying their wrath on
the heads Of the young couple. The
whole incident, however, struck them as
SO comically impertinent to them and 80
spontaneously gallant and lovable be-
tween the delinquents themselves that
everybody burst into merry peal Of
laughter, and even the drivers forgot to
growl as the cars went on their way
again. The lean horses had to make up
for lost time, but few people are inter
ested in the trials of car horses