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Show IN Ofl THE anOUND FLOOR. Iluif a WldusT MsTn"llo of Wliat Bb Hoard I llr.l Dlreiilorn ha). A fsw yeart ago a widow and her davgbtrr y er oi-eupylfig n saotlon In u Pullman sleeper ou Hie Missouri Pa-clfl Pa-clfl rui:...-..'.. 'i:.v telion Mil to this lady h' mind to be occupied by a conplo the directors of that railroad. The part ''on lvjisvoen tho two tactions WW bo Hun that It wna not dlfneult for a cenvmx.itii.n eju-rled on in ose tcotion to bo h(.v,l In th ."i'.- T"ho lady trasclev heard the t ..um. . dlaeui-.', dlaeui-.', n .. - of evil I'l'jiu sli)Viby thor.l-,cU . ! .' " ' IViflo jvm I .vndi.l' ' i' - ' ' k-1ua-It s.ai'li. A v. : bul t . rr thrco .-.-nt'iouth- nl-.- h.- . . IV n on lrivtnrj i ,J t ' ' ' 1:'", " irt f,r1, Cfjan 'iiui r-,y '' f tsvoil'e. .tf.i. i ' ' ' r'',; :!, rtvuhtlit cvtr t. ' ... ' -. ! l-'UH her hcuia wbj rs. ! ' ul whljli time a fWo th'.i. ...... i ! -r ii'ito due her waa redeemed. Hhe sent K r her attorney, at-torney, detailed to him the converaa-Hon converaa-Hon alio had hrd, and saldha ssaa ul-moetrewlvod ul-moetrewlvod to aet M flvo tbow aand dollar In wsoml Pivalflc. 'i, a uttorney, rnbtnlriag her announced resolution fo- irony, laughed, but tho woman of wealth persisted. "It la but five thoiwapd dollars," she said, "nnd ? I ' ae I shall have Just as much to eat as 1 have always had and just as much to wear. If the plans betrayed be-trayed by these two directors work out I shall rusko n good deal of money buying Missouri Paclne." I '1 he attorney olieyed the Instructions i l.:o client, invested tho fire thousand ('iil!ar, and in lru than one month the prop 'rd consolidation was comum-I comum-I riuttd aud the Hartford svidow roaliicd j fur her flve-thousand-dollar investment I i.)0,00i( At the first blush this Incident Inci-dent is hct down as proof of lueh, but ibo Clnclunntl Times-Star hold that ! th. m ssas no luck about 1L It wus kirn-I kirn-I ply un unospcotod oxhlbltiou of what In 1 Wall struct veroncular tarmed 1 nerve" on tho n I of n quick-eared ' nml ijUlL'ker-wlttod woman. Not ouo pti-ton In tou thousand would liavo ' glum u:iv tned to the ot versa' in re-f. re-f. nedi . aud uol or.o of n thousand '. i n ii '..no hennl aoil hoodi t end !.i I i pe .el to have ti e m"iu ,', u i i i, I ad It, Wuuld b .i ii I i.. i i i . ' i H biekhnt i. I i i l r i i, . i i's,1ii. b-expj.idv.l li 1 mi, ,, blUtl '111-1. ..Mi'. loo would lie , iiiui.athe th i ; "aiid ears .d brain un.1 - ssl.-t tliu th uglitio!.- term luck |