Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-13


ing the mare along Broadway looking for
a job-an, TO tell the truth, looking weary
an anxious for one, seein as how I'd been
out since 10 o'clock an hadn't even taken
my yard money
was just passin Chambers street when
out OF the shadow | sees two people who
attracted my attention. They was scud-
din along arm in arm, as II Old Nick was
after 'em, an their faces as they came into
the gaslight was CHASTITY white.
One. as far As | could see, for he wore q
slouch hat, an his ulster collar was turned
up, was gentleman in the late twenties or
early thirties. The other was gel Of about
20, wearin a traveln cloak an a tweed
hat an carryin "A sort o. handbag. I lest
caught sight OF her face as she stood under
the gaslight AT the street corner, an al
though, as everybody knows, amt what In
called a impressiOnable sort o. cove, IL
gave me real thump in the chest like. II
was such pretty face, an not on'y pret-
ty but sweet face; the lines was so deli
cate, an there was such a sad shadow over
1t, especially about the eyes, an the chin
had such daisy of dimple on IL. All,
It's all VERY well for you coves to say
"Cheese it," burl0 rature is human ma
ture, whether il inside IA kerride
an four or outside ~ a.Iomin shoful, an
lovely woman is the one touch o. nature a.
makes the 'ole world kin, as Shakespeare
says, an you bet he knew somethink.
The male party he darts up AN catches
hold of the splashboard an says, "Cabby.
can you catch the midnight train for Bos-
tonY
Says I: "Pll have shot at it, sir. THERE'S
no KNOWN what my little mare can do on
the pinch. Jump in"
The girl hops in like bird. an the fellow
arfter her, al as the doors swung TO on them
whistles to the mare, an | flicks the whip
that talks TO her with an strokes her. but
never Hogs her with, an she was OIL In
smart trot.
But just then l hears somebody behind
shoutin, "lIil stop that cabp' an looks
round and reins in bit. Then / says TO
my fare through the butterfly; There's q
old gent a-signalin me to stop, sir. Friend
OF yourn, serposep
But my fare he says, excited like: "Drive
onl Drive on! Don't take any notice Of
anybody till you get to the Grand Central.
Well, thinks /. it's no business o. nina
My instructions is &c. Z. by H." SO l chir.
rups to the mare, an in a hin6nitesmal
part of a second that old gent was, instead
of 10 yards, 200 in the rear
Then begins to wonder what the little
game is, for glancin round / sees the old
gent jump into another hanson an shout,
"Overtake that cab at all hazardsl"
The driver OF that cab, strange enough,
happened to be Joe Tibbits, an Joe Tibbits
an me somehow happened to have took q
dislike to each other, principally on 40
count Of our havfn took likin to the very
same identical young woman as was Just
then upper 'ousemaid in 'ouse in Lexing-
ton avenue.
Now, Joe was chap as put on enough,
side TO have made "A billiard ball do any
think, but while didn't care fardin rush
light about i'm thinkin 'isself lot smarter
feller than me, when II came to chippin
about 'osses, rs he was very partial to, II
kinder used To touch me on the raw, an
when he said, as If my mare was another
color an gender, she'd "a done very well for
the undertaken line used to cop the needle
to that extent that one day we got of our
boxes In quiet street to settle our chippin
match with scrappin one, which we should
have done quiet an peaceable if rs how q
long drawn copper, as was our mutual rival
In the affections of the girl of both of our
hearts, hadn't appeared on the scene an
threatened to take our number as we'll as
takin our kebs.
So when hears Joe chyike to the old
genelman (but at mel: "All right, sir. ]
san waltz round that ere relic of Old Bulls
Head" says: Can yeri Well, we'll have
try" an j gives quiet tug at the offside
rein, as told my little mare what was want
ed of her.
never asked a question in vain. She
aourished her head as II she was goin TO
butt at brick wall; then she chucked out
her fore feet, as II she was Paddyrisky
a-playin grand pianner, an you could hear
the music on the stones as she fooled along
over it, an the lampposts they whizzed past
as close on each other as the bullets out of
a gatlin.
Then, what with thinking about the gel
rs was the boue of contention betwixt Joe
an me, an what funny thing love was,
an haow it upset things in general an made
everythink bit brisker, all of a sudden a.
idea flashed into my 'ead. lifts the but
terhy once again, an ! says to my fare;
"That ole gents took another cab, an he's
tacin of us, SIR"
"A fiver If you beat him, says the fellow,
an thrustin his hand through he ssyA
There's something on account"
hRub YOU bdybl. DuU sCuse
me-is it elopementi"
You've hit It," he says, an the gel
laughs sech pretty musical laugh too.
THAT is this young lady's scoundrel OF .
guardian, who wants to keep her fortune
an prevent her marryin me-"
says, "Go it, my beauty" an Just as she
sweeps round into Madison square the marc
gives bound forward. an a copper stand
In az the point holds up his hand, but what
be said l didn't mean to hear. An the
next time he spoke was out Of hearin.
But II wasn't long afore heard the hoofs
OF Joe's geldin rattlin along behind us, an
the jingle of his bells, so had to shake the
mare up once again. began to feel inter
ested In this business somehow. Here was
Joe trying 20 hustle me out of the gel o.
my heart, an here was his fare tryin to
rush mine out of his, which / hopes Is
clear enough for all you drivers to under.
stand.
Bein that time putty late. in course there
wasn't no traffic TO speak of, so we had
clear course.
We seemed to Just jump from Madison
square corner TO Thirty fourth street, an
there we was tearin along the street with
on'y hundred yards betwixt US.
My fare leaned out an look ed round; then
he says to me, For heavens sake, drive
faster; they're gaininp
Don't you fear, SIR" says /. I've got
bit In hand, an they can race for nuts.
Coop, my lass"
An once again, "a called on the mare,
she made squirt. But for all that knew
that Joe's horse, which was fresh after Q
couple o. days rest, was Rainin on me hand