Show HE WAS REALLY HUNGRY Shrewd Citizen Thought He Had Cornered a Grafter drafter but bu t Bill Scared Him Hum m ejaculated a a. Gentleman who was waa sitting on 11 u fourteenth nth street streetcar streetcar streetcar car with a friend th the other evening eve and bound for fol his hla homo home which la is located on 01 onon on one OI of or the peaks of or Mr Pleasant Pleas Pleas- I B. B ant Tho man h had just finished a Q cursory curson glance cc through the thc paper He had read Ih tho th of the Rn and second p pages pes es and anol hud had satisfied himself that there be he plenty of or weather for the few days das by h rending the weather report on the third I Ie ha had bad searched for tor his wife's name in the society odelY column and landed on toe the cI eighth page where the heading luck liick Stories caught ca his c eye c Alter After reading the tho story he gave expression to tho exclamation noted above Iron From tho p peculiar cullar Intonation Riven Riv Iv- Iv en n d that brief f his bis companion knew know that tho the Alt MIt Pleasant mans man's thoughts w were ro of or a retrospective nature That story salmi th the gentleman pointing point lug ing it out O to his hh friend reminds me of or orun un an n n rK experience nee I had a short time a ago o You know m my boy has s been away to and when he lie carno canto bock back from school he be brought with him a lot of books and und nt weren't all nil text books either 1 I thought 1 Id I'd like Ilk to take a n peep Into some of or the stuff stag the youngster had belle been reading while out from under the parental root roof so sn Sf I glanced I through the bunch bUllch of It them nt t random and found sonic some of them thO Goof good and some otherwise One In lh the tho young library that came lo to m my notice us was a collection of ot short storing stories One of oC th the stories I r read ad was waa about a wealthy young voting fellow lIot giving JI money to a 1 tramp who call cald he wanted to get bet something something some sonic thing to cat ent According to 10 the story ston the young man strolled d aimlessly about In the locality for awhile and anil presently he noticed noticed no no- the bJ beggar ar standing landing In the same spot shot where hI he hart had left leet him so ho lie decided de tic- I to watch the grafter r In it K Ii short ClIce of time lime he saw the fellow fel- fel fellow fellow fel fel- low approach several other gentlemen gentleman n with the tho same name old oW cut and hard hardluck hardluck luck tale talc which hud had wrung rung money mone from him hint The Th young t fellow lIow didn't like the Idea of or being duped UP d. d so he thought he wo would h havi hav a n lithe lit III fun t out of I the he tramp tram an and play ll even tI lit lie walked past t the mendicant mendicant mendicant mendi mendi- cant again and Inti when the tho fellow ellow attempted attempt attempt- cd ed II to lo make mak a u second touch louch for far or mone money on the pi i of ot hunger the young man took him along Into a n restaurant and ancI made him order a K bli big meal meRI and eat It It The tr tramp mp It seems had bad already dined and he he- objected o to going oln through the operation operation opera opera- tion n a second time the sonic same do day but the young OUn fellow tellow made him do It it II and had hall a 11 lot of ot fun watching the lie Impostor tilling nn up against his will nil will willI J I thought It was WI a 11 real clover clever little lilile Flory and I chuckled It gleefully over It It Well eIL tho rho other evening c I was meandering meandering mean mean- dering down Iown I V F str street cl when a fellow came up and polite politely b begged gd m my n for accosting me and declared he be wag WAK hungry hungry hun hun- gry r II us its a bunch of prairie wolves solves In winter winter win win- ter tel and want wanted anted d mo to give him a dime dimeto to help him relieve tho the strain of ot going to 10 re p with nn an empty stomach HP lie said he was a 01 stranger er In town and anti broke broc nt I hadn't had road a R square meal me for a n woi wk k Tic lIe was WIlS fairl fairly well dressed and andI I sized him up it fAt once as a professional gm grafter Let before that I had finished a splendid dinner and was smoking an exceptionally ex good d two fer s so o I r was In ht n a pretty good humor I felt real ral lI el lively and that story I hail bad read rc In m my bov bays bay's book hook popped NI Into In my head I decided to hn have ve sonic some fun un with x the We fellow ju Just t like the th theman theman man In tho the story stoy stor for COr I was certain the fellows fellow's tale talc about being hungry r was WIlM a afa fa fake fuko ko So youre you're hungry I J asked good na na- I Ci Captain I hal lt been so hungry hunS since I learned how to eat cal the fellow replied I J took him to a n near bv r restaurant and HIHI after w we weere ere acre seated at the table I 1 handed handed hand hand- ed fd him n mi bill of fare and tho the pad the waiter hru brought ht us its und and said salt Now ow ow you Ou ju t write down what you von want to eat and Ill I'll stand land the expense Ir Order r r whatever yea yu want what want what you OU think will nt fit the aching void told 01 you complain of ot- ot and dont don't b be afraid of or wearing out the tho penell Im I'm pretty hungry Captain the lie fel- fel fallow fellow low snit said but since youre you're so 80 kind I dont don't want ant to Impose Impo on you Oll BO so Ill I'll Just get geta n a h and some some- coffee fA No NTo you jo wont won't I t decla declared looking n at t l Mm im sharply Now Now look here herc young oung man you 11 1 said saint ou were hungry and 1 I wont won't havo 0 no 1 backing up II u at nt this point Youve You've Kit got to order and ml eat cat a a. meal ul and antI anda antIa a big one too loo because I wont won't stand for tor tiny ally flunking n If It you OU dont don't order It t I will and 1 Ill I'll U see fee e that jou ou tuck luck It it und under r year yoi-r Olf waistband t bum too I With that 1 began rending reading a paper and antI pall paid no more mort attention to the fellow It d m me to note how bow he be trl tried d to get el nut out of the game Kamo when ho discovered 1 J meant so o 0 1 Just pulled pullet up my paper and waited 1 I wanted him to got get ct tailed stalled mind anI then I was seas going to have flOn-C flOn sport urging him on so M I bided my 01 time lime The fellow didn't say CI a Ii word further fur fur- tier ther hut but wrote Hote down his bis order Presently Present Present- ly Is' T I heard the walter wailer coming toward tot us with lh the dinner I dropped Ill my JI paper r and looked up and antI h by George I 1 nearly II fell over o In my any chair i foot backward The tray was waa a high with II h rusher n and III It looked like there thero was wu grub enough nou h on nn it H to feed ecil an nn orphan asylum lum for a week The fellow had evi evl- evidently dently checked off everything o on the time bill of fare and for n 1 moment J 1 could only stare But Hut T f recovered m presently present present- ly Iy and pulled up tip my paper to hide the th donet dono expression slon on nn my face nce That fellow low had ll certainly been heen telling me a straight ht story lory He lie was Willi hungry al all allover over o and wi wh when win n n the he barbecue was v all laM Jail out nut h he tae all squared d himself and 1 s said Heres lookin at mt au Ju and 01 sailed called In He lie cleaned ill up till the whole out lay and finished r strong tron h When n he got ot through he sighed with such evident enjoyment that 1 I h began to 10 like Ilk lf for fot what I 1 had h done although l It had bor been n with a different motive than that t of or philanthropy The rhe fellow smiled an and handed banded me a toothpick as us itse we e left the table tohle The bill hili tore 1 t fI M 60 Into small shreds shred but hut I paid paIr It like n a man mon bought the fellow n a good gooel ci cigar cigar d- d gar and we passed out onto nto the Mtr street Pt Once On outside he ht thanked m me meery ery scry er politely but butt didn't do any gushing and J 1 left leU him without any my In hard bard feelings at Ht nil all and satisfied that tint 1 J had spent my mon money ina In n na a a. good rn cause UI I bell believe c I 1 fel felt fell t bettor better than if IC the incident had turned out as fiS asI fiSI I hart hall limit U planned for I bought boucht three e newspapers from a Ii Ia ragged ell little fellow further r down the street and antI I was ai an Itt PaS easy mark all the rest of ot tho evening v Washington Star |