Show jr v k the man of w habit 4 it happened in a fulton street restaurant that contains by actual coutt two tables at 3 last wednesday afternoon five of these tables were occupied that left sixty beien fur for tho the accommodation oc at late larr orr hala hals at a few A past 3 a anan entered he ile was thin had short land aray a hair a stubby gray mustache cm stache and stony staring blue eyes he came la at the south end of the room 1 walked etol stol adly past the sixty seven empty tables and the four that were occupied by solitary diners and eat bat down in the end chair of the seventy second table at which a man and a woman were seated t the couple were engaged in a conversation which to all appearances iwas was tender as well as confidential athey stopped talking when the buu ecat sat down and looked at him and at the empty tables but the mans mind waa was not la in a receptive state subtle hints were ore loft on hiro him calmly he the bill of tare fare from which he fin fl nall aliv selected a meal 0 at clam cocktail steak and coffee the woman in tha th case looked desperate I 1 ie is there no remedy she said k none short of actual murder re piled her companion under the circumstances we would ibe le justified in that said she any jury la in the land would acquit us we might move she suggested a moment later no aid said the man lets hang on an and see va what hat he does lie ile apparently had no intention of at moving when hia his luncheon was served he be ate it slowly Pre presenter the man and woman oman went away after their departure deD arture curiosity got the batter of the man at an adjo adjoining iring talie who had watched the proceeding throughout I 1 am to find out be he said what thai that white livered meant by freeing that couple out in slightly modified terms he put the question to the solemn diner why mid sald the pelican 1 I lavau anything by it this Is ray ta ble ive eaten luncheon at this table every weekday for the last fifteen ye yetra tra you don t suppose do you that I 1 am going to be thrown out of gear at thie this late day by a pair of 0 sentimental ti good lord said the ingul inquisitive etive marf maii were you never mushy yourself you tell you see 11 1 I saw nothing was the reply I 1 reiterate this la Is my table and I 1 am a man of habit may fay heaven deliver me groaned I 1 tho inquisitive roan man from people who have ba habitat bitsI new york press |