Show OSE DEAR ga juls AND rhe CROWD AT T TH A 1 TICKET OFFICE 4 p age ge of chivalry surely bi dead ed W cheit h men object to M missing the Th dri 1 alig T trains s io to accommodate fair calr 3 femininity i 1 rf it was one of the br branch itrich offices of a y bis rall railroad roaf As the man ahead of her down his money grabbed its his ticket and disappeared she fluttered up ul to the counter coun ter 1 I want to get my trunk checked please I 1 I 1 i where to miss inquired the ticket agent w new york round trip 0 1 I wait a mome moment tit clare I 1 never neve r tho thought about that thai would you get a round trip you know the how flow ards may only be inlew in new york a week and I 1 may go on with them to pitts burg they have been begging me ma to for weeks but if mabels wedding should come off by the ill want to go to that I 1 ot be a bit sui sur briged though if she postponed it X H again but round trip miss asked the ticket I 1 I 1 agent again while the waiting line of men and women stood on the other f foot 40 0 clare what would you do I 1 am wild to go to pittsburg with the howards and we are wild to have hougo you go suddenly yelled a man at the extreme end of the line whose train arain left in 20 26 minutes atry try pittsburg yelled another aice you have to change everything afi ang there every hour or so and boti can include your mind without any ef ex tra inconvenience in convente nce clare did you ever eversee see such dreadful people I 1 shall report you at the main office and she glared at the t ticket agent az Y 1 yes miss returned that 1 i n i in an expressionless voice W t round t ir t no single haughtily what time hine the n ext call lif is bo be tween ll dl and 12 A oh my trunk packed yet I 1 could never get it ready in that time cl next call between 3 and 4 ad very well have the man call for my trunk at 3 then I 1 can take the 2 train you would not have your check miss why not I 1 I 1 can get the check wh when en the man comes for my trunk but you wont be there if you go on the 2 train and he come until 3 oh A long pause V clare I 1 wont be there what shall I 1 do do you think I 1 could got get my trunk ready by 12 you know they never come comb when they say they will 1 I think you could dear ill pack one tray for you and well phone for kelen helen to come and help us and 7 say look here shouted an excited person in the rear whose hair was standing wildly on od end and whose eyes appeared to be endeavoring to sever their connecting links witti with his face ive got just 20 minutes to make my train in and its a matter of to me if I 1 I 1 lose ose it now it if clara and her friend will retire for a few moments and decide these momentous questions the rest of us ua can got our tickets before she has haas time to 6 change her mind again clare ill not stay here another moment and be insulted 1 I shall not get my ticket at this office and I 1 shall certainly report you sir at headquarters I 1 w will never gp go on this road again and I 1 shall tell fell all my iny friends how 1 I have been treated and see that they take their custom elsewhere and then she and clare swept haughtily ily from the office while the cro crowd w d cheered cheered puck 1 i 4 f 1 y A V |