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Show ijvjj C" ROMANCE UNO flEAllTY. II II J 113 falt-eillnf Clala Ar-ataCAniltor II I I ill ntis rrMa4 ' mrl' Hand. II II ii 111 A man who wtaee romances out of ljnjljj the commonest thread! laid thlli i !kLu l-iinrded a Madlaon atenue car on Itt IlilJrfJi! way up town, enJ dropping down In ll'S SMIf tit corner near the door tognn to stud I II W fill '""'' Tl" 0nl ''''"" ' dixonm! II minll wntthal tbt conductor truAiimmil ll EUplll Intelligence And refinement, although II fa-Kill he looked eery lough. llli handi at HIITIII onc Altratttil my attention At lie II tuMII placed the change of A dollar Into my 1 1 lllilll palm. They weren't clean how could ll theybof Hut they tiere ihely anJ I Jii delicate the handt 0( A young man I avfisill who had never worked hard at Any I 1 jfMil thing My curiosity hii now awakened, I K 111 t( cori'll(T lln tome I ntked a I a Iljl question relative to the departure of I t K" j the tralni from the Orand Central ill- I j fi jj tlon. Ha mad reply In a well wonled I JI hrate, pronunciation anil modulation J i ft faultlii-s. , iJUl "1 now legantn tlii-ly hit face I I uOj rould n that It wat tlngulatly manly R Itfll and handsome, altlajti-th tnarretl by n y gjljj ttubby beard and dirkrned by dint I "J FBI '"' ,Ps"ro' I Ixyan lo be deely I ' f 133, Interested In my knight of the bell pull, llriSll' ft,lt ''' rApff'1"y noted lilt liuiube'r, II It Pill when, al the Twenty third itreet cor II ISM! nrr' M alwayi happen, A croud of II fl Mil homeward bound shoppers and Idler), 1 1 1 Wt I " wwl'en I'mbed tlirlr way Into the HI5'' car. It u mora than full It was II f Jj-'i I packed. l!". "In fVorit of me flood n charming j' I little girl of rlghts-cn or twenty, In a ' ,wl grven cloth costume, beautifully I braided, the Medici collar of the Louis HI t XVJ coat frainlngnfnceof rare beauty. j. i t Imagine my surprise, nay, horror yes, - j,ji more, my disgust, my everything to J Y !' tiotlcd that my hem, lu handing the f' change to till dainty girl, deliberately l I1 t J took hold of her hand and pressed It J, T for an Imtatit In his, with An ahuo-.t j J,' convulsive grip, And then to lee the 1, j' girl a big brown eyes turned up And l Ji Il-.l Uon tliU young man'a face. llT'uHl "'Altai thought I, 'here'a love play 9 111' MP '"" 'A"la"1 trlckal He, for shamel H ll Ii It Ji Cupid ringing op fair on a New York B II I! IK street car, shouting out, 'Come, no, H II Ii -US ''-' ""''''' or ''0, ul' l frontl' 1 lli.j&ii 'llut hi A few momenta I had rev H (I'-M) aonetl It out to luyoon utlifactlon, M S ! 'i Anyway. Otrounotliiiyouuguian l j not a ew Yorker, but the gill Ii. lie H jj j met her In wme ether city, when hli H , family hal plenty of money, BudJcnly M L( hi father falU and the young man M '' coruee to iVew Ylrk to go Into bualneia, M ' l I and be near the girl he lovet. Only M Mt, .i college bred, no good for a banking or H nif ' commercial home, bo foci down, down E ill''' ,lul "" hccomei A itreet car con H jllll doctor. The old lovo In thli young H 5 j ) heart Ii itlll faithful to Win, however, H j I And take a ride occoilonally on hU rnr H In order to get a look and a preuure of H 11, Jl the hand. M i J "It'avcry hard tobo a itreet car con H 1 1 ,' doctor Audlio In lovo with a girl who H t y llvialnA alace on the line of your H road, but It ha Ita coiupcniatloui. im Her family would never iuiect that the conductor meant Anything when he looked up At the glrl'a window ai hla V i car went rumbling by, ami then the ,,' I can, by waiting for liU car, often ba H ' l.tl1' during the day quite Alone with lilin. H I f "Indeed, It la quite romantic. He H '. ,v, may ei en deadhead her over the line, H J vAI If he happen! to U quite lure that the H Vl terrible .potter li not hl.ldcn behind a H ';1 paper In the corner of the car. I iln H tercly hope that the young man got the Q fritt At Uio end of the route. 1 menu In HB I the end that U, In the long run." K Kew York Sun. |