Year: 1875

| before they entered Tor not stopping MS
vehicle sooner. They brought with them
an atmosphere Of filth and blasphemy,
| Everybody in the car covered. One OF
| them stumbled in his drunken clImslne IS
| over the old woman's stick, at which he
whipped out an oath. / thought to myself
| that | had never seen two such villalnoUs
| specimens OF ignorance and biackguardlsm
| in my life.


One of them held the stump of cigar in
| his mouth 1t was lit, and he smoked with
utter disregard OF the other passengers,
| please not to. smoke, gents" said the
| conductor.


The exact reply of the gorilla to this in
| vitation was


What the hell is the matter with you,
| say2 There aint any women in this car
| He then went on smoking, and no further
interference was offered by the conductor,
But there was mild malnered gentleman
present, as there always is, who was not in
the habit of riding at night. He Tentured
| a quiet remark.


But there is a lady present, gentlemen" "
pointing to the cripple.
The gorilla and his companion both looked
| at the speaker, measuring him all over with
contempt. Then one of them said dehber-
ately: Whats the matter with you! Don't
you like itl'


"No, sir" said indiscretoD, u don't like
it, It's the conductors duty TO stop It.


'"Look here remarked the ru1fan, going 9
up to the victim, 1.-THE conductor can't stop
it. Praps you'd better try it yourself"


Everybody trembled. We all knew what
this meant. The great, staiwart Gully was
ready to triumph.


just at that moment there sprang upon
the car a young man with an undress naval
cap on. He came in with spring and sat
down in the corner next the door.


| wonder if anybody but me noticed what
n arrY, snHpirtlHn nj a m he
Not bit of clumsiness in him, as 1.-the as
cat, as erect as an Indian, as supple as a
rattlesnake and as quick as a fash!


The two Outcasts were hanging to the
straps. They hovered over the poor cripple
utterly regardless of her tinidity. The
conversation was directed to the molten
sive gentleman opposite. They carried on
ieerlng dialogue interviewer with Oaths,
of which he was the subject. He was pale
but helpless,


Suddenly the young man in the corner got
up and went and stood over the old woman
in such manner that he had to push the
gorilla out of the way.


The fellow turned about, and their eyes
met. saw every movement, though held
my breath.


''Move forward said the young man.
"You annoy this lady


Then spoke up the little old man in the
corner for the first time:


That's right, Jack. "They'e annoyed
every body in the car"


A tremendous oath came out of rutianly
lips. A sluggish arm was raised. 1t never
reached half the height intended Some
thing shot out straight from the shoulder
and caught him under his nostrils. AT the
same moment he landed against the for
+ ward door with crash, and similar mass
of rascality fell across him. Jack was
there before either. OF 'em could get on bis
feet.


Well, it was worth all Id ever spent on
him. There was a confused howl like that
of whipped bull dog, a dumb staggering
about. The car stopped, conductor and
driver holding the two desperadoes Jack,
cool as a corporal, begging them to let go
of the fellows.


And mind you this, every man in the car
vociferating that they were a couple of
roughs that ought to be elected, and the
car officials, under this pressure of public
opinion, and with the help of q policeman,
making haste to eject them.


Do you say that l made brute Of my
boy


No, sir; there's no brute in him, I'll war
rant. From that moment / could have
sworn that some of the blood of Charlie
magne and Martin Luther and Cromwell
flowed in him along with the current that
came down with the butchers.-Nel0 York
Hoyh