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Show Families In Brooklyn. I saw a surprised conductor the other day one one of Deaoou Richardson's open cross town cars. When the car stopped at a crossing a man boarded it with two children at one side of the car and a Woman with two children at the other side. Each took the same bench facing the horses, with the four children between be-tween them. The conductor received from the man a five cent piece for one faro. "Won't yon pay a little more?" said the conduotor, holding the nickol in his hand and looking at the children. "Why should I pay any more?" said the man angrily; "the oldest child is not 3 yean old." "How old is your wife?' said the conductor, con-ductor, sarcastically. "What's that your affair?" retorted the man. "Oh, como, now, you can beat me on the kids, if you like," said the conductor, getting mad, "but you must pay for the old gal." The man was about to make a hot rejoinder re-joinder when the woman Btopped the quarrel by1 saying, "These two children are with me; I don't know the man." "Oh." said the conductor, accepting the woman's nickel. He was too much put out to ask if either of her children was not over 8 years of age. Brooklyn Eagle. |