The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24
TWO GIRLS AND \ MAN.
The Young Women Found Life Less
Serious Than He Did.

He was carefully dressed. There was
not the slightest bemish on his silk hat
His trousers were carefully creased, his
coat was long, and he held his stick in
the approved fashion. With him were
two charming-loolSing young women.
Their competitions were fresh, their teeth
white and small. and their gray eyes
bright with an honest. mirthful sparkle
They boarded a Broadway cable car, the
gir.s climbing up with unconventional
alacrty, the man swinging himself to
the platform with an assumption OF easy
dignity. The girls pumped themselves
down on the seat and then crowded
closely together for the car was about
ful 10 make room for him.
sit here, George. There Is plenty Of
ROOM" said one. pattlng about two inches
Of space with a little hand that in
mouse-co.ored glove looked very pretty.
'Ohl no." said George graciously. You
wiz be more comfortable if I stand up"
SO the girls smiled and laughed and chat
ted. while he stood straight up with
lofty. "knOw-it-a,l' air. Those girls were
delightful to the rest of the passengers.
There was something about them that
showed that they were not New York
girls, though they were dressed In the
proper New York fashion. They were
wholesome-iooking girls. who smiled
when they were pleased and laughed
when they were amused. They were full
of youthful spirits, and their innocent
frankness was reflected in their pretty
faces. When they laughed they made no
attempt 20 conceal the clear ring in their
voices. There was not the slightest af-
fectaion in their manner: not the faint
est trace Of a pose"
Every movement and posture of the
young man was studied to give him
cold, calm. superior appearance. If he
were not to the New York manner born
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1t was warm in the car, and he stepped
forward TO catch the cooling breeze on
the front Platform. The door was open
and he took up a dignifed position there.
mo standing on the Platform" said the
gripman CURLY.
oh is that the ruler" said the other
In two pairs Of gray eyes there was a
g,eam Of fun that George" should have
been eau transgressing a New York
rule. on air of pretty lips curved sus-
piciously, giving warning of a little
laugh. Another pair, pressed tightly to-
gether, held in check what would have
been a musical peal. Swift glances
were exchanged.
Just then the car gave a quick twist,
and George went forward with a lurch.
To save himself, he caught the handle Of
one of the doors. The weight Of his body
drew II toward him. Broadway cars, as
those who ride on them know have
double doors. When one opens its half
brother does the same. When one closes
the other comes half way to meet IL. Poor
George worked his own destruction. His
body kept the doors from closing en-
tirely, but they crushed his splendid hat
and they skinned his weil-shaped nose,
sending his stick TO the floor with most
unconventional clatter
There was alarm in the faces or the
two young women then, but when he
h.. 4 hot nd rr-fef },
a bore, uninterested look on his face, re-
sumed as easy a position as circum-
stances would permit, the countenances
OF the girls changed.
"a man-trap," he said, with calm scorn,
and at that it came-two bursts Of ring
ing laughter. They tried to stop, but they
could not He did ,OOlk like a fool, stand
ing there with & naughty look on his face,
but a battered hat on his head, a passion
less, steely eye, but skinned nose. Peal
after peal came, not loud and vulgar, but
musical and mirth-stlrring. There was no
stopping that merriment. They laughed
and they smiled, and, it must be con-
fessed. they giggled. Every time their
eyes met they either began with a glgg,e
and ended with a laugh, or, starting with
a laugh, ran it on into giggle. And all
the while he stood in his end of the car
like a statue which some irreverent man
had decorated with a smashed silk hat.
The passengers, too, were joining in the
chorus. That merriment was irreslstibly
infectious, and, however much one could
admire the unflinchng courage of the
young man, sympathy was with those
gir.s, who did not take life so seriously
as the mai.
Finally they got up. Before they reached
the rear Platform the young man began
20 administer a severe reproof in a low
tone.
Isn't it enough" he said, "to have a
gripman show his insOience, and to have
a lot OF stupid passengers smoker at a
mans unavoidable mishaps, without hav-
ing his own sisters humiliate him?"
but, George" said one in a whisper,
''yOu did look so funny"
They were filing off the platform into
the street now.
"It may be funny" said the young man,
with lofty scorn, but 1 cal it very un-
becoming. My own sisters'-but the rest
was lost in the merry peas which again
burst from the girls-N. Y. Tribune.