Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1879 — A Modest Conductor. [ARTICLE]

A Modest Conductor.

Virginia Chronicle. A few nights ago Conductor Verrill of the Virginia and Truckee express train was going through his car when he noticed a lady asleep in her seat. Her head was resting on the window sill and her feet extended to the aisle. Her dress was so badly disarranged that her ankle and a goodly portion of an exquisitely fashioned calf were plainly visible, and a number of men * few seats further down were contemplating the scene with evident satisfaction . Mr. Verrill. who always keeps things pretty straight on his train, noticed this, and tapping the woman on the shoulder, awoke ho*. j . “Madame, excuse me for disturbing you, but your dress is so disarranged that your ankle is exposed.": “Oil, that makes no difference, sir," replied the lady, smiling sweetly, “its nothing but cork." Verrill was in the baggage car hi less than four seconds, wiping the perspiration from his brew.