The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-06
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amiabls smile Drought confusion -
the passengers on nm open boulsssrd
car ths other uorninr, though hsr
intentions were good. She bustlod
aboard At Seventy second street and
crowded herself into seat whose
other occupants we're tired-looking
mother and four small children. Shs
made everyone uncomfortable by her
search for her pockstbcok. while the
conductor waited for his fare She
examined each fold Of her big skirt un-
til in the last she found her pocket
and subsequently her pockstbook.
This 10 n hot day. young man," she
said to the conductor as she gave him
the fare, and then addressing her re-
marks generally TO the other passen-
gers. she added, but dunno as It
ia as hot az yesterday. was avfully
hst up yesterday and / declare most
felt as II I souldn't stand It,"
Everyone In the car was too drowsy
from the heat 10 take up this ohal-
lsnge to diacuss the weather, and the
fat woman moppsd her face and
beamed impsrtiAlly on svsryons who
would look at her. The mother Of
the children In the seat with her hsd
closed her eyes, when the fat wom-
an gaze her a nudge and asked:
Are these all your children, rnsmr
"Yes," said the mother.
Little deArs, every one Of them. l
do love children. How DIDO. children
Up TO that time the children bed
kept quiet. Az the fat woman glAred
st them the youngest. . girl Of about
three years. began 70 whimpsr In q
frightened fashion.
"Sice little girl. nice httle girl" said
Ne fAS woman.
The child drew back 10 her mother
and tAs fat woman turned hsr alton
tion 70 the others. She pstted them
on the ksad and shs asked thsm their
names. As the car came down near
the elevated road at Slxty-sixph street
the fat woman grabbed one Of the
children. boy, by the arm, and twist
ing him around violently, she asked:
Want to see the ehu chu cars? Nice
ehu-chn cars
The boy didn't want TO see them.
and be svIdsntly did not understand
the fat uoman's attempts to interest
him. He burst out crying and the
other children Joined him. Several
men on the back seat swore, and tho
fat woman turued around and glared
them into ailsnSs Then SIS moppsd
hsr .aes and remarked:
al dunno but after all Is Is as hot
~ yestarday. Heat does make chill
d-en terribly peevish.r
Tbs mother was doing her bcst 70
qxist hsY children when the fat WON
an again turnsd her Attso lon 10 them.
"Poor litsls thing" she said.
"Dsn't want 10 see ohu-c chu oArA II
yer VIII be good I'll give you = penny
Tor candy. II you battle them. mum,
N nailk. ard vatsr thai rash win d.
A1psAs. F~s h.d sAiNrsa Of my own,
and I kzov. when they get Ast Up
tAsrs's nothing Ike milk and wafer.
That's aIes. Shop your crying. rost
ssy teo+ssy. teotseJ-seotssy-" ssd hsy
voice was again lost IN Ne combined
sxiss OF four children.
-For heavens sake, kAvs them
alone, madam said . man on the
seat back
"sir?" said the fat woman, farming
around to face him.
The man tried to look as II he had
Aaid nothing. In the meantime two
children, who had been sitting quietly
or the seat Ia front OF the Eat woman.
got up on their knees and peered over
the back o. the seat to see what all the
crying was about. The fat woman
beamed as she saw them and dangled
her purse. which was o. the chain
variety. before their blinking eyes.
One child settled back in her seat cry
ing. The other held her ground until
the fat woman began to tickle her un-
der tha chin, and then abe became
frightened and cried. Added to the
discomfort of the heat, the passengers
now had six crying children. When
ever any one OF the six stopped her
sobs the fat woman would beam on her
until she cried again. Such carload
Of woe since the fat woman boarded II
had not rolled down the boulevard for
many day. At Sixty-third street the
fat woman, with farewell pat to each
child and stern remember what
said, mem, milk and water" TO the
mother. alighted. The car started
ahead, and before 1t had gone two
blocks the children had ceased crying.
That fat woman was a nuisance
said the N, an who Ind adTisad her IN let