The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-12-28
NE WAS Rather FRESH.

he Did Everything Two strange Girls Asked
Him to do. Even Paying Their Cab Hire.
boarded a Sixth venue L train
at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street yesterday afternoon. AT One
Hundred and Sixteenth street two
very pretty girls, ingenious looking,
entered the car l occupied. After
looking around in a sort of where
are we at way for a moment they
came to the section where I was sit
ting, riding backward. My vis-a-vis
was an old lady. One ingenue sat
beside me, the other beside the old
lady.
Before I had time to offer my seat
the one beside the old lady asked:
Won't you please change seats
with me, sir?:"
Certainly. I was about to offer it
to YOU" I said.
ooh, thank your
After riding as far as One Hun
dred and Fourth street she jumped
up and exclaimed, with a peachblow
pout:
"Oh, I can ride backward! Won't
you change again, sir?'
with pleasure" said I, although
l had just commenced reading my
paper.
Sorry to trouble you, sir"
Don't mention it. l could keep
this up all day"
And I resumed my reading.
Have you the time?" she asked
in a few moments, leaning toward
me, not half far enough.
My watch has stopped, but I'll
just step off at Ninety-third street
station, tell the conductor to hold
the train a moment and look at the
station clock" l said.
And | did as I had promised.
Seven minutes past g." said on
my return.
And l was about to u my
reading when she asked:
Are you sure that clock is right?'
II presume so, but to make sure
I'll open the window and ask the
ticket chopper" I said. This / did
also.
Yes; he says it's right"
She nodded her pretty head and
smiled bewitchingly.
/ wanted to finish a long story be-
fore reaching the office, SO I again
resumed my reading.
How long doesit take to go down
to Forty-second street," sweetly
asked the ingenue in a moment.
About 25 minutes"
And again I began to read.
I'VE want to catch a train at tbs
Grand Central at $40. Do you think
we can do it?"
II should think SO, if you take &
cab at the station"
Those horrid cabs! don't liks
'em. Do you, Mollie?"
No, Mollie didn't either. Glad o.
a little respite, l looked in my paper
to see where / had left off. Before
could find the place Mollie asked il
her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cat
tenish voice:
"How much do they charge, Ok
you know"
About so cents apiece. Perhap:
they'll take you both for rs"
How far do you go, sir?"
81 go to Thirty-third street."
I didn't dare resume reading now
The questions were coming too fast
"You couldn't get off at Forty-sec
ond, 1 suppose, and help us with GU:
traps into a cab?'
"Oh, certainly! have all day t.
myself. I only work at night"
WELL, how's that? Are you al
actor?"
mo; I'm a newspaper man."
"A reporter"
Copy reader"
whats that?" came from bot
pretty mouths simultaneously.
explained.
"Forty-second!" cried the con
ductor.
"Oh, here's where we get off, sir
Will you kindly
1"kindly." l carried their trap
down stairs, hailed a cab, aske
what the fare was. ~Seventy-fiv
cents. Both opened their pocket
books. Neither had change. Jeh
had none either. l was asked if
had. 1 gave up the last three quar-
tiers l had, saluted end started t
! walk to the Office. Just then l hear
: one sweet ingenue say to .the othe
Indignantly:
: "Strikes mo he's rather fresh o
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