SERVED HIM RIGHT.
It' was a raw, cold night, and the rai* fell pitilessly as an omnibus drew up at the corner of a turning in Oxford Street. A thinly-clad young woman stood on the . kerb and looked imploringly at the conductor. The latter, an Irishman, speaking Yin reply to the mute inquiry, said : "Shure, 'tis full I am; but," glancing ' again, at the little one, "come on-, mey L*? honey in wid ye; Oi'll chance it." -: The little woman was squeezed int* a ■'■ .-'-.■_ seat; but the 'bus had not prcc«e<_*d *a*?: . far when the following incident occnrred. In tbe corner seat was a fop who, with eyeglass firmly fixed, had been watching tprcproceedmgs, and as the vehicle eased up ne called out: "Conductah!" "Sor!" "Are you aware that you have one over your number?" "Aye I, sor? Oi'll see." Pat counts 't beginning at the opposite corner, leaving' .yv the "Johnny" until the last — "Wan, two, three, four, foive, six, sivin, eight, nome, tin, 'leverj twelve, thh- So I 'aye, and,'. be Jove! ye're the very wan. Out ya come!" J - L Apd he went.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 3
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