The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-25
AN INCIDENT IN REAL LIFE.
Shown. How ; npieasant People Can Mako
Themselves BY Their Talk.

How l npfeasant People Can Make
Themselves by Their Talk.
stepped ::pon a Broadway car at the
lower end of Broadway and rode IN it
along that fast changing highway as far
Al Nineteenth street. At the corner Of
Chambers : rect and Broadway IA man
of PERHAPS 10 and a woman not more
than .. he carrying Il huge p~ortmantcau.
. collection Of wraps. two umbrellas
and a she leading by the hand a
3-year-old baby, Joined the partially
crowded patronage already seated. A
cloud of dissatisfaction rested upon the
brow of the man. The frown of an al
ready born rumpns fast unfolding into
fruitage made f%orbidding and u-jv the
comedy counterance Of the woman. Her
nervous diSpuaition made itself known
to every one III the car and particularly
TO the little boy as she yaaEed the eai.l
by the arm into the seat beside her. Aft
er a moments silence the woman said,
lyon might haze known how it would
be-. to which he responded. We'll,
might have known. but | didn't, so shut
up
Another passenger entered the car at
thai iilpiaItilA thu slitllbLttl ott TT lit DoTl-
manfcau.
Hang that bag sa / the man.
If | We're you. | would keep my c,,ss-
llg for home" said tae woman, and so
on and on and Oh.
The ensuing half nour was passed by
these two il a strait which would have
done credit tothe RIOS pronounced hag
i'll the dlrtiest quarters of a third rate
fish mark /. The little boy. thank h.!v.
en-. went fast asleep. .-uch of the cen
yersation between the two was inau0.Dle
Save to the three n four people i'll ilnme-
diat@ contact with them. but every once
in awhile the slrill voice Of the female
bird scared into upper attitudes OF def
ance, making di.cordant tie ea,i.a Al
mosphere and attracting the atteu;iua
OF nearly Il score Of people. They got
out at the corner OF Fourteenth street
and Broadway and entered IA cafe-le
sallen. ejaculatory and profane: size
keyed up to G in alt. defiant. shrewis.l,
cbock full of scold.
Well. what of it: 1t is not such a VERY
uncommon thing for man and wife-:oi
lovers even. for daily intnrcours -s-tu
quarrel and to vent ~serpcn;lik- hist.
from the nn-uly members that wag vii.
curious motion as they distill poison
from bitter and jaIndiced hearts. 1t is
not SO uncommon. | admit, but isn't il
always suggestive: | thought as | looked
at the man, with a good. square. clean
forehead, Well marked brows. Il clear
skin and an air of self poise. that he Was
hardly doing himself justice. Save that
his hands We're rude and rough and that
his boots Were country made. that his
p~ortmanteau was considerably older
h the ordinary hill and that his En-
brella looked is though it might 4ay.
been utilized by Mrs. Noah when -
came from the ark, he was IA man OF 1ar
world in appearance.
And the woman had u pretty face
Her hair was parted in the middle. IL
women's hair should be. and revealed in
its old fashioned brushing "A tiny ear. not
So small as to Indicate utter selfishnees
but. on the other hand. not SO large a. II
rival a genuine Saddle Rock oyster III IL
vuigarity. Her eyes We're brown. .of.
at that: her teeth were regular and
clean: her dEess was neat. her hands and
feet well clad. aud an occasional pat
upon the boys shoulder as he Law hes
Ting against her. fast asleep. indicated
the feminine nature. the atTectionate ten
dernes, Of the mother.
LISTENING under the circuInstancos Was
not rudene-s. 1t was compulsory. | sat
mex the boy. Some Of his banana skin
my coatsleeye until this no
ment. As he lay semicoiled up | noticed
the copper nail, i'll the bottom of his shoe
and the copper toe upon the same. The
group was easily and perfectly within
my vision. As word after word fell red
hot | thought: How odd this all would
have sounded in that snell-like ear five
years ago. How strange il would have
seemed to the lover had he heard it or
had it been suggested to him that ever
it could be possible for him t. hear such
language from such lips.-Howard III
New York Recorder.