The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
now 4 WoMAN MAr WIN UsUALLE
II There's nm Argument Going on, silence
wiIi Bowl n Man Over.

1T women only knew II, there II one way
they could get the best side Of an argument
every time" remarked the philosophic man.
And that ~ asked the feminine cynic. with
an affectation Of patience.
"Why, the easiest way In the world; Just
keep quiet and hold %on-can't answer that. you
know. and It's such a saving OF energy, their
own and everybody else's. too. saw the most
remark-bls illustration OF that a few days ago."
continued the philosopher. settling himself for
story. The feminine element looked about
wildly for some means OF escape. but. finding
none. succumbed to the inevitable c~ynically.
1T was Sunday afternoon. 1 was coming
back to the city on one OF the local trains from
the Jersey coast places. The car was packed
to the point Of standing room only with the
usual conglomeration Of bicycle shoes, golf
sticks. autumn leaves and such plumber. 1t
looked as II everybody with a fad had Just been
down to take q last look at the country The
average Of mercury and nerves. too. was pretty
high, but there was not much noise In that car;
In fact, the general atmosphere was one Of
somnolence.
AT some station a few minutes before you
get to x Junction, where you change for
New York. you know, a party OF women got on
the car. and how they worked It / don't know.
but they managed to get seats at the extreme
end-awav from the common mob. They were
Il ONtoOhN1 NthS ah ANi1oAN pS's ~ - u
servant with them in charge OF hammocks.
sticks. &c. There were four OF them. three
girls, By courtesy, and a handsome-looklnR
woman, with q languld manner and an occult
drawl In her voice. or course. l didn't see all
this at FIRST; in fact, / did not notice them at
all until the conductor came around for tickets.
and Their / heard the youngest girl giggle-she
had a very contagious laugh-but shs smothered
1t and looked out Of the window. Iwas sitting
4 s-A - a. HI ~
hear what followed.
THE conductor took the tickets. but handed
them back without even looking at them.
These tickets are for the boat, madam, he said.
We'll, don't you suppose, l know that ] |
bought them only yesterday said the occult
take boat Tickets on the train the conductor
n%Sy: I've always used them this way
urdsSyf boat sast ti SIssi H we're good SOoS to return tSS train ssH1
"'But not this season.
~ haven't been down before this season.
well. that rule has been changed
Then why don't they run q boat on Sun
day. so one can go back that wayP It's much
"The conductor was losing ground fast, but
said before, madam. l can't take these tickets.'
We'll. l haven't any others,
Tho woman was as cool and unrufied as an,
mirabie. She actually looked as II she felt
SELF so t1 nee sds eSSF o %sr a M small IH matt ern0' NM
Won Ill 1AInaIIowSss want 1t to to 6 6boyt madam is what you
course. and as there Is NO boat, l suppose /
shall have to 20 on his train The conductor
woman was too many for him, but he didn't
You understand. madam. that l don't want to
be disagreeable about the matter. but we've
E at 9 sS0 SFd tict sad o %e il fa / sO ai!Foe tsKEe 's 'en d IL
fail to collect the fare. it'll be my loss. that's all
For an Instant 1 thought he'd gotten the
had the upper hand. for she only took out a lit
lost to. everything in the world besides.
oh. a9ptie. the poor man might lose his
F%aantie' smiieed iaduiEentiy and didn't even
answer her; The rht, :. Poor ~ man, continued IN e The
thsse aS BOAT t Tickets saS BACK sH.% and IfSeys. ~ refund Sa@ the the
d dtfS5srenTfSb sst yosn he bs S Sne o daEs q tiG ssnts fHd the
pnqth haeq ei fUq With Hs1 Tlti az ihStts'S Who ,fRisfp been
! Ssna I i i H. i: 'S6es We Sa ;h AZ not sSS SIaiSS d lose q q
occult Voice a but the owner didn't even look up
But Alice had found her voice. and she pro-
sseded ito To- o Sss # by q gilv nfIsn . seh Ssan q e1pT res
enemy was routed at last, but. as q parting
shot before retreStinG; he said; We'll. al /
want e g ion to New York toinightn
The ippudenceF she exclaimed. shall Just
like for 8 him ln,6 to knew who I am. 1shall tell him
""'No, Alice. let him GO; it is no use to talk
R2w;' The. The l1 GaH sss lad Ike c sGsIsiSsd her " card ard
now In the hour Of Saturn: when. we reach
Y Junction 1t will be 5 O'Clock and We shall
then be IN the hour Of Jupiter and we can have
And the poor man. win Jupiter be against
be Kept from giving eTprsssion to, her opinion TsH
% We Tps alike hEeH beneash her cente@pt. but f jupiter
couldn't hear. and the conductor could. 30 she
w wsTSns sfli la ct f Il fiu af% sly 1 While t the occult Sa Il f Iadyy
sysry now and then to say Don't talk Alice:
"SWeiI. when !, walked up again we were at
X Junction. and l kept my eye on that party
next trail train, '- 1 w a. to 's see tn" the end Of that
game and know which won, Jupiter or Miss III
yous-looEinS little man. He made straight Tor
our end Of the car The occult lady got out
leaned back and said with 4 laHeuid smile. We
are now in the hour Of jupiter
And by-Jupiter,,-yes. for he Is 9, good old
ductor just took those tickets and shipped
them and went by without q word. Then In q
second out came three cards and pencils. and
you never saw such enthusiastic converts to
any cause as these girls were to-Jupiter. The
occult lady had no more time for contempla-
ton until we reached the ferry.
oh, OF course. it's easy enough to explain.
You can say that naturally the conductor
didn't suspect that there would be anything the
matter with those tickets. when he knew that
they had come half the way on them. Or. may
be. for that matter. he was nearsighted. or
maybe the first one had given him a hint, as
the occult, silent woman did have her own
way. Just as she foretold and she made three
know but II I'd had q little more nerve. and
hadn't been quite so sleepy. maybe she would