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Show COME W0MCN8 VAY8. Itow Tbsy l'tpml rattengers by Their liiMBtldflsU tor.Unt-1. Woman, with child, arenda ih first flight of stalraof Ut'U" rowUutlon at OnItuodrol and twenty Mtu atrretand lUghUt avenue, Ioett colored porter awreplogtbo stair In sMtrch of a nickel, with a firm determination not to kick at anything of a Urger denomination. Woman to IVirtcr To which iM4 should 1 po to takt n downtown train f lortr to Woman Tht uptown 'aid, hia'am-tblt way. Woman to l'oiter Well that's queer; tht uptown side to takt the downtown train Porter to Woman Curious, hV, ma'am; dal'a what fo'kt all says, mam, but Woman to IWter Are venture I "oner to W oman Bho'a I m a hlggah. Pht eye tb porter smitlnlxlogly Woman to Chl!d-Guea tb man must L right Come, deary oman and beary ascrnil tl secon I flight of ttalra. "iKury" Is but a tot, and must wall till b bsj both feet on on step Ufor pnttlng another foot forwanb Tbey Mock tbesuir. Peveralmen In a burr (they abound In Harlem) try to dodge and mm tbem. Fools that tbey a re I Tbey cant lav traveled much on tho "I' roads. Woman and "IVary" eventually reach tbo door Womtn hoi U tb door for 'Deary" to get In and slams It on nt it mananoMv It all goes. Hhogoo to tb ticket window and aakat ls thlt the right way to go down town' iea'm,M answer th tirbab anl gar-rulont gar-rulont ticket agent Well, that queer." Tlitn ah get out nrearch warrant for her pocket it reminded in of tb search for th boodta aldermen of IWt ll'it ah finally arcompIUhr n feat 1 would never attempt Bhtflndatt 8hdeWe Into It, Insert Iter entire plarap forearm Into It To her amaxement It le eoiplr, Pht 1 sud denly struck by an Idea which It .hbtrd to her by an Impatient mm In a hurry, and beeoiiie conscloui of tb fact that sh hold bcr ixicketbook In her left hand Ob, dear! ltowslopldof berl Hho opcut ber pockrlbook, dole out four pennies to tb ticket seller, oifu at a time, but to sav her soul sht can't fliI th fifth one. Hh finally gets a two dollar bill clnngrd. 81. has ho sooner received hcrtlckrt than th fin Is that truant penny nnd wanU to ret her bill back. Tto urlan and Krfulout ticket a.mt pay no attention to ber request, re-quest, and exchange ticket for a nickel with ibo next man In a hurry, bbo dually rear he lb ticket chopper' iox, U tht tho right way to go down town" aba prudently atk It for patting Lcr UcketlatbUx. "Come, IVary. Thlt man mighty curt (sollloqnlzlng), A train 1 at tho station. Score of men In n. hurry shov or Jamp over Uscry head and aUmido for thtt train. Tb gn rings, th greatest stockholder of th ruad alama tb fist with a grin, and acorn of men tn a hurry cet left and liav to wait i for at Iratt a quarurof artdnut forth , next train, which tber employ In bestow-' bestow-' log Ursslngs upou th heotl of Deary and bU cicerone. Tbo womsu Ctwlly rcAchr th man who owna tho statlou plntftirm and Inqulrmt Is this th rl;ht wny to go down town I "Vea'm " Another train thunder by, Tbt woman and MlharyH aoon find tlemsclvc cpposlt tht rate, blocking It Totnakt assnrano doubly sure sh Inquire of tb conduct on fs i hi tLo right way logo downtown "Yw'n-U lively both irate,' tt lb official reply, tn Rutan Mpper stylo, Woman aod Hlkaryart bundled loto the first car by tit Impellent Nsenger, i and as sh take her sU hesitatingly 1 hear ber solltuqulie, "That's ntier.M It waa.Vtw York. Herald. |