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Show ACCUIIACY. II It tlootl Tlilu( lint Nni-ielli-iea II llecoaiea I'alllfuk Accuracy la the most dealrable thing on ordinary occasions, but thcro are timet whon It patlt, says the Washington Wash-ington Star. It I toothing to heir the Kngllth language apoken with confidence and unerring grammar, which betoken Intelligence and good breeding, and especially an -when It la uttered In public, placra by uniformed penona from whom you ordinarily hear tuch remark a "HI!" "Get n movo on yer" and "Can't you look where ye're goln'f" A middle-aged man who had raadi hit way through the mob of depot employe em-ploye who ute thl stylo of vocabulary vocabu-lary wa happy to And the conductor on the ilccplng car a young man with a. gentlu voice and n deliberate and refined re-fined manner. He wa mere than gratified when he taw him, later on the Journey, lako n copy of one ot Hit I-atln classics from hla pocket and begin be-gin to read. Hla pleaiuro at the spec-taclo spec-taclo made him almoit forget that In hit haste to catch tho train he had neglected neg-lected to eat any luncheon Approaching Approach-ing the conductor, he endeavored to mlnglo knowledge with agreeable In-tercourae. In-tercourae. "llavo you been on this road long?" ho Inquired. "No." da rnnductqr answered, without looking up. "Thl It my flrtt week." 'Do you like tho work!" "All labor li distasteful. Hut I endeavor not to allow my mind to dwell on the Irk-eomo Irk-eomo phate of my duty." Tho conductor had not taken his eyra from Ihe book and hla queattoncr abandoned all Idea of sociability and piwffeil Hh tho matter nenreat to hi heart. "Will you tell me." he aaka-1, "when and for how long this train atop for dinner?" "Not at all," 'Aro you aure ot that?" came tho Inquiry In-quiry n lonta of proleatlng anguish. "YeaV the gentle volcexl conductor replied, re-plied, aa ho leisurely turned n leaf ' I ara'Qullo 'ure- T,u' r,--n at no' eat.'- "" |