The age-herald., 1899-10-22

New York. October golf citizens have grievances against cable car conductors the latter can retaliate by telling funny stories at the expense of their patrons Many people by paying the five cents fare consider themselves the owners of the road for the time being, and take all sorts of liberties with the vacant spaces in the car; and others regard a street car as common property where there need be no rules and nothing like regulation.
 One fine afternoon last week the Broad way cable started down from Central park with but two passengers aboard. They were rather pretty young girl and her escort Both looked little shabby; but being in high spirits 1t might be supposed that they were @ couple of New York's rural lovers doing New York for holi- day.
 As they sat down they took hold of hands and the conductor, who tries to be obliging in such una tters at least, went out upon the platform and began to count his change.
 Next "she' took hold of his arm and sat a little closer; and then the conductor looked their way; for he did not want his car to present a peculiar appearance from the outside. This semi-tranquil state of affairs continued only minute, when plump went the girls head down on the
 
 had to interfere:
 See here," said he, "this ain't the wait in room of a hotel It's street car. You will have to set up"
 The young woman's face got quite red and the young man muttered something about the '1ady being sick" but they got off at the next corner and, locking arms closely, walked down the street in the same way the car was going, evidently pre- ferring to walk rather than be closely chaperoned by conductor.
 A PICKPOCKET ABOARD.
 ''one afternoon had a crowded car," said conductor on one of the cross-town lines. 'E was at the time when the people were coming from the ferries and there wasn't even standing room. l am always afraid of crowds on these cars because thief can operate so nicely in one. He gets on at one ferry, works his little game all the way across the city. gets off at the fer ry cross-town and disappears on the ferry boat. By the time the people discover that their pocketbooks are gone the ferry boat has started and it is next to impossible to catch the pickpocket. He never operates the same line twice a month.
 Well, on this particular afternoon-be- tween and 6, I saw a man crowd him. self between two women and put one or ms hands behind him, apparently to sit more comfortably in the crush. I noticed this on the way up the car. On my way back he had changed hands and now had his left hand behind him instead of his right Conductors are always suspicious, and watched the man closely.
 'fPretty soon by a queer movement of the arm 1 became convinced that he had his hand in the pocket of the woman next him. The dear old lady sat with her arms full of bundles, looking placidly ahead of her, while the man worked the pocket racket with fine effect. His eyes fairly glistened. The woman wore diamonds and looked as if her poclSetbook might be full.
 'I waited as long as I thought best Then I went through the car, bent down over the man and whispered;
 "'There's a friend of yours wants to see you-out on the platform