Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-26

What Should You do Wilt II the Conduct

VI l3nr>ht Ask tar YOUR tArt*
II You ride i'll Il street cur anil the
conductor furgrts to eolltHt your 1n1v,
il it right or wrong lor You 10 leave
him in ignorance OF tho fact and get
off without paying tho five cents IF
Your own accord:
Thut Is IL delicate question in street
car ethics but before ilcti.linG to
keep still and save your MONEY it
would 1rrllu1s bu wise to reflect OH
tue experience ut Il latly who boarded
Il Madison avtn,u, car Il few lays ago
ut Ninety fourth street and role
down tn Fourteenth street without
paying IL cent for the ride
If that conductor does not know
enough to ask me- fer the fare, s!lr
s;lit1 to herself. this fair Harltlnite.
lit is certainly not my business to
look out for the Interests OF the COM
plny. co1lsl,ls': it matter Of lnin-
cip1> not to give up my nickel"
10 she reasoned with herself, hut
alas for such reasoning: Tho CON
ul1ctur ont there .111 the buck plat
form WITS by no ne;>,> Il fool: OH the
contrary. IT, was il student Of human
nature. particularly or feminine llu.
man nature. and it he hal not asked
the young l,tly from Ei,lety~fu11rth
street to give linn the regulation five
cents it was not, as she supposed,
because he l;ul overlooked her. but
because. he wanted to yet some fuller
knowledge u> 70 thu workings Of the
Harlem conscience.
AL thu way down to fourteenth
street, fn1lr gonl niles. thu horses
carried that laly. and then she, all
serene. prepared to leave the car
without paying. Tho conductor
sighed. and his barometer Of human
nature sank way down. Tho struggle
hatl been fought and the battle lost.
However. he reflected that th:1t was
no reason why the Madison Avenue
Street Car company should lose five
cents.
Excuse me, madam he said
politely, rs her patent leather boot
touched the lower step, did I get
your fare:'
There was merry twinkle in his
eye as he said this.
ALI that was Il terrible moment
for the Harlem Indy. To say yes
would be to tell lie. to say no would
he to admit that she had been cheut-
ing. So sho told tib, only a little
one, however and merely to save the
tho situations
"Nhv. Didn't you:" she asked in
noccntly, 1:tising Il pair If blue eyes
i'll which there was no guile, oh. /
am SO sorry" and with that she
dropped a nickel from her t!aintily
glovtl fingers into the conductors
out>trvtc}lcl hand.
"prctty we'll done. that, wasn't it"
said tho buck platform philosopher tt
Il passenger who had watched the
transaction. These women folks do
bcat all for looking innocent You
wouldn'. ave thought that girl had
been calc: ltin Oh my tacklin her for
that five cents. but she Ind. just the
samec. Did you see how she had
the nickel all really there in her
glove: Oh, yes. we have lots Of en-
like her every day. But. say. shes
Il daisy, ain t shc;" Y. Herald.
Where the .i>tor Forum" vn> Started.
The chittf point Of interest OIL Muck
inuc is the headquarters Of the Amer
Mtl11 Fur company. built 1T 1SU9 hy
John Jacob 4\stor, and within which,
the rucl.',1> Of thu ->>tor millions WAS
fo11n>1 The approach to ting i>lan''
is beautiful and impressive; it 1i>rs
abruptly from the clear waters of tl4t
strait, aud its juttin@ crags. perfect
harmony and brilliant co}ors ire Il
pleasing contrast to tho extreme mo.
notony Ut the more southern coast.
Its atmosphere il bright, pure and
invi3oratil!&. The view from it il
1talian-a deep sapphire in cloud.
less sky: Il delicate emerald extend
ing along shore. and beyond the
azure and the liluc resolving into m
tY1l1lt.S Slf.ft nf darkest 1,]11t. -T T,