The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-12
\ SMOOTH GAME.
\ Piece of Chivalry That Turned
Oct Not ~ Chivalrous.

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The railroad men were exchanging
stories. \ travelling passenger agent
told tbis une:
"A funny thing happened the other
night over un the Pittsburg vision
No. had 5ust pulled out OF Crestline
and The Conductor was ia the first ia y
coach iakine up tickets. He came to
a woman who had got on at Crest,ine and
asked her Tor her ticket. She felt i'm he.
pocket. IN, Sic couldn't find it, Then
She locked in her valise and stood lip
and locked ur the seat and under il ami
up and down the car. She said she had
her ticket in purse with SIS in money
Wcu, she looked everywhere she could
think tf. ana then size began 10 cry and
said tha' she had either dropped her purse
or Else haa her pocket picked while she
was Changing cars at Crestline. The
conductor Sdic he was sorry, but il she
hadn't any money or any ticket she'd
have t. get OFF at Bucyrus. She rcgsr
to cry harder than ever, and said she had
Ia he at some town I'm Penns ylvani
forget the me-by the next morning.
The conductor told her he couldn't help
a.. Re had his instructions from the
company. and couldn't carry any one
who faded TO show transportatio
We'll, of course, the whole car had been
taking IL the conversation. Two o. thrce
men were down locking under the seats
ANA others had tome up and asked ques-
tions. They say she was young and "A
good luuker l suppose that's why they
got bury all at once When the xoIaan
began TO cry 50 yGL could hear her all
over the car a fellow sitting back near
the steve spike up and said: Sec, here,
oorducUoT- you're not going TO put that
woman off, are your
IN have to- the conductor rs.
she hasn't any money or any ticket,
AMI ] have M light To carry her
= We'll this fellow says. Il think that's
an outrage to put awoma n off the train in
a STANCE town AT night without any
Ina,ey.'
THAT made the conductor hot. He saws
20 this fellow: IF you're so anxious 70
see the lady reach her town why don't you
pay hei fare? Then She would not be PIT
off Well, the fellow said he Couldn't
afford to pa her fare, but he'd 10 his share
lie Reached IN his pocket and pulled ont n
silver collar and held il up and said he'd
give that much. A man sitting in front OF
him spoke up ana said he'd give a dollar,
too. Tw, or three In the Car volunteered,
aud So the two fellows who had made the
first cont ributions went through the car
aud .Ot quitea sum- don't know Just no "
much Then they went back into the sleep
els and told their story. Nearly every
man came in with a quarter vi half up
10 a dollar. Oneo the men from he Pitts
butc Off 'es happened TO be aboard, ard
lie gave 80 cents.
Altogether they got about SEQ. That
WAS enough 10 pay her fare to this town
and replace the money she had losta Crest
line. TIE two fellows W no had collected
the honey CO lied the other passengers up
and had them witness that they turnedover
the " hole amount. The woman was very
thankful, OF course. She didn't want TO Ia Ike
the extra money, but they insisted, and then
she said she'd take IL as a loan. Anyway,
they finally induced her TO take it. She
paid her fare and everything wa lovely.
"weIl, along bout . O'Clock in the morn
ing heconductor W ent hack into the sleeper
and found one Pittsburg man sitting up
talking 10 another fellow. He told them
he wan ted To show them something. Come
with me- lie says, and he took them for
ward Ia thc day coach. OF course by
that time in the morning ali the people
in the coach Were laid Out-every pa ssenger
In the car doing contortion act. Thefelow
who gave The first dollar, and who helped
get ur the subscription, had moved from
his place hack by the stove. Yes, he
happened To be iE the same seat with the
poor oman who hsdlost her purse asleep,
with tis head on nef sloulderI'