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Show TRICK OF THE TRAIN BOY. Ila Knows How ia Make Von Kab Yaurself nil Vmml Quod Anuai It, Chi, ago Tribune. The train boy carue staggering down the cur with a load of books an big as the Alexandrian library, lis looked twice at the face of each passengrr.and then laid down the volume he thought would do the most good. He noticed a rather well-dressed young niau who got on the train at Pcotoue and handed him out a collection of Ingersoll'i sayings. say-ings. The young man's eye glistened wuli evident recognition, t.n I he said. "I've rend it." The train boy took it back and laid down a French novel with a very reo translation on the cover. The young uiuu from Peulonu glanced at juat enough of it to couvlnce him that it was very, very gay, aud he said to the boy, when that robber came along cul lecliug: "1 should think you'd be afraid to sell these tilings 'haul the law might get you." " I've gut," taiil the train boy, dropping hn elbow on the arm of tho seat and it-snug h.a weight and the weight of hi books upon it, "I've got in the box a hook that knorks'ttm all out. '1 anny llilf aim nowhere." "Aintv" said tho young mau from Fcotoue, with au iiniu.ring toue. "Nah. Perfect liiy. Just gives you the straight tuff, you kuow. Never was no such a book, lieen a million sold. I've soid :t thousand right ou this train right on this very tram." "What is it Krench? "Nah. American. Ain't no fast life like American. Women hero is lly, vou kuow, iilcu is strictly on. Tins book tells all about tho worst case you over Bee. I'll jut show yoa. Look liliii a square man. Won't give me awayy" Tlie young man from Peolone said ho wouldn't, aiid tho train boy brought in the ravishing vmumo which he tendered only fo nieu that looked pijuaie. It was a rather fat book, but il had a paper band clear around it and the leaves would only open the smallest small-est i.'.islauce. iiiit in that small dis-tadco dis-tadco one could catch Hie vanishing views of twinkling legs, tho captivating disorder of beautiful costumes, the inevitable in-evitable tragedy iu the last illustration and a bit of the cutpter headings head-ings to show where the best diggings dig-gings were probably to be found. Hut one could get very little of the reading on account of trie paper hand. -llo,i't tuL-A rtT " ..uiil tlie. Trai:i bov as the young man fro in Peotono tried to remove it ever by the smallest space. 'Don't tsko oil'. You see 1 can't be arrested as long as that is on, and I won't want to gel into trouble. Do you want the book?" "How much is it" asked the young man from Peotono, feeling a thrill of pleasure aud a thrill of shame quarreling with each other all over his frame. " Two dollars and a half," soid the train boy. "Two dollars and a half !" exclaimed the passenger, aghast. "Yes; that sort of thing can't be got up for nothing. It is the raciest thing on record; nothing like it." '""Tlli'; thatVtoo rich lor mfmooiV"' "What will you give?" "Give jou half a dollar." Tho train boy gathered up the volume in disgust. "You don't know a good thing when you see it," he said, wearily. "Seventy-live," said tho young man from I'eoiouo. ! "(live mo $'J and you can have it." "So; I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll p'ue yon $1. No more.' Want it?" And tiio young man closed t lie discussion. dis-cussion. The boy laid down the book again, took the dollar and went out of the car. When the young mau from Peotone tore oil" tho paper baud he found all the pictures had been cut from tho Police (lactte and that the text was simply a very ordinary novel that would have been a drug on the market at three for a dime. |