New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
HE DROPPED TIE TICKETS.
Az rmsonr 1T THE BRooKLYN rNTR'NcE OF
THE BEIDGi.

Az Irconr ,T THE BROOKLYN rNTKNN'H VI
TIE BGiDGt.
Ticket, for the BROOKLYN bridge railway "'' .'' ~
,o,. I'D, ton ii, reduction by the quantity. lA"' -
+, sny ten tickets cost 20 ccuts. aud mul''P'' ~,
ten cannot be- bought for anything less t'h al "''
number 81 muuples Of twenty-five
When purchased, the tickets are at"'h'u ~ w
Other and NUMBERED from 70 lo-"o' S'n'o''-S AZ,
,,,h.c a, John Phoenix said Of the hIr' 'h'' ""'''
no, run nWay with TIE wagon DE- wa drawins-Dnt -
~ I, o., easily detached by the Application o' "'"
,,u.r,,lar force through tie thumb and io'rlh''T'
Many urds, travellers md It mot convenient ~
,.ar OF a slns. ticket each Tim" ih'N WI" - "'
one. other. =, soon A. they purchase p' "'r''
coed 10 desiriy the tie that binds H"n '"'' ~
means OF rubber band. Keep the loose u'"''' ~"
CRAVING iut, ont 81 the way corner, Of ihrr p"'Nh''
I, Us an. q the latter who arrived at th" hr'RN u
o,,r.,,, an. day Inst week when there was more
finn the usual allowance # mud To the squire "."'
Thousands Of hurrylng fret Ind carried large P"'N
~ the mud inside the station ana hcPu up "
terminal moralrc close 10 the Ticket b'N''' i"r
traveller lu,t mentioned approached win 'hc -'''o
characteristic Of ErOohyn man having HIS o'"'o ~
Ncu York and lu~t before reaching the box thrust
NJ hand into his wa,tcOat pocket for Ticket.
In fsc, he got several. And he got more than he
barsa,ned for. ~, .,., ,
the noveLwritcrs say-upon dozen OF mo'c "'".''
rcposiue within TIE space Of square YAM upon 'no
mud dee rated noohng. 1900,
There WA, nothing for II but 10 S'ooP INV" "'
,I.r mn The nasty bits Of paper and. with ms over
coat DRAGGING In the mud. the man proceeded 10 IT,
,c,. n his prou.ity. Meantime thirty or i"rp pH'''
cor vcr, ur,.. ag around the unIncky one ana mh'''I
Inc oudlb!y NJ the DENY which his supposed a""""'u
No. had can,cl The tnan kept hIs temper admirably
though he ooudnt keep MS M'' from h'""'"h ''' "
hi, ears v.,bly tinrled. >, 49,, .,,.,, ,,.., "a,
III" All vnuld have gone wcIl-at least, comparatively
& had II not been for the ticket chopper. lie was
"nc 81 The men who may H. described -, too Mesh
H., Laughed coaisely when the ml>hnp occurred ana
ni,ed io >nlirlke the man on the snc Whch con
,r,nt,d hy the awful wlO>" heart u" hOpTu 10
snfcn-w while the piocsS, OF recovering The s'nit'NG
AID hodrng.l.d Tickets went on. When only TWO OF
thee remnlncd to be gathered mp an Idea Occurrcd 10
him lilo shipped lis thigh vigorously ana Win loud
guffaw exclaimed: ,, -, 49,, ,a -,
NE won't charge you anything for the mud|'
That was the ast straw. .,,
Tle man with the red face uttered II smothecd
~. u,Jl as deep but for the proximity Of number OF
women lust entering the statlon-droplrd one OF the
muddy tickets In the box, and rushed up the stairs
two steps NJ n time. ~ - -. 49,,
AZ me top he paused His face was Icdier than
when br had been taxing humble attilwe near the
ticket box He gngery punched the .olled tickets to
eethcr and then wrapping them In bit OF paper, re
tnrued them 10 his pocket
I'd like to zee my self do that again J.! he said under
his brah a. he stepped aboard the train and resumed
his Journey TO New York.