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Show Her InLnlton Ware (load. She really Intended paying her fare when she boarded the street car, for she had ten cents saved from tho bargain bar-gain day scrimmage, but the conductor happened to be a gentleman, and, by paying tho fara himself, saved bar a weary walk to the family resldenco. Sho bad the ten cents with her when she boarded the car, and she still bad the money when the conductor came through on hla trip for farea, but oho did not pay tho conductor. It waa all tho motorman'a fault. With ber arras full of bundle aha was compelled to hold tho ton-cent piece between bor teeth. Tho raolorman turned on tho current, the car rave a Jerk and she gave a start. "Faro, please." said tho conductor and she turned pal. "I can't pa? you," she stammered, going from white to red and from red back to white. "But I can't carry you for nothing," remonstrated tho conductor. "I know It, but I can't help It I bad the money when I got on the car, but but I swallowed It." A grouch on the other side of the car snorted a rude laugh, but the conductor was a gentleman, and without another word ho pulled the register rope for another an-other faro and passed on. St. Paul Globe. |