The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-04-03
A WOMAN AND HER MONEY.
Trouble Over an Attempt to Pay Five
Cents Car Fare with a Five
Dollar Bill.

A woman boarded an uptown Third
avenue surface car the other day, ten
lered the conductor five-dollar bill
and received in change four silver dol
lars and handful of small change.
She looked at the silver, then cast
reproachful glance at the conductor,
who was making his way toward the
door, relates the New York Sun.
After handling the money for some
time longer, and giving expression to
her views on the inconvenience of sill
yer, she turned around to the passen-
ger sitting next to her-a well-dressed
man, reading newspaper-ands said.
"Would you mind kindly giving me
bills for these silver dollars?"
mot at all, madam" replied the man,
taking roll of bills from his pocket
and handing her four single dollar bills,
which she folded up and put away in
her pocketbook. She was still jingling
the small change in her hand, and as
the conductor passed she asked:
Conductor, will you let me have a
dollar bill for this changer"
Certainly, said the conductor, TAX
ing bill from his pocket and hand
ing it to her, in return for which she
handed him the 95 cents.
BEG pardon but there is only 95
cents here" he said, as he counted
over the change.
eyes, you know gave you five cents
before" was the rejoinder.
"That's all right, but / need five
cents more to make up the dollar" in
sisted the conductor.
Don't you see" persisted the wom-
an, "the 95 cents and the five 1 gave
you before make one dollar?"
THAT nickel you gave me was for
your fare, madam" said the conduc-
tor.
eyes, and that with what I've given
you now, make up the dollar" insisted
the woman.
Emptying the change into her lap and
picking up the dollar, the conductor
went forward to collect other fares.
Turning to the obliging passenger next
to her again, she said:
II don't like to trouble you too much,
but could you give me one dollar for
this changer"
with pleasure, madam" he said, as
lay down his paper and took out his roll
of bills for the second time.
He was we'll aware of the fact that
he was nickel short, as were the other
passengers who had been watching the
proceedings with good dealt'of in
terest and amusement. After the bill
had been neatly folded up and put away
in the woman's pocketbook and he had
resumed reading his paper, it looked
for few moments as if the incident
had come to close; but such was not
the case. Suddenly turning round to
the man again, the woman broke out
with:
"Oh, owe you five cents"
That's all right. madam" replied
the man, looking up from his paper.
mo. but must pay YOU
"ltIl do some other time" he said,
evidently tired of going through the
process of making change.
"Oh, no, I'll pay you now," she in
sisted, taking out her pocketbook and
looking all through it for nickel. 81
haven't five cents in change. but if you
give me the e5 cents I'll give you the
dollar"
At that moment the man noticed
that the car had stopped at his cor
ner, and he made a rush for the door,
his brain in whirl and trying to make
ont whether it was he or the woman
that WAS crazy, or whether the con-
ductor. or all three were prospective
patients for lunatie asylum.