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Show I llow Ilie l:oiilurtr Settled It. Tverybody is familiar with tho Kr'ta tie of two women in axtreet car endeav-firing endeav-firing f pay o;:o another's fare, but it remained re-mained for an enerjjetio Brooklyn cotv duct or tho other day to take tho rnattej in his own bands and straighten out tha i snarl. As usual, when tho two vu-jeseat- I t"l each plnnp'd for lit r purw, Vtiiich re- cept.icltis wero broiiRht out with mutual i j.rotests. No. 1 (jot out her coin, dimu, Ktyin comiilacently, "It's all ready, my dear." But isn. 2 had a quarter which phe "really wanted changed." Soit went on whilu thecondnctorhtood iM'foro thern waiting for somo decision. None cama ' and ho Krew impatient. He conntedout f some cdmiifjo iu each hand. "Let ma j have your dime, please," he paid to No, ! 1 , and nho obediently handed it over. 1 Then ho put out Mb hand to ?fd. 2, who gtivo him herfjuarter, not nnderstandinjf v.'hut was coming. Then quickly to No. 1 ho handed a nickel, and to No. 2 twenty cw-nU in change liefore either of tho women wo-men discovered his intention, and walked : off to tho platform muttering something ' ' that probably would not look well iu i print. Now York Times. ! |