Identifier: stnicholasserial351dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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e saw thatthe conductor meant what he said and that itwas no use arguing, so she just looked as if shedid nt see him at all and gave the dog into thebrakemans arms. Please be careful of him, Jim, she said. Every one around laughed and the brakemangrinned and instead of saying, Yes, miss, asJohn does at home, he winked and said, Sure.Then he took the dog away. Where are you two going? asked the con-ductor in a very loud and impertinent manner. Andra did not answer, but handed him ourtickets as if he were the dummy in front of aclothing-store. I dont know how she does it; Icant. Anyhow the conductor did not like it. The charge for the dog is twenty-five cents,he snapped. Give the man a quarter, Jack, said Andra inthe tone Aunt Eva uses when the cook givesnotice. Of course I had to fork out. What else 1907.) KNIGHTS OF ROMANCE 47 could I do? And it was the only change I had,too! Anyhow, it made the conductor boilingmad, so I did nt care very much. But worse was to come. Things often seem
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OH—OH, SHE SOBBED. IT IS N T MY DOG.MY OWN DOG. to save the worst till the last; and anyhow it hap-pened that way, this time. Andra had just opened Susans nice lunch at astation where the train stopped for dinner, whenthe conductor came in again with another man.The other man did not seem cross like the con-ductor but he had a worried look. They bothcame straight up to where we were sitting. An-dra had just set out the cream-puffs. There werefour. There they are, officer, said the conductor. Impossible! exclaimed the worried-lookingman. I guess not, said the conductor, and he put his hand on Andras shoulder. Somehow I justgot hot all in a minute and I struck his hand offwith all my might. Leave the lady alone! I said. The conductor turned redwith rage, but the otherman said quickly: There is some mistakehere, I think. He satdown on the opposite seat.Andra looked at him asAunt Eva would look if thebutler had sat down at thetable; then, when she sawthat he was nt like theconductor, sh

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