Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-14
A Ticket Scalper's Story.
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| StA4Pt4 hoS a AluAitAH i'hl - jb9A la
any one else scalper may feel in-
clincd 20 bestow that heart upon wo-
man. had that inclination once, but
I'm never going TO have II again Wo-
men are the most ungrateful creatures
! in the world \ woman who would
| treat man as one Of EN- treated me
isn't fit TO live on the face of the earth,
One day pretty, melancholy looking
girl OF perhaps twenty-five came into
| my office and said she wanted 10 get
| to her mother, who was lying sick IN
| Cincinnati. She said she was broke
and wanted a ticket for about nothing
! had half a mind 10 give her ticket,
charging up the amount TO myself, blt
that would be giving a stranger some
! thing like $40, and While, as | said,
| ticket sellper has a heart, he isn't the
Kind of man to give things away
! that he can't afford to give was
| looking among my old stock for some
thing pretty cheap when came across
! an unused half Of an old excursion
| ticket the limit Of time of which had
long ago expired L occurred to me
that ii The girl worked on the gym
| pathies OF the conductor as she hid on
mine she might induce him TO pass her
! through ON ]; told her what vas
thluking about and that If she was in
cliued TO try it On | would give be" the
ticket free OF charge She asked il
| there would be anything dishonest IN
! such IN act. ana told her I d'Hnt
! think there would be; there WON'T be
no misrepresentation If the conductor
wouldn', accept The ticket the worst he
could do was 10 put her off at the G'Bt
stop aud size would be just so far on
her journey If she got stranded N a
strang, place She could get on the Dext
train ana 20 farther on the same ticket,
( ana 50 on
/ she said she wouldn't do that, but il
The conductor would ct her go through
on tie ,icket she would do so, The
ticket had leen paid for by some rne,
and she diLnt tnAk the road had
| moral rigl ~ refuse it, | agreed With
uer as 10 that and She accepted the
ticket with heartfelt thanks and tears
| IA her eyes she iooked hungry, and |
asked her il she was going through
| without anything 20 eat She said
shed have TO- and ! felt SO sorry for
her that asked her to 60 out to
| restaurant and filled her up with oys-
ters. beefsteaL aad lot Of other
| things I Remember the bin was $3.50,
| Her train went at 1908 O'CLOCK so I
| took her to the theater II you want
to love amy one. just do ~1mething for
en- The more die for this poor girl
the more | thought what lovely home
| she could make for me ~ ghe time !
left her at the station ! would have
| bought her good ticket but "a spent
al my money | told her 10 keep up
her courage aud she'd go through all
right, She said that was one Of ma
| lures noblemen ana would he re-
| warded for my kindness to her As
the train moved away she waved her
hand to me out of the coach window.
looking at me with fearful eyes
| 1t wasn't a week before | received
note from the attorney Of the road
over which ia given the girl q ticket
| stating that they had a case against
me for swindling and must either shut
| up my shop or they would send me to
Lotto To flYsflg 14A
| attorneys office and asked to know
what it meant lie showed me the
| ticket | had given the girl with sick
mother and asked me if I'd sold it Ia.
a deaf and dumb girl l denied the
charge and admitted I'd given it TO a
girl who could talk as well as l could.
Then he told me how the ticket had
| been used.
| The girl had poked 1t at the conductor
when he came around and he told her
it was no good She began TO talk TO
| him with her fingers, and, seeing her
condition, he had given her q pencil
ana paper on which she wrote that a
ticket scalper had sold the ticket 10 her
! for the regular fare The road was
trying to get a case to scare MS scalp
| ers, and the conductor, backed 10y the
| passengers. who We're indignant Mt
such treatment Of a poor dear and
dumb girl passed her through. but he
stipulated that she should give the
name Of the scoiper which she did
willingly, expressing the hope that they
would punish him soundly.
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