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Show The Attachment Wkb Accidental. The cars on the Fourth street cable rnnnuig east were almost deserted on Saturday afternoon, when one, with fewer passengers than any that had preceded it, was passing Lafayette park. It had almost reached the corner cor-ner of Mississippi avenue when a young lady of attractive appearance and genuine gen-uine refinement boarded it She was evidently a young schoolma'am. She had reached the center of the platform and was facittg the interior of the car, where a pleasant faced police officer of Ilibernu-ai extraction was seated, together to-gether with one or two othor passengers. passen-gers. As she was about to step into the car itstju-ted with that sudden jerk peculiar pe-culiar to the Fourth street cable. She was of course thrown forward, and in trying to fall into a seat fell into the police officer's lap. Lvery one in the car saw just how the accident had occurred, and there was nearly a smile at the young lady's predicament? She, however, was not the kiud to be overcome by an acci-! acci-! dent of this kind. By the time she was on her feet again she discovered that ; the lace of her dress had become en-I en-I tangled on the brass buttons of the officer's of-ficer's uniform. The officer saw it at the same time, and while trying to (Us i engage it saia, juaaara, i am at-' at-' tacbed to you." The young lady fully ' appreciated the situation and pertly i answered, "Sir, the attachment is mu- i tual." St. Louis Republic j |