The Forrest City times., 1905-01-06
A MORSE FILTRATION
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hNoING over from Philadelphia to
 IT New York on the train the other day, said division inspector for one of the telegraph companies, T found myself involuntarily eavesdropping on an innocent little Morse irritation.
 Tt 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- Dusly a business girl. she was as pret- ty and graceful and groomed as show apple in the window of fancy fruit shop The man, who sat at the table behind her, with the back of his chair all but touching hers, was 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 a bunch. and then disappeared into the diner kitchen. He was gone an nnconscionably long time. Probably the cook hadn't expected any responses to last call, and had to begin over again The young woman was the first of us 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. l could see that she was a mite irritated over the walters pro- longed sojourn in the kitchen.
 Then out of the corner of my eye ing over the headlines of a newspaper Il saw her pick up her knife in an ab stracted 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!'
 "The young fellow seated with his back to her instantly chirked up. He, too. had a 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 gazcd straight ahead of him. his face screwed Into an expression of keen attention.
 The 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 a good deal of speed and finish, on his water bottle:
 Thanks. Same here. But why "blame?' That lets him down too easily
 Tt was the young woman's turn to emerge suddenly from her bored state. eShe flushed slightly. and smile lurked around the corners of her mouth, but |Ehe didn't turn her head
 The young man hadn't twisted about rts his chair to look at her, either. 'onghty self-contained young people,
 ought She picked up her knife again
 soon as his tapping ceased. ashhWell, hang him, then she tapped ed byNot strong enough yet, he tapped partiick reply. Want me to say it? It Is. haS help some.'
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 that was o nrottv pood start Louis nfny eyes on my paper, looking as lrtment ( as could. They went ahead ton witht water jug conversation for l5 iys given)efore the waiter appeared with ing upon rs. But they never even turned ollowed ook at each other. I have a lis petitionspicion that they'd surveyed ed by Col A sort of casually before sit- 
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