Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-01
CAR FARE COLLATERAL.
Some 04 tho ThlnGs offered Fol
Rides In New York.

Some ee tho Things offered For
Rides In New York.
II wish to 20 to fnc Hundred and Sig
tenth street, and | haven't a ticket
Here 10 a Sc umbrella. Couldn't you let
me ride IL leave it as sccurity2"
The Questioner. handsomely dressed
woman. Scene, the elevated road sta
ton at Twenty third street. The woman
was peerins through the ticket sellers
window with an anxious expression or
her face. a
The dispenser of tickets looked at the
woman scrutinizingly moment. Then
without q word, he passed q ticket
through the little window. In exchange
the woman thrust her closely rolled. silk
covered umbrella through the aperture
There was ball of cnamcled copper or
the end Of the handle, and to outward
appearances the umbrella was worth ev
cry cent Of the woman's estimate.
''Oh, we get plenty of that Sort" said
the ticket seller afterward. Il had wo
man offer ME French poodle. but as i,
Is against the law to let dogs on the train
l couldn't take the collateral. A bystand
er bought her the ticket. however. and
she went Oh.
'All sorts Of things are left. One da
an old gentleman left pair Of gold cun
buttons AZ security. He never came back
Whether he forgot what station it was Of
whether he left town never knew. Thai
was six months ago. I am wearing the
buttons now.
Sometimes they leave books, but
have refused to take these, as the read
ers never call for them. A we'll known
clubman left fine matchbox one night
1t had his name and address on 1t. Ii
forgot it. and three weeks aftcrward
mailed it to him. He sent me 81 for my
trouble and said had cleared up a mys
terry He had suspected one of his serv'
ants OF stealing the article. 1t was late
one night when he got On, and perhaps
he li;.i been out to some littlc extent.
81 have had pocketknives. brooches
umbrellas, walking sticks. workbaskets
gloves and suits of clothes left with me
Usually the owners redeem their cent
pledges the same day. Sometimes
keep them weeks and months. The great
stations for these things are Twenty
third. Twenty-eighth, lhirty-third anu
Fourteenth streets on the west side and
Ninth and Twenty eighth streets on til
east side.
"b,<ides leaving personal property fol
rides, some travellers do curious things
Persons in u rush will hold their tickets
in one hand and throw whatever they
have. In the other into the ticket box
Women are the Olrt nders in this line.
saw q woman drop her baby on the tol
Of q BOX one day. 1t was only the ter
riied cry Of the infant that brought bel
to her senses. The act was a thought
less impulse. OF course. and as the bah!
was not hurt the incident created no enc
of amusement.
Sometimes they drop small packagea
into the boxes. A woman broke The
glass in the box on the station with bel
umbrella not long ago. She was making
a rush to catch Harlem train and
thrust the umbrella instead of the ticket
into the box. ... -
''There is an old gentleman who gett
on at Sixty-sixth street who invariably
thrusts his morning paper into the tickle,
box. The guard ut that station has had
to call him back several times."-New
York World.