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before. It must have stopped almost as soon
as she looked out to see it; but one little puddle,
stepped in by the back exit, had been sufficient.

And now she had reached the street car line.
She was safe, or hoped so. She hailed a car,
and took comfort in the fact that there was an
elderly woman also waiting for it. The woman
scanned her slippers and said "You got caught
in the rain, didn't you!"

Betty had half a notion to ask her for the fare,
but concluded that it would be easier to arrange
with the conductor. To be real honest, she made
her way straight to the conductor and sat down
close to where he stood by the box into which
one dropped tickets. Fortunately, there were
only a few people on this car.

As soon as the woman had paid her fare
and gone back to a seat in the after part of the
car, Betty spoke to the conductor.

"Can you tell me how to get to this street?"
she asked, naming the street and suburb.

The conductor began to punch a transfer,
stopping a moment when Betty added that she
hadn't a ticket, but she was scared and wanted
to get home and she could give him her father's
address and he would pay her fare. "What's
your father's business?" asked the conductor.

Betty told him, as the conductor took in

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