The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
HE WAS RATA

at One Hundred and Twenty fifth
street yesterday afternoon. At one
Hundred and Sixteenth stmTGt two
very pretty girls, ingenuousus king,
entered the car occupied After
looking around in sort o, Where
are we at way for momebe they
came to the section where IL sit
ting, riding backward. My vlsAa-vis
was an old lady. One ingentkfsat
beside me, the other beside th,tepld
lady. fea
Before had time to offer m hat
the one beside the old lady asbS 4
Won't you please change buRts
with me, sir?'' Aeut
Certainly. I was about to Mp 4
to you," I said. I'LL
ooh, thank your M
After riding as far as One II
bred and Fourth street she juAHsd
up and exclaimed, with peach{ w
pout:
"Oh, lean t ride backward! Won't
you change again, sir??D Es
with pleasure, . said I, although
I had just commenced reading my
paper.
"Sorry to trouble you, sir. y
Don't mention it. 1 could keep
this up all day"
And I resumed my reading.
"Have you the timer" 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 l did as I had promised.
"Seven minutes past g." 1 said on
my return.
And was about to resume my
reading when she asked:
Are you sure that clock is right"
81 presume so, but to make sure
I'll open the window and ask the
ticket chopper, I said. This I did
also.
Yes; he says it's right.
She nodded her pretty head and
smiled bewitchingly.
l wanted to finish q long story be-
fore reaching the Office, SO l again
resumed my reading.
How long does it take to go down
to Forty second street," sweetly
asked the ingenue in moment.
About 25 minutes.
And again began to read.
1--WE want to catch a train at the
Grand Central at $40. Doyou think
we can do it?''
81 should think SO, if you Jake a
cab at the station. -
"Those horrid cabs! 1 don't like
'em. Do you, Mollie?"
No. Mollie didn't either. Glad of
a little respite, looked in my paper
to sec where I had left off. Before I
could find the place Mollie asked in
her ain Neutrality-suspicious. cat
| tenish voice:
How much do they charge, do
you know"
About SO cents apiece. Perhaps
they'll take you both for rs"
How far do you go, sir?"
II go to Thirty third street."
| didn't dare resume reading now.
The questions were coming too fast.
you couldn't get off at Forty-sec-
ond, l suppose, and help us with our
traps into a cab?"
ooh, certainly! I have all day to
myself, only work at night"
well, how's that? Are you an
actor?'
mo; I'm newspaper man."
"a reporter"
Copy reader. ~
whats that?" came from both
pretty mouths simultaneously.
explained.
Forty -secondp' cried the con-
ductor.
"Oh, here's where we get off, sirl
Will you kindly
I"kindly." I carried their traps
down stairs, hailed a cab, asked
what the fare was SeventA,;sI \
cents. Both opened their pc
books. Neither had change. JE}
had none either. I was aAvort,i I
had. gave up the last threts r.
tiers I had, saluted and startSl to
walk to the office. just then heard
one sweet ingenue say to the other
Indignantly:
STRIKES me he's rather fresh on
first acquaintance. "-NewY ork Her
aid.
| Popularity OF Eggs.
81 like my eggs boiled just four
minutes, said Mr.. Goslington, "and
1 used to wonder why with that sim