Show FUX run ON THE VIE HAIL RAIL of a coille ann in a etCar t car fW ashington cwi iwi now nud and then the passengers on oil our little bobtail cars arc are treated to an amusing incident but one which happened last week rather goes ahead of any we have heard beard in some time much has been said and written upon tho the inconveniences to which the patrons of thia this stylo of vehicle are subjected yet people continue to ride in them and it was through tho the mistaken politeness of a gentleman in acting as conductor which was tho the cause causo of all his misfortunes starting to go down town ho he reached seventeenth street when one of the little three cent cars jogging by suggested the idea of F ng g tt aboard instead of walking all ehg the way acting upon thia this thought be hailed it and found on seating himself and of finances that he possessed exactly the requisite fare three c cents zony only that and nothing more which ch h he e p proceeded roc ceded to drop into the box so far so good with a it sigh of relief he settled himself in one corner of tho the door and prepared for a peaceful ettee ful ride rider there being beside E himself only one other occupant a man deeply engrossed in in reading a newspaper scarcely had he be ridden ridden a block when the vehicle came to a halt and a fair young damsel entered our friend who is a gentleman of the old school and susceptible at all times to beauty in any form more particularly so when that beauty is embodied in the person of a young lady here arose and bowin bowing aam politely bitely said permit me in madam to pass your fare at the same time without lookin looking at the co coin given i v en him he dropped it into the afo box and once more se seated at himself tho the young lady moved uneasily blushed a little and then leaning dorward lor tor ward ventured that was a ten cent piece I gave you and nd the fare is only three Is that really so I beg a thousand pardons here driver getting ue epand and hastily pushing open the door between himself an that personage I have made a mistake and dropped ten cents into the box in flace place of three it belonged to this lady ady here how ceiri get it out get it out you cant betit get it out atall at all just have to stay there you can ride it out if you like them aint no other way unless he added with an unfeeling chuckle you u expect me to crawl down hiir through ugh a hole bole and get it for you here the driver overcome with his own wit closes the door with a bang and clapping his sturdy self e ejaculates j ates A putty fellow I look to crawl into a ticket box I perplexed at the ed stupidity yet outwardly all smiling politeness our friend here turned saying madam the mistake was mine avery a very stupid one I acknowledge wt yet it i is s not right you should suffer sur you u ll 11 will i ii permit me to return you the seven cents at the same time painfully conscious that lie has not a sin single gle penny about him oh 61 11 no I think of such a thing I am sorry but it cant bel be helped now A madam ladam I insist allow me making a deep and exhaustive survey of every pocket about him in the vain hope of catching somewhere I y a stray astray join coin it is of no use t alie lie money is is no not t there and his hands not posses possessing n that midas power of turning all ly they touch into gold I to d it is not forthcoming here ere a feeble feeble voice says well since you insist upon it of course ourse I do insist upon it I insist upon it most emphatically what is to be bedone one already the great beads of perspiration stand out upon his forehead and every time he opens his mouth only seems to plunge him deeper in the mire an idea suddenly strikes him a and nd leaning over to him of the newspaper whispers in his ear lend ind me seven cents quick to pay this lady the man who all this time has given no heed beed to what was passing rouses rouse s up p W with ith a start and says in in a voice As distinctly audible even to the horses outside seven centa bless my soul I dont believe I have it about me looking up tip with that dazed ex expression e ofa of a person whose thoughts er have a v e gone on a long journey journe oh I I beg you wili will not disturb ver such a trifle do not borrow borrow the money indeed it is not of the slightest conse consequence luence tu ence by this time our friend readied a state of scarlet misery to behold abat stage in w which bich it makes one warm even to look at them there is nothing for him to say nothing which will not add to his present embarrassment so he w wisely isel y takes refuge in silence silenced batchin wat watching chin 41 with eager interest the game of chase chase in which his fellow p passenger aa enger is is engaged after the required seven cents ah at length it is fished fishe I out and handed to the young lady and he breathes again but now the problem A of how to pay the man su suggests itself her feminine wit comes to the r rescue me tle and the tho unfortunate cause of a all 11 the trouble suggest he be be paid by taking the fare of the next two passengers who pot got in and by that way ho will bo the loser of a penny only this plan is die discussed cussed and finally jay submitted to the driver who giving in his approbation they once more settle down to wait the unconscious liquidators liquida tors of the debt pretty soon they get in together a lady and gentlemen out of his pocket comes the six cents and he lie starts for forthe the box here our friend jump jumps up and extending his hand takes the fare which to tho the gentle mans astonishment lie puts not into the bo box but into the hand of his friend the newcomer new comer looks for a moment dumfounded dum founded then striding over catches him by the collar excitedly ejaculating here none of that I that game is too old to go down just hand band that money over at this crisis tho the lethargic apathy of despair settles upon the unfortunate victim of f politeness and he neither moves nor utters a sound the lady and the roan man here start forward as champions and with the aid of the driver who is called in to testify as to the perfect honesty of all persons concerned an understanding is at length reached and the little farce of much ado about nothing comes to an end it is safe to say a more uncomfortable carload car load of passengers have seldom been thrown together and as our friend left tho the scene of so much misery to his credit be it said with an in countenance he be sagely made three resolutions lut ions never except under the most pressing circumstances to act a as conductor secondly no matter how sure he may bo be of the value of a coin to examine it on all sides before dropping it into the box and I lastly aly never under any circumstance cle to set foot again in a three cent bobtail car |