The sun., 1895-05-26
THE HINGES OF FATE.
a Street Car Romance at the Bottom or
Which Wns n Stupid Conductor.

"htcn WINS stupid Conductor.
From the Washington Post.
1t was only an accident that brought George
w. Curtis to the corner of Seventeenth and g
streets at all. With nothing else claiming
him that Sunday evening, he had strolled that
way with a friend, and was now about to take
the horse car and return to his Office on street,
smoke cigar. and consider his business pro-
gramme for the coming week. The car was
slow in making its advent.
While George w. Curtis waited pretty girl
came up. She. too had plans which included
the street car; and so, standing a safe ten feet
from George w. Curtis the pretty girl shared
his vigil. She paid no heed to George w. Cur
tbs. but he noticed that she was arrayed in a
blue flannel frock. which had blue flannel sus-
w. Curtis had always deemed these costumes ppss
very elegant. But he was in no sense a mash.
er ana r ater al allowing his eyes the benefit Of the
pretty girl Tor moment, he turned them in
RSr' The pretty girl did not think Of George
It Is all but certain that had 1t not been for
pe'ua1Ey dull condact9r this romance would
arN bright mere Most horse car conductors
their own. But this member Of Tie % guild gIs was as
troubes of fhTisAp his pSn he TSis %Hs with
into dr the sbs net which the fowler Fate was
tendsrsa dcksts ,Io he queried as George W. Curtis
Tbs Tbcs6sts'" 6SI;' cdndmr6e remarked George W. Curtis
George w. Curtis and for the pretty erI heing nor
bssTd %sa thsssn By Rs tht
on George ". Curtis and the pretty giri, m pud and
ssuy spomy thy bwhh1stied hsn Never Take the Horseshoe
prsttg stsSrFs srl vi ad cSsts na sn. was n
ent aas shs anst sa ns haa hsdys
hcr nickel IN her waiting little hand. Should
@ Der9re she ieft the car and get things ali tangled
yasr tryHs ssaS tS
bending toward the pretty rirI AKA ifinn iE1rfs; h;
hat but the feet is, Miss. that fool ifs of cons n1s
are yi, mas done me the honor to suppose you
me on that W theory eg @s collected your fare from
pasSea Ths pGIss,y GssSIv F dna seemed much ahsshe
IN her neT ecI EoHIhg mind' rendered George W. Curtis
;, Not at ALL" said George w curt,s w.,,n.
it away, II wanted to telf YOU, beeansc; %dngSng dSng
r,a cnre TO have you think was Attempting any
Then tey y snt 70 s msfs fsry Your our
Curtis looking excessively virtuons i "'' At last
His HI fIIs5sy tI%s Erl tenaered lin nickel again
didn't want the nickel. N''"'" '''" iHu'h ne
Curtis had always held that tasssiG asssi George Wv
hnmIs nyIe;t ne ne Wpuld bet five 70 TINT It WINS tho
merely riding about, Wewing the ritr nicss;
ahSt irsHe SIilscted i George w; Curtis would ride
consa, witt a1 a. her, and give her his advice and
bessie & was biz worried, but finally did not oh.
~ toti nseorge w. Curtis saw Bessie safely into
Sa,a p 9,Iclnck. The Rhode Island avenue aunt be- e
csad eIn h9tnng pb to Shy at IN George w Curtis lie
Bessie and the Rhode Island avenue aunt to
sr"nnds err dse WGnd Marine Band IN the White HSuse
siooree sio'' W " eanesday Bessie went home. Tner
warmer MARI and warmer until the postal people
"TrS TSis iiane s.i, uneasy as they handled them.
weet naay oeRs'n Two years ago. One day last
yeS WEEK george w. Curtis and Bessie were mar.
swinv s,Sh; ana on such hinges does oae's future