OCR Text |
Show UNLUCKY THIRTEEN. Th Conductor Did Mot Uniloritanil, Hat II. Will Next lime. .It ia a oustom on somo streot rail, ways to glvo annual p.i&sos, which aro numbered, says thoSoattlo I'rosa. Tboso passos aro not nooossarlly Rhown oaoh tlmo a man rldos on tho earn of that lino, but oaoh ono bears a number, and when asked for bis faro tho holder of ;tbo pass calls tho numbor ot his pass. Not long alnco tho boldor ot pass No. 13 on Dtio of tho Seattle linos got on a car, accompantod by two ladlos, for whom ho must, ot course, pay faro. It happened that tho conductor was a now man and not acquainted with tho pass systom. Tho conductor on, tored tb.ocar in quest of fares and tho first man hoapproaqhod was tho holder of tho pass. Tho gontleman handod him oio dollar dol-lar to tako tho ladlos' furo fiom, at tho saiho tlmo romarklng distinctly "Thlrtoon." Tho conductor took tho dollar and then began ringing tho boll of tbo register. reg-ister. "Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding," wont tb.6 boll. "Horo, horo," broke In tbo passongor, "what in thundor aro you trying to do?" "Didn't you say that you wonted to pay for thlrtoon?" "No, you doublo-brcostod lunkhead! I hold pass No. 13 and want to pay for two ladlos." "OUI" exclaimed tbo conductor mildly, mild-ly, "why didn't you say so boforo?" Thon tho bell-puller gave tho passon-por passon-por back his change and. Inwardly determined de-termined to got oven on tho first small boy that attomptcd to steal a ride. |