Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1916 — Bluffed the New Conductor. [ARTICLE]

Bluffed the New Conductor.

He stood at the corner waiting for a car. Several cars had stopped to let him get on but he made no move to get aboard. Finally one stopped and a man got Off. “Did you pay your fare to the end of the line?” inquired the waiting man. “Yes,” said the man who got off. "Can I have your seat?” he asked. "Sure, It’s the last one on the righthand side, cross seat.” The man clambered aboard and hurried to the seat just left vacant. “Fare please,” said the conductor shortly afterwards. "Fare nothing,” responded the man. "I just took the other fellow’s place who got off and he said he paid to the end of the line and said that I could have his seat.” The response evidently was a stunner for the new conductor and he was so surprised he passed up the fare.