Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
a srREEr-cAR ROMANCE
The Accidental Discovery of an Ohservans
Passenger.

ACC10enE81 DlSc0FeFy O004fY84t
Passenger.
A man who weaves romances out Of
the commonest threads said this: 81
boarded a 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
hgence and refinement, although he
looked very rough His hands at once
attracted my attention as he placed the
change of a 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, beckoning
him to me, asked question relative
to the departure of the trains from the
Grand Central station. He made reply
in a well-worded phrase, pronunciation
and modulation faultless- / now began
to study his face. i could see that il
was singularly manly and handscsne,
although marred by stubby feard
and darkened by dust and exposure i
began to be deeply interested l., my
knight of the bell-pun and had care
fully noted his number. when, at the
happens, crowd of homeward-
bound shoppers and idlers, all
women. pushed their way into
the car. 1t was more than full; it
was packed In front of me stood %
charming little girl of eighteen or
twenty, in pale green cloth costume.
beautifully braided, the Medici collar
of the Louis NVI- coat framing face
of hoar1fr r1r
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 convuisive grip, and
then to see the girls big brown eyes
turned NJ and fixed upon this young
mans face.
AHA thought i. 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 frontr''
But in a few moments i had rea-
soned it QUITO INV 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 IF money. Suddenly
his father fails and the young man
comes to New York TO go into business,
and be near the girl he loves. Only
college bred, no good for a banking or
commercial house, he goes down, down,
and finally becomes a street-car conduc-
tor. The old love in this young heart
is still faithful to him, however, and
takes ride occasionally on his car IN
order to get a look and pressure of the
hand.
Its very hard to be a street-car con-
ductor and be in love with a girl who
lives in palace on the line of your
road, but it has its ccmpensations- Her
family would never suspect that the
| conductor meant anything when he
looked up at the girls window as his
car went rumbling by, and then she
can, by waiting for his car. often be
during the day quite alone with him.
Indeed, it's quite romantic He may
even deadhead her over the line If he
happens to be quite sure that the terri
BILE spotter is not hidden behind a paper
in the corner of the car. i sincerely
hope that the young man got the girl
at the end of the route. / mean in the
end-that is, in the long rum. Y.
Srn