The evening world., 1905-09-27
For More than Two
Hours Evening
Worlds Commits
sioner Crosses and
Recrosses Bridge
Without Meeting
Courtesy Of A-y
Kind or Form.
BY CATHERINE KING.

Sore in body and limb foot hru,..d-
ave. and hurt In mind. tool oui, ,hs
BROOKLYN rid last evening. after
having heen ,ossss and ,os,Iea and
or,s,.a for mora ,hs, .wo h,,rs Il, ,,s
rush-bou- tide Of humanity. whore I
had gono a~-seek,rr A GENTLEMAN
Nv oues- was sru,tless The nrizs n,
s,n r,.h u.,.. ,oa .x ,o-,, - nr,,
"a tho fire, man 7 ma, on eIsvs-ed o-
,-o,ia,. .nr o,,..,,. ~. hr,a.. ,,ho
uon,d ,enas- ~. S,s s.,t Was still
,,cr.d awoy IN a cu1 n, NV tack.,
- T ro.,.,a 80 ri. r,.,,.
,-o,,s,, o@,
ron +,n,os s,os a.. ,-,.as e,,
-. -. p...,,.-
"oe
1Pf'y>" y. ~ NC"
! ste''eu ~ "'o0N's" On III. mn ca
.utsto" l "au eNIeeueu my '"e i'"i''
put was 'oath 10 give up my search,
l sa'u 20 'hFseii; NO shai' Hs Jus.
once more surely cannot IAN 10 Hnu
some one VINO VIII be decent enough ''
provo his right TO the price but
failed.
1t was AS by the City Hall clock when
I plunged into the maelstrom Of hu-
man beings In front OF the Pulitzer
Building and let myself be carried
along by the current which was sweep:
ing homeward over the bridge. a big
man with a red face and scraggly gray
side-whiskers-the kind Of a man that
Is always Tuning and making an up
roar at home followed me into the
,iok., .,i,e
I was as quick as I could be In laying
down nv money and picking up my
ticket bu. he was on me liks a wolf.
"Ga. a move on" he shouted. Get a
,o,o o,m
e..~ed courteous
"s,,,, m w]hiskers," said a rough
hu, kindly voice. and glanced over
NV shoulder and saw a big fellow OF
nir.t.an or twenty. with the physical
w,Lings ~ two men in him. He wa.
tho e,aaInr The man with the red
faca snbs,ded as II he had beer
droprea into the river.
All, I thought, here's a gentleman IT
the rough. He would give a woman
his seat, and l stepped aside. go tina,
could get behind him. wanted tc
give him a chance to win the SO.
There was a slamm,ng of gates and
n changing OF bells as reached the
side OF the last car. and the train
was of. l backed away with a struggle.
and, rs the rear platform went by.
l saw my young champion there, glow
erinS at ''Whiskers." VINO was lnirly
blue IN the face now trying to get
inside tho ear. l just caught the words
as they came from the young. careless
lips: "Itl be a plug in tho snieiisl
fer yours"
Crowded to the edge OF the platform
could no; help catching the next
shuttle" ! was swept into 1t. II
IN which found myself-No. 4S-ou'
before could collect my senses every
seat rad been TAKEN n was one
OF SIX Vome nan waylni
10 ana iro III front OF perhaps a nun
urea men IN seats.
'o'h my POSITION IN 'front.' Of a
Eoo"s man WIN very r'u eyeiiaS ana
a very ta'cN io"eF NJ; VITA a scar
80 ont ~
snat , ~ ~. WIZ
Tha traIn h,n nv $50, -, -.
NJ .bo hrld,o s,o,ion ,rhan raI, h,,
ovos fo.teroa mo-, mo Va na, an
Evening wc-i1 and when Ino..
down at him he wo,,d dr,, bis eve,
to the paper and then look I'm at me
He was undecided. ono. he sbrfae,
his feet .as II he meant to get up
For a moment | was disloyal.
But he didn't get out OF his seat
I didn't notice the number OF the cal
on which | returned to Manhattan
l had a seat on It, and For the SAX
OF the record" as lawyers will hay.
It, ] must add that there were onl,
three men ana a woman In the ca,
besides me. don't think there wer,
any more passengers on tho entIr
train. I didn't see them, anyway.
Starting for Brooklyn ths secon,
time 1 decided to try the elevate
again. IN ascending the steps--,h
ptrs furthes, east-I was ;lmme
against the banister and railing b
two boys with such force ttnt
thought I should faint. Ny brea,
: was gone for fully a minute and
.