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Show HE EEK SMILED. llKCAIUULDAX KX.TRA SEAT, WITH HICH IIB ACCMMMODATFD 1 HE VASaENOEKS. lie came into a car on the Sixth Avenuo ! road at Taentj-'Jiird btrett. It was Christmas eve, aud everybody IiaJ at luatt onotuudle. He had a chair, carefully aud closely wrapped lnsofthniwii paper. Ho looked around and' saw tliat all tho stats neru taken. Then he made a motion as if huuteuded to sit down on Lhechair, but hescerued to think better of it, and h'e stood behind it, with his hauda on the back, and rested himself that nay. At tbe next station a gentleman and a Iitte girl came aboard. "Let your littlo girl ait on tills cliair,"rald tho man courteously. "Sho might Just as well, aud she won't hurt 1L'' Tills offer was gratefully acre ac-re ted, and tho little, girl was Ilftd to a teat. Present).) thcro cauio a sound of music Into tbe car. It sounded as If It had cornea long way in order to let the folks hear it on Chri'tuiii pre. It wv a cunixsi tion that had become iopular atone time, called ('Down Went Io Giuli,' but jt was inexpntaihl sweet. Soou those In tho car began to realize that the music was right In that car, and at last, after the little girl had fidgeted about a lot, halfuf therein thecar diicovired Ihe musical mu-sical chair and began to laugh, while the other half roe from their seats and wondered what it was all aUmt. The man who owned the chair i-tnod looklnc straight ahead with a calm face. Tlie father finally liegau to laugh although he was at first 111-cliled 111-cliled to I angry, aud when tin 3 got out at Thirty third street tin htU girl said goodby to the nui with Uie chair. There camo into the car then a vonn,j mau with large cane, a -mall niLstachr, a Ue noutoiitiltie and a pretty girl. They wcro all very swell. The mau with ihe chair bowed his prettiest and said to thu ycuug man! "Your lady may sit down hen-, if she likes." "Oh. thank you, thauk you." Tbe) both tpcL.eatoncc, auJ ''his lad) "sat down, will !o tivery pair arrger iu tho car leaned forward with an air of expectancy. The )oung man bent over lib fair companion com-panion and cald pretty tilings to her, while the face ot tbeow iter look on i stony stare. Again came tlie music, fir off at tir-t, then drawing nearer nud uearer until finally theie was no mistaking Its source. This time it was an old timojlg tunc, "l'rett) i,'gK)-" At first tho woman looked h annl; tlten, when sLo realized It all, she became coufused. Kh moveil atout uneasily as if she would lke to getaway fioni thehlddeii spring, but the clog tune kept up ana look ou variations. Heref cort bit bis lip and looked at tbe owLer of the rhalr as if lie would Ijiie to fight, but he couldn't quite cx'djj nl.pd Ibat stony stare, the pa-sengers in the rtar of the car heard the sound of sui preeel laughter aud left their scatt to crowd forward. It wasn't at all polite, but the crowd did it. They roared with laughter, and then the cusrd shouted "Fiftieth Street!" The pair went off, both red In the face, and when at the next station the man with the musical chair and the stony stare wctt out, he was entered, but he never smiled. Kr |
