GENERAL DRIVES TAXI CAB

Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 19

GENERAL DRIVES TAXI CAB

, A noteworthy, act of gallantry on the part of a Parisian taxi cab driver has just been brought to public notice through the 1 Paris ‘ Excelsior.’ Two ladies hurrying to catch a train at the Garo d’Orleans hailed a taxi cab for tho journey, but when they reached the station about ten minutes before the. train was due to leave they found that they had forgotten their money. They explained to the driver, who replied: "That does not matter, mssdames. Pay me another time. You muet not miss your train.” But there was a further difficulty, for the ladies were unable to buy their tickets. Again the taxi driver reassured them, for, having asked their destination and the class by which they wished to travel, he carried their luggage to tho train and purchased tickets for them. The ladies began to protest that ho was overwhelming thorn with Lis kindness, but he simply pointed ont that it was a small thing, and reminded them that there was no time to lose if they meant to catch the train. So they asked for his name in order that they might repay him at the earliest opportunity. The courteous taxi driver .handed them a card, on which tho name of “ General Count X.,” who was attached to General Headquarters during the war, figured above a humble address in Paris. Ho added apologetically that one must earn a living, and that he found his new mode of life not too unpleasant, once he had accustomed Jdmself io it, ‘ S