Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-21
A MORSE FLIR TATION
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 SarOING over from Philadelphia to
 1T New York on the train the other day" said division inspector for one of the telegraph companies, 'I found myself involuntarily eavesdropping on an innocent little Morse filtration.
 ''It happened in the dining car. There were only three of us to respond to the last call for dinner. The, girl sat alone at the table. across the aisle from mine. For all that she was obvi- ously a business girl, she was ss pret- ty and graceful and groomed as a show apple in the window of a fancy fruit shop. The man, who sat at the table behind her, with the back of his chair all but touching hers, was a personable, well-cared- for looking chap of 30 or so type of the hustling, alert young man of business.
 ''As we three were the last to avail ourselves of the dinner, all of the wait CTS except one had gone of duty and hung up their aprons. The remaining waiter took the orders of the three of us in bunch, and then disappeared into the diner kitchen. He was gone an unconAcionably long time. Probably the cook hadn't expected any responses to last call, and had to begin over again. The young woman was the arst of ns to show impatience. She didn't look peev- ish over the walters long absence, but she sighed wearily several times and rested her pretty chin in the palms of her hands and gazed drearily out of the window. could see that she was 8 mite irritated over the walters pro longed sojourn in the kitchen.
 Then out of the corner of my eye -I was passing away in time by glanc- ing over the headlines of a newspaper Fl saw her pick up her knife in an abe Btracted sort of way. The water jug was right beside the place from which she picked up the knife.
 'In an unconscious sort of way she began to tap on the side of the water bottle with the end of the knife This is what she tapped:
 < Blame that waiter!'
 seThe young fellow seated with his. back to her instantly chirked up. He, too, had q newspaper spread out in front of him, and until the tapping on the water bottle began he had looked ex- tremely bored At that sound, however. he looked up from the paper and gaxed straight ahead of him, his face screwed into an expression of keen attention.
 'sphe young woman dropped her knife impatiently as soon as she had tapped her mild objurgation of the waiter on the bottle. The young man instantly picked up his knife. This is what he tapped, MOrsewise, and with good deal of speed and finish, on his water bottle:
 " Thanks. Same here. But why ''eblame?'' That let's him down too easily
 ''It was the young woman's turn to. emerge suddenly from her bored state. She flushed slightly, and smile lurKed around the corners of her mouth, but che didn't turn her head.
 'HThe young man hadn't twisted about in his chair to look at her, either. Mighty self-contained young people, I thought She picked up her knife again as soon as his tapping ceased.
 ' Well, hang him, then, she tapped.
 s Not strong enough yet, he tapped in quick reply Want me to say 1t? 1t
 
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 "'Please don't, she tapped, almost breaking in upon him. T hate pro- fanity.' x
 ''WelI, that was a pretty good start kept my eyes on my paper, looking ae innocent as could. They went ahead with that water jug conversation for IS minutes before the waiter appeared with our dinners. But they never even turned once to look at each other. have a shrewd suspicion that they'd surveyed each other sort of casually before sit ting down.
 "she tapped that she was perishIng for food. because she'd been compelled to race for train that day without break fast. It was the same with him, he tapped In reply. Had overslept himself, and had only made the train by an eye lash.
 When the waiter at length brought the food they went ahead aud ate, occa- sionally taking I'D their knives to tap out some sort of humorous comment on the picked-up character of the dinner When the coffee was reached the young man .