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Show Why He Was Impolite. About 6 o'clock last evening a young woman, carrying a baby about a year old, entered a car bound for West Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, and dropped into a vacant seat beside a spruce-looking young man. As she was busy searching for a ticket, the youngster, attracted by the glitter of the young man's watch chain, made a grab for it and fell over into his lap. The mother quickly reached for the child, and as she did so noticed a heavy frown settle on the young man's brow, so with trembling voice she muttered an apology. Instead of receding, the frown on his brow grew deeper, and, rudely turning his back upon her, he snatched a paper from his pocket and pretend ad to read. A few, block b further on, as n tall, sharp-featured woman aroae and left the car, the young man heaved a aih , of relief, folded up his paper, and, turning to the discomfited mother, be whispered: "Excuse me, madam, for behaving so much like an idiot; but I had to pretend to be awlul crosa, for that wall eyed woman who has just left the car lives next door to the young lady I call upou, and if I had ot pretended to he very angry, she would have kicked up a rouas by telling tell-ing my girl that she was sure 1 was married, for Bhe saw me have my wile and baby with meon the cars. It whb very rude, I know; but I hope you will excuie me when I tell you that the girl's father ia worth ever HO,-000, HO,-000, and I don't want anything to cause hard feelings between ue, Philadelphia Chronicle, |