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Show FATE AND THE FLETCHERS Intervention Thst Made It Certain Hour for Senator's Death Had Not Struck. Senator liutienn I'. Fleli-her of Florida Flor-ida mniKht his berth one night on n j sleeping rnr on the wnv south from Washington. Pulling link the cur- j tains of a lower nine, he saw that bis bed ttnn nltetnly oii iiplod "III. there!'' (Illicit the selllllor. j shiLli g Ihe xlrangcr by Ihe plnuilder Ihe sleeper awoke ami protehted . angrily. j ' .M iiiiiiio'b Kli tcher," explained ' the utalcMiian. "and this In m berlll." "Ynu ve go! luithltig on me." nil- ! SWot.il tin. other "My tilltne's l-'leli h er. nnd this l my lo-rth " "My lull mime I. Pun. tin 1'. I'lot. tier ti-er " the nemitor chili.. rule. 1 "M.i n mine." ngrei d Hie Intruder. "All. I see." said Ihe nenalor. mi 1 lili h. "Thi le tiiii-l have been n ml. tube In rcietilug Ihe nunc berth for Iwo men o Iho hi tialne I II go Into the tie' I ntecpli g ear" Tl.ii atrungor, h thin lime, wnsfully nwake. and proi ei ded In optiloglre, i mid lo offer to Kite up the berth This I the senator would not do, bill went Into tho cur ahead, and found a place , to sleei. An hour later the train wns wrecked. wreck-ed. Tho enr In which tho strniiger occupied the lower nine fell through n trestle, and Hint hletiher was killed. The senator's cur was not damaged lit nil.- Popular MngaKluo. |