Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1904 — He Rung Up the Tip. [ARTICLE]

He Rung Up the Tip.

Here is the prize hard luck story, as anybody will admit who remembers how infrequently the tipping habit is indulged in on street ears. It was a Broadway conductor who made the confession, having been led to do so by the casual remark of one of the passengers that "we are all creatures of habit” “Yes,” he said, “that’s so. I was on the down trip the other morning when a nice man got on board and handed me a ten cent piece for fare. I started to hand him back a nickel change when, with a wave of his hand, he said: ‘Oh, just keep that for luck. Buy yourself a cigar.’ Gee! What creatures of habit we are! Before I realized what I was doing I had rung up two fares instead of one.” And something very like a salt tear trickled down Jhe conductor’s nose.— New York Times.