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Show ONCE WHEN THE GUARD i'. - v DlD. fOT CRY-"BREAK!" 1 ' (New York' Sun ) : If the subway guard who held his train half a minute beyond schedule time should bo reprimanded at head quarters a hundred passengers who know why he did It will sign a petition peti-tion for his pardon. Sentiment was back of iL Somebody wanted to kiss. A lot of reople want to do that. Women kiss each other, men klas their wives. - The guards have no patience with sentiment of that kind. They flaunt their contempt by having "Breati away there; no time for that!" and refuse to hold the train half a sec- r.n.1 tnr thnt tonilerest salute. But this case was different. It was easy to see how It was. A mother wad giving away her child. The little lit-tle fellow was in good hands The couple who had adopted hira were wholesome, kindly people; the mother was wretchedly poor. No doubt it was best all around to give him away. She and the boy stood the parting like the majors up to the last minute, then the baby broke down. "Mon-mon-mon." h blubbered from the car platform. Before the guard could close tbe door or give tho 6ignal 6he had reached through the crowd and had snatched him from the man's arms. "I can't, I can't" she said. And then the kissing began. The guard didn't even try to say "Break away." He gulped; so did everybody elso. Presently Pres-ently the woman handed tho boy bock and the train started on amid the deepest silence that has ever nuns over that subwa station. |