Show FRESHNESS REWARDED how the captain of a steamer a bady on a through eastern train of the pennsylvania road ono day last week all tho scabs scats in the car taken except two A lady sat in ono and a man from the west with a big sombrero occupied abo other lie was a alne look inai manly fellow and was taken by by those around him for a lawyer at tho next station says tho pittsburgh dispatch an unattractive drummer got on tho car ho sized up tho situation at a glance the lady was pretty and that settled it without even asking her he sat down by her and at commenced to make himself agreeable she tried to avoid him and looked out of the window but the acl lows gall was immaculate and ho maintained the one sided conversation tho western man was calmly watching the proceeding and stood it as long as h could going up to the lady ho said madam I 1 see you aro annoyed you prefer to nave my seat 0 thank you she replied certain jy t and the bi man helped ihor to transfer her valise while tho other passengers tittered at the drummers discomfiture the latter was boiling over but kept down his wrath until ho got to altoona and then bo demanded satisfaction for the insult the words scarcely out of bis mouth before the western man banged himon the jaw and then with his boot him around as a football stand back yelled some of the tickled kick him harder thoy shouted together and that drummer finally crawled under a car to escape further punishment a wiser and ladder man everybody wanted to know who tho western man wab lie turned out to be the captain of a pacific mail steamer out on a vacation |