The times., 1899-02-05
TROUBLE ON THE L ROAD.
The Ticket Seller. the Chopper. md
the Booi. That SnId ..Nasi.-

TROUBLE ON THE L ROAD.
The Ticket SELLER. the Chopper. md
the B"oi. That Said '.Nn.t.'.
(From the New York SUM-
1t was at an uptown station of the
Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroad in the
neighborhood of a recent big fire. The up
town track was blocked by the fire and
the uptown trains were being switched
onto the downtown track at Eighth Street
and sent north on that track to the next
switch, which is at Fifty-ninth Street. a
great deal of confusion naturally resulted
and there was some excuse for both the
ticket seller and the ticket chopper to be
out of temper. The ticket seller had been
wranSing with passengers who wanted to
go down town and demanded their money
back after depositing their tickets in the
box and learning that the trains were not
running down town. The ticket chopper
had been wrangling with the same would
be passengers who demanded back their
chopped tickets.
A train came along at this mom7nt and
one of the guards tossed of note. The
ticket chopper grabbed it. 1t was an or
der to the station agent on the uptown
side to send all the uptown passengers to
the downtown station. The chopper called
the colored porter and hustled him across
the track with the order. Then he went
inside
81 shust send an orter ofer to dod oder
weller by der uptown site alretty," he
said to the ticket seller.
''Vod," demanded the ticket seller.
''Vod vos dod? We're dit you sed dod
orter?''
From auf der drain und send it quvick
alretty," answered the chopper.
You didn' done it," declared the seller.
Il dell you dit done it, said the chop
per.
You are a loafer. vod mage you dell
me you dit done it. ven you couldn't done
it." snorted the seller.
Il done gare vod you said l couldn't I
did done it alretty, snorted back the
chopper.
You vas a pig tam fool; dods yod you
vas. You god no comprehension. You
know you couldn't done it. so how could
you done it. ven you couldn't done it,"
snorted the seller again.
Il say you vos liar" shouted the chop
per. Il dit done it, n | dit done it if |
couldn't done it. l dond sif tam. | did
done it n dod's all dere vos apout it
wy. man" came back the seller. you
vas crazy. You think | dond't know der
pook? Here. you wool, vod does this say?"
He took a little paper-covered book of
rules from the money drawer, and with
his index finger emphasizing each word,
he read slowly:
Ali-orders-must- be delivered at
once-to-the-agent- the
station where they are - received -
Now" he demanded. 'vot does must
mean? | say vot does must mean?'
Il don'd care about der pook tam /
dell you I dit done it, snorted the chop
per, "un dots ell dere vos apout it. l
dit done it
How gould you done it ven der pooS
says 'must?'' demanded the seller. his
face an apoplectic red. ''Vod does must
mean? You couldn't done it. Der book
says must Vot you tryin to gif me, any
ways? Must, must, must!''
You vos Won tam fools yourselves.
shouted the chopper. I dit done it und
don'd let you gall liar again dit
done it. II | couldn't done it | don
know; put dit done it und I dit
Then they glared at each other through
the grating. Finally. the seller blurted
out:
Such liar. sayin' you did done it Ven
you couldn't done it. Der book says
must Dots English. und if der orter
come here it must come to me. See.
You didn't done it. dots all. You
couldn't
The chopper was dancing with rage
now, and he shouted back: Il dell you
dit don't it und | know vod | done und
dit done it. 1 gif der orter to der Niger
und send it to dod odder vellers und your
pigger tam vools as l.
Il don'd gare vod you say you done. ="
shouted the seller. You didn't don it
cause der pook says must. und you
couldn't done it"
At this moment the colored porter came
in with the order. Boss he said, the
uptown man says o. X" He handed the
order to the seller to be filed.
There, there" exclaimed the seller
triumphantly. didn't | say so? Don'd der
pook say must und didn't it? 'Nod vor
you come lyin' arount to me sayin' you
dit done vot you couldn't done?"
The chopper went back 10 his chopping
machine as the seller muttered: Such
tam vools dose choppers are. sayin' he
dit done vot he couldn't done, Der gom-
pany ought to get some intelligence men,
Such vools,"