The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
Ag WANTED no car HOME.
A little Bit OF Human Comedy In New
York City Car.

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A Fourth avenue car was sleepily
jogging along up town. AT Twenty
fourth street a drunken tramp SWUNG
himself on to the back platform and
stood there holding on to the rail rs
he swayed backward and forward
with half closed eyes.
The conductor was in the car col
lecting fares and did not at first see
the new passenger, but when he did
he said to him, you can't ride on
this car, " and rang the bell, and the
car stopped at the next corner Then
ne tried to push the tramp off, but
he declined to move and chung to the
bar of the railing. The conductor got
angry and tried to throw the passen-
| ger from the platform, but he held
on with both hands and was too big
to be stirred. Then the conductor
with both his hands jerked one of
the tramp's hands loose, and then
he changed to the other hand and
pulled that loose, but of course re
free hand had again seized the IL.
This continued for some little til D
the tramp saying nothing and max
ing no active resistance.
Meantime the passengers in the
car were getting uneasy, men and
women looking at their watches evil
IDENTIFY wondering whether they
would catch their train or not. AT
last a little, short fat man, whose
face for some seconds had been grow
ing redder and redder, sprang to his
feet, rushed out on the platform and
ordered the conductor to start the
car. "Itsen outrage, he said, that
we should be kept here! If you can t
put that man off, let the car go on.
He is not doing anything anyhow,
and | can't stay here all day. /
want to get home. Start your car
and don't keep all these people wait
ing here while you squabble with
this drunken man. l want to get
home"
The conductor replied civilly
enough; II can't carry this man.
He has got to get off, and I'm going
to keep the car here until he does !"
Then he resumed his efforts to re-
move the tramp, but the tramp was
imriovable. At last he gave it up
and started the car. The little man
returned to his seat and pretended
to read his paper, but his thoughts
were not fixed on the news They
were out on the back platform with
the conductor Every time the lat
ter came in to collect fare the lit
tie man would abuse him, telling
him what an outrage it was that
the passengers should be SO delayed,
threatening to report him to the com
pany and winding up by announcing
that he wanted to get home.
AtThirty fourth street the tramp,
who had not opened his mouth dur
ing the ride, swung off to get a
transfer ticket, and the car went on.
All the way through the tunnel the
little man sat- boiling with rage
AS you looked at him you could see
the waves of choler rise higher and
higher in his breast until they over
flowed in angry mutterings.
At the Harlem station the car
stopped, and the little man bounded
from his seat to get off In the door.
way, he halted again and addressed
the conductor, telling him that he
should report him for his outra-
geous treatment of the passengers;
that he would have him removed
from his place He would see if the
company would support man who
so Inconvenience the patrons of the
line. All this and much more, while
the other passengers who wished to
get off crowded up to the door of the
car and waited for him to move. AS
he did not do so a tall, stately young
woman, who seemed to be returning
from shopping excursion, said;
II beg your pardon, sir Will You
kindly stand out of the way? ! want
to get home. "
The little man looked over his
shoulder and up into her face and
then sprang out of the way, while a
wave of laughter rippled through
tha car New Work. SIM
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