Show FATE AND THE FLETCHERS intervention that mado made it certain hour for senators death had not struck senator duncan U fletcher ot of florida sought bought his berth ono one night on a sleeping Ble car on oil the way south from washington pulling back the curtains of a lower nine ho he saw that his bed was already occupied ill HI therol therel called the senator shaking the ho stranger by tho the shoulder tho the sleeper awoke and protested angrily my names fletcher explained the statesman and this Is my berth youve got nothing on me 1 answered tho the etheri my names hetch fletch or cr and this Is my illy berth my full name Is duncan U flatch Flet clr or the senator elaborated sos mine agreed tile tho intruder AU ah I 1 bee said bald tho the senator politely there must have been a mistake in reserving tile the isama berth for two meu men of tile the samo banjo name ill go into the next sleeping car the stranger by this time was fully awake and proceeded to apologize and to offer to give up the ilia bertli berth this tho senator would not do but went inter tile the car ahead and found a place to sleep an ali hour later tho the train was wrecked the car in which the stranger occupied the lower nine fell through a trestle and that flint fletcher was killed the senators car was not damaged at all popular magazine |