Show DOT EVEN WITH THE I PORTER hoo It v Ilion wait iorp 01411 a Match far a Iullnan Oonlln From the Wnthlnglon Star It Im t often Hint a traveler gets ahead ot the Pullman car porter but It don happen I occasionally Senator Witness of Wath I legion did the thing In fine shape on one of his long ride from Spokane I to I this city and the porter doetnt yet understand how he lout hit bet The wnator It an Inveterate smoker nnd having run short ot matches called to the porter lot any matches Tom Yes air replied Tom producing a I box from his packet You cant light the match unices you strike It on this boxThe The senator lit his elgnr call while tracking pondered long aver the makeup make-up of the rough black coating on one I side of thn box HP knew file match could 1 not be t made to strike a light except ex-cept upon that particular I sandpaper I At one of the stations ho procured one ot those boxen and going back Into the tnioklngroom ot his car moistened the tiiulfil tide of the box until It was quite ort then rubbed It gcntl on the sole of his boot until the sticking substance sub-stance with the sand was nil transferred trans-ferred to the leather then he walled until It was thorough dried unit tailed I want another match Tom m > clgnr has gone nut Yen sir responded tho porter i getting get-ting out his box again The senator took n match and handing hand-ing the box back turned up the role of his boot Ha1 hal Mr Wilson laughed the colored man no else ncralchlng It on our bOOIOIl cant light II there Oh I guests I can said Ibo ncnntor smiling Jlct oifa dollar you cant raid the porter Put up jour dollar told Mr Wilson 1 Wil-son Make It two dollars raid the colored col-ored oindal eagerly Heres toon1 at much more nt > Oil like nttcntcd the senator pleasantly pleas-antly Holy smoke chuckled the broom swinger ThM It too copy nollctt map Iisr struck this Ion and till loot change was Inttantl otnpllccl on one of the chair cuthlons The tcnalor counted out nn rquil amount then turned up the sale of hit left boot Drawing the match across the prepared place U Mated read and ho calmly lighted hla cigar The porter dropped his broom lu amazement while the senator quietly gathered the pile of halvci and quarters quar-ters remarking to a fellow traveler Tom hat robbed me of n good many ot these pocket piece nnd thin In I the lint chance I ever bad to get even till Mm I |