The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-22
A street Car Romance.

L was sonly an accident that brought
George W Curtis TO the corner OF Seven
teenth and q streets az all. says the Wash
nglon Fost- With nothing else claiming
MN that sunday evening ne had strolIesl
mat way with a friend. and was now about
70 take the horse car and return 10 HIS Of
nee on r street. smoke a cigar, and con-
sider ais business programme for the com
advent.
While George W. Curtis waited a pretty
glri came up. She, too. had plans which
included the street car: and 50 staining "A
safe ten feet from George ". Curtis the
pretty girl shared his vigil. She paid no
need 10 George W. Curtis hut he noticed
that she was arraved In a blue flannel
Irock. which had blue flannel suspenders
crossed over "A white waist. George ".
Curtls hac always deemed these costumes
very elegant. But he was in no sense a
masner, ana after allowing his eyes the
penefit OF the pretty girl for moment.
ne turned them in quest OF the car. and
tnought no more about her. The pretty
eiFi ala not think Of George ". Curtis ar
Il IS all but certain that had it not been
Tor a peculiarly dun conductor this no
nance would have ended here Most horse
car conductors are bright, sprightly men.
ana Of a pretty wit Of their own. But this
member OF the guild was dull; or. perhaps.
ne was preoccupied with troubles OF his
own. This was what the duh conductor
dld, and drove these two doves back into
ihe net which the fowler Fate was spread
ing for them
"Tickets2" he cueried. as George W.
Curtis rendered two-bits
ilckets, remarked George w. Curtis
me dull conductor tore on two tickets
I9r George W. Curtis and for the pretty
slri, being misled therein by the fact that
Lhey mad come aboard together Then the
Ggun CONDUCTOR repaired to the back plat
Ioiih, turned his back to George w Curtis
ana the pretty girl, and softly whistled
Door"
Georra W C,,-,;- 49,. l. - "a, -.
pretty girl did not know that he had mad
Ventedly paid her fare. and she sat alb
Ssently opposite her nickel in her waiting
little hand. Should George ". Curtis break
the truth to her? He decided that he must
She would find It out before she left the
cur ana ana get things all tangled up to his dis
credit trying TO understand.
- peg Your pardon" said George w
SSurtis' bending toward the pretty girl and
.ttihg his hat, but the fact is Miss, thar
iool OF conductor has done me the honor
70 suppose you are wa,h me and has col
lected your fare from me on that theory -
me pretty girl seemed much abashed
oiusihed deeply and finally getting it
straight in her young mind, rendered
George W. Curtis her nickel
Not ~ ALL" said George w Curtis.
waving 1t away, Il merely wanted to tell
YOU because didn't care 20 have YOU
think | was attempting any cigarette play
70 make your acquaintance.
Ihen they sat still for four blocks.
george W. Curtis looking excessively vir.
tuous. At last the pretty girl rendered
him the nickel again. This time George
w. curtis came over and sat by her the
better TO explain how much he didn't want
the nickel
She said her name was Bessie. George
w. Curtis had always held that Bessie
was a lovely Dame: he would bet five to
one that 1t was the lovliest of all names.
Bessie lived in Richmond, and was visit
ing her aunt on Rhode Island avenue.
Bessie was going nowhere in particular:
merely riding about. viewing the city Tn
less Bessie objected George W. Curtis
would ride about with her, and give her
his advice and counsel as to how to view
| the city with success. Bessie was a bit
! worried, but finally did not object George
! W Curtis saw Bessie safely into the hands
Of the Rhode Island avenue aunt at 9
o'clock. The Rhode Island avenue aunt
beheld nothing to shy at in George W.
Curtis. He called the next night. Tues
day evening he took Bessie and the Rhode
Island avenue aunt to hear the Marine
band in the white house grounds. Wed
| nesday Bessie went home. Then George
w. Curtis wrote. His letters grew warmer
and warmer, until the postal people were
made uneasy as they handled them.
This story began two years ago. One
day last week George w. Curtis and Bees
sic were married And on such hinges
| does ones future swing.