ONE OWMAN'S QUESTIONS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2833, 5 March 1897, Page 3

ONE OWMAN'S QUESTIONS.

■ A w,oman. wearing a mackintosh and onflryinjf' an umbrella stood at tho ticket window,, ., at jthe Bajjclay-strott ferry the other dayi !■s}£ lrieu wero behind her in Hue. A boat was' due to leave in about two minutes. ""'' ; " Hdw long will it bo before tho next one goes?" ' ' ■■-■■< ■ 11 About a minute," was the reply. " Does the boat go. straight to Hoboken P" askc.l tho woman. •• Yes," said tho ticket seller. " How long could I wait in Hobokeu before there was another boat back T" asked the woman, wb>lc the ram behind her grew nti.vous rapidly. . ■ "As long as you please, '' g*itl the patient ticket-i-eller, " tht-y are coming »nd going all the lime" ; " Could I get from •Hobi»lf«n to Ji-rsry City without coming back here ?' " Yes ; street c»rs run regularly," was the answer. '• Would it bo quicker to go by a car or coma back and take a fwr.y to Jersey City ? " she asked. " I don't know," was the answer. Then the ticket seller asked impatiently, " How many ?" " Hoff mauy what ? " said the woman. " Tickets How many tickets do you want ?'' The bell was ringing for the boat to ; move, and the men in lino were swearing. 11 1 don't waut auy tickets,'' she said. *' My sister lives in Hoboken, aud if 1 thought I bad time to go and sec her and call on my brother's folks in Jersey City I was going over to-mor-