The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
THE LITTLE WOMAN
BEATS DIG WOMAN

= suppose. SAID MI Hfumpcrly,
that for sheer nerve woman has man
beaten thousand million miles She
is equal to any prosperity, and she
can take the gan gamely. in way
tha' apparently he can never hope to
EN- ilate. in adversely
Ia circumstances In which ne Will
VIII mper and weaken and lie down
she will stand not only steadfast. but
smiling and serene. compelling vie.
tori where he had soen only defeat.
She's a wonder, Is woman, and all men
might profit by her example: though
In the calm consciousness OF her
strength she may sometimes give rX-
hib tions OF nerve which in man ge
mitht not so much admire.
AS Tor instance at the ticket of-
fec window whore, instead of taking
her place at the end OF the line and
won king slowly up to take her turn.
she coolly ignores the line entirely.
and walks straight to the window to
be served ahead OF all That is what
| SAW q large and handsome wom.
an do.
"rhero were a dozen people or MOTE
in the line slowly inching its way mp
to the window, aud this line included
woplen. too. as well as men She
didn't see the line any more than she
would have seen II II at that moment
instead of being there before her
eyes. II had been painfully working It's
way mp the peak of the Matterhorn,
1000 miles away. She never so much
as glanced at IL, but walked straight
to the window; and while the line
cane up at one side of IL she stood at
the other. waiting. simply for the per.
son at the moment in front OF the
window to get away: n proceeding
thai, II would pro, lily be within the
bounds OF reason ay was Calling to
all the persons wl,o'l she would thus
cooily compel to wait.
"rhe Incident was not without an
alleviating feature that. later. came
under the cognizance Of those up near
the front As things were when the
big handsome woman walked up to the
ticket window and stood by the side
OF u. as described. waiting for the
peulou at the head OF the line coming
up. and who In the natural order o.
things would next have been served.
was a woman This woman al the
head Of the liue was a little woman.
very pretty. but small and slender
ahS very gentle in her bearing. and
the person next back of her, who hap
pen ID To- be man. wondered In his
hea t. some about what this little
woman would do when II came her
turn and she came up against the big
han lsome woman standing there wait
ing at the other side of the window
with intent coolly to get In ahead OF
everybody. In other words would the
little woman give way and let her he
sister BLUM her?
"l}ut, dear. dear; the man who ques
toned thus TO himself was. like most
men a weak brother, and he had for.
gotten that all women had nerve, This
Is what happened:
when the woman who had been
buying tickets turned away she blank.
eted. IS one might say the woman
standing waiting at the other side OF
the window. the big woman, for about
secono or perhaps a second and a
half. but certainly not more than that,
a brief time in which man would
have fumblcd and jumbled and lo,'
his chance. 4 was an ample tlma
allowance, however for the little
wonan calmly waiting at the head OF
he line. aud the manner In which
she improved II was something mar
velous to see Without the slightest
trace of hurry or furry, with perfect
GOODNESS. ease and grace. she moved
forward with a sort of unseen celer-
ty. the instant the woman at the win
low began TO turn away. An instant
'ater. and before that woman had fair
ly cleared the big handsome woman,
SO that she could have got In, the lit
lie woman was standing fairly In
'front.' OF the ticket window and cover.
ing Il from side to side completely,
to the exclusion OF every other per
son In the world. standing there talk
.ng pleasantly with the ticket man
about rates and routes and return
tickets.
When the little woman had bought
her tickets and turned TO 20 away
she no more. even then, saw the big,
handsome woman whom she had thus
kept waiting than the big handsome
woman had seen the line toiling up
the Matterhorn. 1000 miles away.
shes little wonder, said the
man To himself who had stood next to
her, forgetting again that all women
are wonders, aud then, any feeling oil
resentment that he might have shared
with the rest In the line now all gone,
he kept back, as, OF course, he would
have done anyway. while the big,
handsome woman bought her tickets.