Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-28
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Look Ont lFor tho We DreSssG Rfan hp
Says You Have His Ci,angs. s.,
You want to. look out for your
change lii the surfaoo oars. !, said the
first feminine troiieyite. 81 had an ex-
perienoe tho other day which might
have COST me D cents and perhaps /
have discovered new swindle. have
neyer hoard Of 1t before anyway.
II was going down town, and, as IL
happened, I. knew that / had only 10
cent pieces In change. One Of them l
gave to the conductor, aud no gayo mo
5 oents in return. He went out on tho
| platform, where we'll dressed man
was standing then, and Shey began nn
animated conversation. Then the con-
duotor oame back to me.
"'What did you give me, madam?'
he asked. ...
"'Why, 10 oants,' I replied. >E
He went outside again, and could
sea that no continued his conversation
with tho man In an excited manner
Presently he Game inside and said to
mo: .. .. - .....
Thank you, madam .-.
II had no idea what I had dono for
him, but such spirit Of thankfulnesa
1t soomod woll to encourage, and 1 an
swered: ..~.. -..
"'Oh, you are quite welcome
"Beforo reached my destination the
man outaide had left and as tho car
wIs blocked and stopped for few mo-
ments when / came to get off I said to
tho conductor: .....
"'What waa the trouble with tho
man2
"'Why, said tho conductor, tho in
Histed that ne mad given mo that 1G
cents and that had givon you tho
change which he should have had
"Now, that was a regular attompt at
a swindle. but you SEQ was suro that
l had only 10 cent pieces in my purse.
If I hadn't. ho might have had my 5
cents. 1t is suoh mean trick for
cents, and should havo thought, from
casual glance at tho man, that no was
u gentleman, for ho was we'll dressed.
My husband said, when told him, thnt
it was his dross that mado it possible
for him to undertake such trick 1t
would have beon impossible for poor
ly dressed man,"
"Do you know" said tho second fem
inino trolleyito, II believe had that
| samo trick played OH mo tho othor day,
! and should never have thought of it ii
J .-Gu hau not told mo about this.
~ was in ono Of tho cars, and 1 gavo
tho conductor quarter. Ho gave mo
tho right CHANGE 20 cents 1 was with
friend, and l was not thinking par
ticuiariy OF what was doing, and as I
put the money into my purse the con-
ductor camo back to mo and said:
"'You only gave mo cents. That
change that gavo you belonged to this
man over hore.
"You can imagine that l felt very
sheepish taking change that did not bo-
long to me.
"'What did give him?' I said to my
friond. Il was suro it was quarter. ,
But Of course handed over tho change
and tho man Oh tho opposite sdo Of tho
car pocketud it Immediately.
Nov that you toll mo about this l
| ain sure lost my 20 cents. Why should
the conductor have given mo just tho
change l expected if l had not given
him quarter? But l usually havo a
good doal Of change in my purse, and
al was talking, was not SO suro about
what had handed out as l would havo
beon undor other circumstances. 1t
makes me 80 angry to be swindlcd."
"Well, tho conductor WAS not at fault
In my oaso at least" said tho first Il.
Il. "Ho stood up for mo. 1 don't won
der they got confused sometimes. 1t is
mystory to me that they don't always
got things wrong. l wonder if this is
now swindle?''--Now York Times.