CABBY KNOWS HIS FARE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2957, 3 May 1898, Page 3

CABBY KNOWS HIS FARE.

A city cabman telfs how he ohce had the misfortuue to break one of -.the win- ! dows of his cab. This is the manner in .-/fthich he collected more than sufficient to' i pay for it :•■— :.*■-.. Out I -goes a-finishm' a wolf, and Waits, for a lamb, which it "wasn't long a q.omin',' ! for a helderly gent gets in (mine's; :»■-' 'ansom), and . says, . says he,-; '' l 'Cabmai\ > .dr > iveme to the rail way-it ation, quick !\ iC And just arter wo'd started he v goeS "f dt to pull up the iiofF-side" hup wilder; which waß cracked right 'across:***-**, which-. -well I know'd — and the corner comes hout, and he says, '** Cabman^ your winder Vbrbke !' <£•';- *-* -i 'Broke, be bio wed V says 1. 'What d'ye want, to go and do it for, then? Seven-anH-a-tanner I'll trouble yer for.' -. ' But it Was broke when 1 pulled hit hup,' says he, a-trying to look injured in his hinnersense.

,: 'Look '"ere, old gemman,' I says, 'I'll pull yet hup?! * Pin- a poor man, and- I ain't good at hargument, but it's seven-and-a-tanner, and I'll drive yer to the station at once if yar won't Battle it without/

' Drive me to the station at once,' says he. "That's just what I Wants.' •No, yer don't,' says I. 'It's the police station I means.' ' You. ought ter be ashamed of yeraelf,' he shouts, a-gettin' red in the phiz. * I shall lose my train.'

4 Seven ahd-six,' says*. l, * and a sprat, for a quarter, of an 'our's conversation is eight bob, aftd two bob tho fh.v«*s i» 'alf -a* jimmy. Do yer mean a-partin' hup ?' 'Take it, yer robber,' says 'e, a-chuckin' it at me. "' I mu»i oatch. my train, and you know it. When I coma hack I'll summons you*' • °>; Well, J drives him to the railway station, and he had to ran like a slop after a kid with a? ; catapult 1 to catch the , train-, aftd; he-hadn'fc~time totake my number, let; alone, to argy it put .agin.. Well, arter that I drops the winder down careful, ! and wnits for ahother-lamb, and a young swell*— nevr at it, I could. see--*--- -.* comes • alongrt and he., says, ' 'Ansom !' And there wasn't another 'ansom. on the stand, so T works the-horacle and drives 'ittt hoff easy. ' Wexford-street,' he says, adoin' the grand with a yard of shirt cuff. Well, when we gets there I {rets down and hopens the winder, and afore he can getoufc I says : ■*•* Whftt -was, that crash I heard, just now, .guvnor ?' And he" says,' "' what crash ?' And I says, says" I, 'Hullb, that's youf -game, is it? Look'ere;' and l. pulls the winder hup, 'you've broken my winder, and yer .wan Is -to bilk the father of alafge'famiiy.- Call'yjrseTf a^Swetl ? Why,T am ashamed on'yer ?' He goes that red, imthe phiz you .never see* and swears that he ain't done jt .; s.p ; ,it ain't likely lie's : told' his rialir^ftnefV He faas ff-goin^ to spend* the - heveiiih-'f^awidrlosJls a eopigan. .**. . ; , • • ,' Hinspeptor,^ J; says, '.oblaege me by a-takxn''of this gentleman* s addressi 5 . He's' bfolce me #ihdei*,' and \tori~l pay for itM Pot down as 'hes.wese Jbein' . drey.c,-, to-. Wexford-street wheu.it 'appened.' 'Here,' he says, *riever iriind, Mr. p'licemanT^'T "Can't afford to* 'a ye my name" dragged; through the' perleece-cort. n^pay?; though -it's --swihdl^. ;*Hbw ''alpve n^^;a:Sp^K^ays;^ * a|id ; *a*f < a casj&'fd^y^ moire hor.p*.*Bvt%e,e i . , i ; rf capers, of-ieo^asi^ hi^hp&witltvtfeat.Jh A^r -tnlat "3t nad^ btolady/ aud.*tto:W>led : ;her tfor-i^VB ,£ss*•; attd^ a g&rt i-ss* waa* haled- hup* v-JU-aU'-P; ijit } his.lu^fori'arf:a <-P»d*» andlhesparted* hu^like^ffoff. !? And %l kep: thkt; thera:< therernvas.b^% a ffa^*snt ,£|gT*is£m '"$■£ Vdjdn'Ot^eo!^^ coming homelf -isi%% { Ws? %W >*$ffi4s£ huff hia coat and Wanted to fight hie for the winder, including the fare ; but I wasn't havm' any. And one way and another I made three-pun-ten out of that there winder*.