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Show TIPPED AN OFFICER, DOSTON WOMEN MAKE AN EM-DARRAB8INQ EM-DARRAB8INQ MISTAKE. Art (iniKt or ritit Rank, showed Them tho Slthla and Than Intltod Then to Toko Too Declined end Onto o Mlekel. An officer ot the navy, who shall be nameless In deferenco to hlb extremo modeety, exhibited a curious trinket In the corridor of the Bt. Charles recently. recent-ly. It was a 6-cent coin, around which a narrow gold hoop had been welded. On the hoop waa "Requiem Donum" In small black enameled letters, "I am going to give It to my wlfo for luck," said Ita possessor. "The story Is this: I waa at Key West docks one day while tho row was still In progress, helping with some repairs on tho torpedo boat Porter, when three ladles put In nn appearance ap-pearance eager to see the sights. They were wealthy Boitonlans, and aa they had tho necessary credentlala I volunteered volun-teered to show them around, I must have been a pretty disreputable looking look-ing Indlvldust, for I had Just crawled out of the engine room, and my old blue blouse and ranvaa trousers were a mass of oil and grime, but thcro was no time to fix up, and I proceeded to my duties aa ctcerono Jus as I was. The visitors wero greatly Interested, and, as they Insisted on seeing everything, every-thing, wero upward of three hours In making the rounds. I took them aboard an auxiliary cruiser, cxplatncd 'the workings ot tho guns, showed them a WhlteheaJ torpedo, and, In brief, left nothing ot Interest unseen, When tbe tour waa finally completed I suggested that they tako a cup of tea at the officers' offi-cers' mesa, supposing ot courso that they understood my rank from the salutes sa-lutes and salutations as wo made the rounds, but they looked shocked and embarrassed. 'I am afraid,' said one ot them, 'that we should hardly be welcome without a regular Invitation.' At that she opened her purse and extracted tbla nickel, 'Here, my good man,' ahe continued, 'tako this for tobacco,' to-bacco,' I was so stunned I forgot to thank her, and, nodding pleasantly, the party sauntered away. The boy rigged me a good deal about tbe affair, but I concluded to keep the nickel In the family aa a sort ot talisman, A Jeweler at Jacksonville put on tho band." Philadelphia Evening Item. |