Show THE MISTAKE SHE MADE Enil road travelers who at last under iid each other she sai aby the car window gazing out upon the scenery and possibly dreaming of home and things like that about six feet away from her across the aisle was an empty seat which at the next station was filled by a man with a sample case he was 60 years of age or thereabout there about and was quite as dapper looking as if ho were 80 and abill the knight to please every fair dame who bet her soft eyes upon him the lady was young and pretty with perhaps a shade too much display in her makeup but still one could hardly say that for all is not gold that glitters in such cases or words to that effect when the man had eat down in the vacant seat and composed himself for the journey before him ho began to look about to familiarize himself with his environments and in the course of hia visual wanderings his eyes fell upon the young lady he gave a slight start as people do when they think they se somebody they know and looked again the lady looking of course but she asleep not in the slightest after a minute or two or three or four of hesitating investigation the traveling man for it was he arose and very politely and deferentially approached the young lady it was done as it be had been ing that sort of thing ever since he had picked up the first sample case either that or ho was to the manner born 1 I beg your pardon he said as she turned from the window to meet him with a half startled fawn liko movement not altogether unusual on such occasions arent you miss morton of philadelphia she gave him a glassy stare with B raw edge on it yon dont look like a man she replied with an insolent air who would try to work as old a racket as that ou me do I 1 look so green as that it was bow his turn to gazo at her in startled wonder oh all right she laughed moving over to make room beside her and ill forgive you you know I 1 am not miss morton of philadelphia or anywhere else and so do I 1 know it but sit down im lonesome lone soma and id just as soon have a pleasant little talk with you as not im to meet mamma at the sta tion where wo take dinner 1 I beg your pardon said the travel ing man backing away 1 I am sure if yon are not miss morton I 1 have no de eire whatever to talk with you then ho went back to his place and afie flip young woman was rather inclined to the opinion that there waa at least one man on the road who could be mistaken honestly all of which occurred between washington and new york within the last two weeks washington star |