| Show anna Dickin dickinson ron and the driver of 01 unadulterated impudence and cald assumption tho the coachman of the upper thousands in ia new york provide the most nearly perfect specimens to be found in the united states they appear to think that common vehicles and people on foot have no right in the streets so they halloo badloo at pedestrians who are about to get in the way and rattle across streets with indifference as to who or what may be on the croas crossings sings the average democratic new yorker does not mind being whistled at by car drivers and will make lively jumps over a crossing to get out of the way of a milk wagon or a coal cart but when it comes to having a carriage drawn by prancing horses v ith banged tails and silver mounted harness bear down upon him with a I 1 halloo there from a liver aed driver ho he feels more like cracking the horses nose with a stick than clearing a passage tor for them ho he usually does nothing restrictive however and anna dickinson is therefore all the moro more a heroine it was at fourteenth street and fifth avenue in a recent rain storm the avenue was crowded with vehicles and crossing was difficult anna had dodged in and out successfully but she found when near the farther sidewalk that she had bad to wait a few seconds for a wagon loaded with long pieces of lumber to pass As she stood there a carriage containing the wife and daughter of a ten millionaire came dashing up and some inarticulate whoops from from the driver warned her to get out but she she stood as resolutely as if she had been on the lecture platform and jelm jehu had to slacken the pace of his horses though he let them walk up almost against her and it looked as if it was his intention to drive over her but she shook an umbrella in the face of the beasts two or three times and apparently mado made him believe that she would stick the end of it into their eyes if her rights were imposed upon much further and lie ho looking very much disgusted disgust stopped short but a look of triumph was spread over annas features feature sas jis she stepped upon udon the side walk |
