Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-08-20
A STREET-CAR ROMANCE.
The Accidental Discovery of an obscrvant
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Passenger.
A man who weaves romances out OF
the commonest threads said this; II
boarded Madison avenue car ON ITS
way up town, and, dropping down in
the corner near the door, began to study
types. The first thing discovered was
that the conductor was a man OF intel
lgence and refinement, although he
looked very rough. His hands at once
attracted my attention as he placed the
change of dollar into my palm They
weren't clean-how could they be?-but
they were shapely and delicate-the
hands of a young man who had never
worked hard at anything. My curiosity
was now awakened and, reckoning
him to me, ! asked question relative
to the departure of the trains from the
Grand Central station. He made reply
in well-worded phrase, pronunciation
and meditation faultless. now began
to study his face. ! could see that it
was singularly manly and handsome,
although marred by a stubby beard
and darl1ened by dust and exposure. l
began to be deeply interested in my
knight of the bell-pull and had care
fully noted his number, when, at the
Twenty-third street corner, as always
happens, crowd of homeward-
bound shoppers and oilers, all
women, pushed their way into
the car. 1t was more than full; it
was packed. In front of me stood a
charming little girl of eighteen or
twenty, in a pale green cloth costume,
beautifully braided, the Medici collar
of the Louis XVI. coat framing face
of rare beauty. Imagine my surprise,
nay, horror-yes, more, my disgust,
my everything-to notice that my hero,
in handing the change to this dainty
girl, deliberately took hold of her hand
and pressed it for an instant in his,
with an almost convulsive grip, and
then to see the girls big brown eyes
turned up and fixed upon this young
mans face.
"'Aha, thought |, here's love play
ing fantastic tricks! Fie, for shame!
Cupid ringing up fares on a New York
street car, shouting out: Come, now,
step lively" or "Move up in front"
"But in few moments ! had rca'
soned it QUITO my own satisfaction
any way OF course this young man is
not New Yorker, but the girl is. He
met her in some other city, when his
family had plenty Of money. Suddenly
his father fails and the young mar
comes to New York to go into business
and be near the girl he loves. Only
college bred, no good for banking OF
commercial house, be goes down, down
and finally becomesa street-car conduc
tor. The old love in this young hear
is still faithful to him, however, anC
takes ride occasionally on his car il
order to get a look and a pressure of the
hand.
ITS very hard to ne street-car con
ductor and be in love with a girl wh'
lives in a palace on the line of you
road, but it has its compensations. He
family would never suspect that tn
conductor meant anything when h
looked up at the girls window as hi
car went rumbling by, and then sh
can, by waiting for his car, often b
during the day quite alone with him
Indeed it's quite romantic. He ma
even deadhead her over the line if h
happens to be quite sure that the terri
l BILE spotter is not hidden behind a pape
in the corner of the car ! sincerel
hope that the young man got the gin
at the end of the route mean in tn
1 end-that is, in the long rum. y
3 Sun.