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Show 5 ? 9 The man had a rather resoluto expression ex-pression that showed llaclf In the Hues of his mouth and tho thrust of bis chin, but It was not any mure ros-oluta ros-oluta than thut uf tho young woninu who sat noxt to hi 111 In the street car w hen she roso at the cull ot hor street cur nor. "I beg your pardon, madam," he said; "you aucm lu have uiy packago there." "I beg your pardon, sir," she replied Icily. "This parcel lu uilnu." He was confused for a moment, for the othor passengera woro smiling, but he was not going to be lmioaed upon. "If you will look closely at It you will see that It does nut belong to you," he persisted. She frowned. "I aeo perfectly well that It does lii'lmiK lo me," uho said. Tho man hesitated as tho cur began to alow down. Then ho anld hurriedly: hurried-ly: "Soo hero, wo can easily tell whoso parcol It la. Tell mo what thoro Is In It" The young womnn colored to the roots of her hair and shot on Indlgnuut and altogether withering glunce at him. She did not deign to roply this time and with a rapid motion sho gathered up her skirts and left tho car. taking tho package of couteutlou w ith her. Tho young man started up am I was nlimit to follow hor when one of ' tho other pusuengera touched blm oa the arm. "Don't forgot your parcels," he said. The man turned nnd began hastily ta gather them up, but suddenly stopped, with an nxclumtitlon, and then sat down, looking excosiilvely foollBh. "Did you find your own?" asked the friendly passenger. "Yea," owned the man, holding It npv, "Don't thut beat your tlmo! Well, sny, Bhe must have thought I was trying try-ing to bunko her. I wondor what sha did huvo In hora. When olio wouldn't tell I nindo sure sho was trying to , bluff me." "Mavho sho didn't like to toll," ba arded tho friendly pusbcngor. t Tlio mun was turning tho parcel ' over In hla hands, presently ho seemed ' lo uiitlco Hiinietliltig peculiar about It. Ho locked closer. Then be said i "Hello!" , "What Is It now?" j "Iliinged If this la my pureol after , all. r-he's got initio and l'vo got hera." ' "I don't see bow she'a going to keep you from finding out what'a In It," Bald 1 Uie friendly puhueugei. |
