The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-30
RATHER TOO FRESH.
He Had "a Splendid Time with the
Girls Who Played Him.
LFrom the New York Herald.]

[From the New York Herald.]
L boarded a Sixth avenue Il" train
at One Hundred and Twenty-f1fth street
yesterday afternoon. AT One Hundred
and Sixteenth street two very pretty
girls, ingenious looking, entered the car
I occupied. After looking around in a
sort of where-are-we-at way for mo
ment they came to the section where
was sitting, riding backward. My Wis
avis was an old lady. One ingenue sat
beside me, the other beside the old lady.
Before had time to offer my seat,
the one beside the Old lady asked:
Won't you Please change seats with
me, sir?''
"Certainly.1 was about to offer 1t to
you," 1 said.
"Oh, thank you
After riding as far as One Hundred
and Fourth street, she jumped up and
exclaimed with peachbloW pout:
"Oh, 1 can't ride backward! Won't
You change. again sir?''
with pleasure" said I, although I
had just commenced reading my Her.
aid.
Sorry to trouble YOU. sir"
Don't mention it. could keep this
up all day"
And 1 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"
said.
And I did as I promised.
Seven minutes past three" 1 said on
my return.
And 1 was about to resume my read
ing when she asked:
"And you are sure that clock is
right?"
Il presume so, but to make sure I'll
open the window and ask the ticket
chopper said. This I did also.
Eyes; he says it's all right"
She nodded her pretty little head and
smiled bewitchingly.
wanted to finish a long story before
| reaching my office, so 1 again resumed
my reading.
How long does it take to go down to
| Forty-second street?' sweetly asked the
| ingenue in a moment.
! About twenty-five minutes"
| And again [ began to read.
eve want to catch a train at the
| Grand Central at $40. Do you thing
we can do it?'
81 should think SO. if you take cab
at the station"
''Those horrid cabsl 1 don't like them
! do you, Mollie?'
NO. Mollie didn't either Glad of q
little respite, [ looked in my paper
to see where I left off. Before I could
| find the place N1ollie asked in her amt
he-a-nice-young-man kittentsh voice:
"How much do they charge, do you
know"
"About fifty cents apiece. Perhaps
they'll take you both for seventy-five
cents"
GLOW far do you go, Sir?''
81 go to Thirty-third street"
| didn't dare to resume reading now
the questions were coming too fast.
you couldn't get off at Forty-sec-
ond, / suppose, and help US with oul
traps into a cab?"
"Oh, certainly. have all day to my,
self. only work at night"
''WeN-how 'sAthat? Are you an ac-
tor?"
3tNo, I'm a newspaper man.
"a reporter" 8
copy reader"
whats that?" came from both
Ipretty mouths simultaneously.
| explained
''Forty-secondr' cried the conductor
'Oh, here's where we get off, sir
| Will you kindly"
| kindly" carried their traps dowr
stairs, hailed a cab, asked what tbs
fare was. Seventy-five cents. Both
opened their pocket books. Neither ha6
change. Jehu had none, either. I was
asked if had. I gave up the last three
quarters I had, saIuted and started tt
walk to the office. Just then I heard
one sweet ingenue say to the other in.
| diguantly:
Strikes me he's rather fresh on frs
acquaintance