The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-01-03
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No. s. 4
From the Philadelphia Telegrap h: s.
Two girls rushed up to d leading play
house on Chestnut street. the other
night: The tall one sweptt:%sinside. the.
rail Of the r. box office. The +other
clutched it and kept Saying .fIurry!''*3
Have you any 75-cent seats p, p. gasped
the tall one. T='' :: = ~~s =: r. :.
i"A1L:: gone,' tsaid The ticket youth, al
ter hisurely survey Of the walls of
his coop.s;1 f. KS W.
The girls held a. hasty consulate
''Any dollar ones?";; s Z. 5gSz i
YES. How many'?"* j.. I :
1.-Two" -: !.
"Be sure to give me good ones,'' she
said as; she diXed into her. pocketbook
and brought forth two bills.
The man began slowly to sort over
ip Ii. collection, The girl outside the Fail
; :te'f=hiff to hurry: " ri *, muSt: be
awful late: There's hardly anybody:
,What fim e:i il tail SRI j f. asked
olo .'F':.@; zIs' '>'>: IL S'}*='s = q :
Three minutes past 81 said the man,
Is, 'd6 hurry! they Both t6 gaspea: 1T
must have begun The girl outside the
rail beat q nervous tattoo with her foot.
The man pushed Gut THE Tickets still
deliberately. TWAS inaddening 8: :sDoni't
you ring UP at 81" queried the tall girl.
"Quarter after" corrected the man
to1erant1y ;: 81 =:
The girls emitted an "o!' that nearly:
blew the man off his feet
"This is the 49,, isn't it?'' asked the
tail girl, suspiciously. >.~
TT is the - F." corrected the man. ~
The girl outside the railing nearly
collapsed. Z -.
"But this is where --- is playine?';'
The man mildly named the star that
was the leading attraction.
10, Clara gasped the tall one,
we've got the wrohgiplace! Oliwattll-
wedo! That does begin at g. doesn't IT.?
0, can we have our money back?' We
can run: 1t isn't far. Here, do take the
tickets.S Hurry 80 c:.s = :
The man said something under his,
breath, there was flash and flutter of
tickets and greenbacks, he said a few
more things as he bumped his9head see
ing if the tickets. went on the floor,
and then the girls came back y,
: 1--WE have decided to come here; after
all quavered the tall one
1T is SO late. I>don't believe we CAN
set seats at the other: :; But w GIVE
must! have dropped the tickets. We
didn't know Iwhat we did with them
we@ can't find them. Did you leave
them here? Did >'yodS take them back,
or did We lose tlen1?': ~ :" - 7 (: Co.,
! TO mad to- speak, the man flung out
two Tickets ~ 7;~@ -. : Il .
70, thank you! It%%is :aWfully kind OF
you: We: didn'tsexpeet new :ones--we:4--,'
THE ticket man recovered his voice. =;
! 1.-TWO dollars, please!' he shouted. y
why; we paid" said both girls, in
dignantly: and reproachfu1ly.
you took thes1noney,' ,!fsaid the ticket
man, adazedly ticlutching ftlR window. "
20, we: did not, either" : .. =. :.
The man'tu turned pale. c'tYou~ certainly
dld!R5 :1fs 2. ,=el1rst:er *ss III est eg44 :,-*,
Il remember pushing thes money un-
der the. glass when I. took the tickets =
said the tall~girl. ------.----.--s--,.
"Butryop, didn't e t. ke he;ticketse' = g. <
Why here they are &; 3 Id the girl.
:s.Of course, we can't discuss It., especial
he psaulavz
cred as she said it. I'LL xs::4.
! The man took a=tnrn round his stool
| fofa1uck:csr>> RI. S>*A q ,>eE-'~
The girls went off, the one by the rail-
ing remarked 1--WE may find the first
tickets!r''. - $. ~s,-~~ az 49, = 49,.
| The ticket2man heard Them Further.
more, he saw them; searching for the
| tickets. And until he counted up he
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