Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-19
SHE SMASHES BAGGAGE.
YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS A RAIL
ROAD STATION AGENT.

porter Didn't Have 70 Ash Vhesthos'
The only woman ticket agent on Long /
Island Is at the Sea Cliff station. Her +
name IL Miss Margaret Daley. She Is
twenty three years old. she has blue eyes T
and gold-red hair. she doesn't care much /
for country lads, and she's boss OF the +
sbanty. M she says with pride, and II you /
doubt IL insa try TO fool around the station
for a few minutes She Is a New YORK
girl. and she has ideas Of her own on every
subject imaginable, from baggage check
ing and the management of railroads TO
universal suffrage aud dress reform.
A reporter went to Sea Clf To have
chat with this interesting railroad EN-
ployee He arrived Just before the train TO
New York was due and found her busy
When Miss Daley Is busy she is very icy
A long line was waiting In front OF the
ticket office. and the reporter stood In the
middle OF the room and watched things
When the lAsf of the line had disappeared
through the doorway, aud the train had
whistled before starting. Miss Daley sat
down in an armchair aud with her chin
on her hand looked reflective The re
porter said HIM This startled the
Young woman She turned, jumped up
and with one hand on the box where the
tickets were, asked
Where to'''
The reporter explained that he wasn't
going anywhere Just then, but that he had
come to have talk with the ticket agent.
Anything the matter with your bag
gagei"
The reporter explained still more When
she understood, she said, OH
Yes" said the reporter. that's what
came for !"
DIDN'T WANT 70 BR PRINTED
| Then Miss Daley invited him into the
cage, aud after saying For heavens sake
don't put me in the paper" composed her
self TO answer questions.
I'm the first place. Miss Daley how do
| like the work."
'Oh. it's too lovely for anything The
people are very cranky sometimes, but J
know how to manage them Now, please
don't put anything In the paper about
this Oh. you newspaper men are Just
dreadful
You wanted me TO tell you something
about the work here, Perhaps you hnd
better ask me questions and III answer
them Otherwise | don't know what 70
tell you Yon ace there's NO much TO do
here fm ticket agent aud telegraph
operator and freight agent and express
agent and baggage master all IN one, and
sometimes | really think my heads going
to split, I'm that busy Ii took me a long
time to learn all about the work, and. %
tell you the truth. | don't know half yet
came here last May aud didn't know the
first thing about IL, Before that Wa
telegraph operator Mt the Peoples lin'
dock In New York That's where Learned
10 write left handed Can you write left
handedl Its awtuily handy. The mer
| IN h.r. axFII 4
busy sending messages aud wanted me e
check an invoice or something like that
and | had only one hand left to do II with
1t comes in very nicely here When ge
tired Of sending messages with thy righ
, hand begin 10 enter up my hooks witt
the left, That's the worst part Of the wori
here-the books Every month we have /,
, make n report 10 the superintendent, ant
hes so frightfully particular about II
They won't let You make single mistake
Oh, how hate the end Of the mouth
Il first came 10 Sea Cliff for my sister
, health, and friend of mine helped me t
: get this place. | learned teiegraphy u
Cooper Union. aud you always meet a 10
/ Of girls there. just dote on sending
! don't get chance to do much of It here
! because this isn't the regular station
! There's another one up in the village Blu
when 10 get chance TO send a long mes
/, sage just delight In il Its more fu
! than answering lot of idiutic question
r that some people ask,
a WANTED To SWEAR
"One day man came IN very angry an
said, Where Is the ticket AGENT | sale
c Here ! am lie looked surprised an
) said Where is the baggage masierf III
b baggage master. | said Well. who rel
resents the express company heref i de
; said lie looked astonnded. and salt
. Pardon me, miss. isn't there man aroun
/ here somewheref' told him that m
father usually came around at q o'clock |
K ok the lamps for me Then he laughe
and said: i found my trunk broken. and
D came around here 10 swear ut some ON
. I'm awfuuy disappointed had to laugl
i and told him that II he didn't list any Yer.
J. very bad words he could swear MT me
: little Then we both laughed, and noW |
sometimes sends me sonla flowers BI
, they amt all like that Some of the penp
! are real cross when they don't get the
n baggage Is quickly ns they expected IL.
70 Next Summer | am going To ask for a
! assistant. The work Is growing bigger All
bigger and cant afford ID make any mi
!, takes have 10 get here AZ o'clock
1 the morning for the early train. and tbs
II I'm busy clean mp 70 noon After lunch
/. enter my books. and then sometimes ba,
J. little leisure time. I'm reading III
Moonstones naN--base you ever read /
70 It's beautiful story and 80 awfRlly nv
FERROUS I'm very fond Of reading vine
q ever get chance. bat don't have mnt
time Sometimes | bring my Deedlewar
/. down here. aud pass away leisure hA
honr at IL Then the afternoon trail
= come in. and I'm kept busy nntn ~
Il when the last train gets IN After thl
n. I'm of There's very little TO do her
70 though, in the evening Its an awful
dull place. nothing like New York. al
you find ii hard To kill time. The your
II men here are regular country lnmpktu
II They're good uatured. and sometimes TIN
e come down aud help me with the bagga
aud run errands for me, hut they cal
l. talk, don't you know. aud they re 80 ter
e bly, quiet
he 1.-The people that live here all the ye
:, round ARE all right. When | first car
Is here had some trouble with them. 7
IL last ticket agent Used To let them run
~ their bills for tickets and express, bnt
10 wouldn't allow anything Of the Kind,
Id cause il isn't business. aud then 1t inca
err 50 much more work So ! put my fo
down and shut of all credit They ali :
n indignant at first. but now I've got thu
a. all down 20 that they pay cash. in
then a stage loud of passengers for the ne
u train arrived. and Miss Daley said
III have To attend 10 these now II
nc you make note Of the questions yoa wa
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