. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . timore andOhio. Mr. Holbrookwas sitting in therear end of theobservation carof the InterstateSpecial when awell-dressedwoman passen-ger walked byhim on her wayto the observa-tion platform. As she opened the door, he noticed thather white kid gloves were badly stainedby some paint on the knob of the was a quick drying kind of paint, butit had been applied during a very dampspell of weather and had not quite hard-ened. It was natural that the womanshould have given some evidence ofannoyance, and Mr. Holbrook saw thatshe was considerably discomfit
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . timore andOhio. Mr. Holbrookwas sitting in therear end of theobservation carof the InterstateSpecial when awell-dressedwoman passen-ger walked byhim on her wayto the observa-tion platform. As she opened the door, he noticed thather white kid gloves were badly stainedby some paint on the knob of the was a quick drying kind of paint, butit had been applied during a very dampspell of weather and had not quite hard-ened. It was natural that the womanshould have given some evidence ofannoyance, and Mr. Holbrook saw thatshe was considerably discomfited. Later she camein from the obser-vation platformto go forward inthe car, and, asshe was passingit occurred toMr. Holbrookthat, being awoman, shemight not like toask for redressfor the damagedone, or mightnot even knowhow to go aboutgetting it. Buthe was quite cer-tain that, what-ever her feelingsin this respectwere, her atti-tude toward theBaltimore andOhio might be-come decidedlyunpleasant onaccount of thes. HOLBROOK uiifortunate oc-. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZ1N]<] curreiice, if it were not promptly rec-tified. Therefore, it was with great insightand interest in the welfare of our Road,that Mr. Holbrook went to the conduc-tor of the train, explained the occurrenceto him, asked him to find out from thewoman how much the gloves cost, thento pay her the full price, get a receiptedbill and bring it to him. We cannotblame our conductor, either, for demur-Iing a bit. For this probably was thefirst time that so prompt and w^illing apayment for damages had ever beensuggested anywhere. But he quicklysaw the logic and fairness of Mr. Hol-brooks plan and proceeded to act uponit. The woman was naturally greatlypleased at the unusual evidence of inter-est in her comfoit and protection. Sheaccepted the money with thanks, gavethe receipt to the conductor and he inturn handed it to Mr. Holbrook in ex-change for the $ consideration forthe gloves. The occurrence had l)een
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