The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-11-19
THE Man THAT
CHANGED THE BILL
BY A. D. HARRISON.
tcoi grlght. 1900. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l


light, fluffy hair baby blue eyes. white
teeth, aud there was neither too much
nor too little Of her. She sat looking
out of the window with rather Il bored
expression on her face, as though she
longed for something with which to
occupy her mind longed to occupy
her mind myself
However, my opportunity came when
n candy boy came along. She wanted
n box OF sweets and had only n dol
lar bill to pay for them. Ii happened
that the boy was out cf change nnh
looked around for help. lifted my
hat politely to the girl. took dollar In
silver from my pocket aud handed 1t
TO her, taking In exchange the bill. lt
was new und crisp and so folded as to
show the dollar IN corner. Even IL
had not seen Its denomination | would
not have thrown u doubt upon the
lady's honesty by unfolding II. |
showed Il In my vest pocket. and she
opened the box. ! remained where |
was. so that she couldn't very well
help rcwarding mc for changing her
bin by Offering me u bit of candy. She
did this with some embarrassment. |
sat on the arm Of the seat opposite
while | thanked her aud said some ir-
relevant thugs. such as the car was
either too hot or too cold. or ] hated or
liked travelling or made some other
mcauinglcss remark. passing on to an.
other aud another. nll the while look.
Ing more aud more uncomfortable on
my perch. TN nt last she east her eyes
on the vacant seat beside me. Con
STRUNG this us an invitation, sat
down.
When the conductor came along !
noticed he punched u Cleveland ticket
for her. was bound for Chicago.
She had a suit case In the car with her,
ON which were the letters y. V. W. ]
took particular unic of these things.
/ for | was delighted with her. nnd.
since often visited Cleveland. !
thought ! might wish TO continue to
I fall Ia her p1th.
spent several hours very pleasant
| ~ with her. At llrHi she seemed
nbashcd at forming un acquaintance
W. ANllN hNNE HNN "Nl' fr'fNh W. So wv
about that. aud I saw that was ns
cumpuulonablc TO her as she was to
me. when We reached Cleveland !
offered To hand her oul of the car, but
she said her brother would bc there TO
meet her. und I saw by u look size gave
mo that she would not care tO have
him see her receiving attentions from
I A fiaH..I.aE.. .AnInuItHI a.
srlf with thanking her for rendering
my trip enjoyable Instead OF bore
aud told her hoped that " she ever
came to Chicago mlght happen TO
mvpt her.
Ahc nest sunday morning-l got
lu1ir un "Wednesday lplt my bach.
rlf quarters unl Slrollcd 10 my ciub
futl breakfast, buying u paper 10y the
wal always read everything ~ NY
sunday paper aud an this o'enslnn
wound up with the personals" sud
dculy wus seized with as,onishnIcnt
us | read.
The gcntlcmnn who changed bill Tor a
lady on train on the 10Th can communi-
cato with hcr hy addltsa'us l.. v W.
L0N -. Cleveland, @.
/ was not uuly nstunishcd: ! was
disappointed since my return my
brain had hrcn lull of love stories of
which e.. y. ". was the hcrulnc and !
I the hero. Aud, after all I had struck
one who was NOT above calling me To
her thruu.h pvr,unal, Then IL came
"a me that there mus, be some mis-
mLc. Surely | knew lady when !
suw one. aud the glrl had met was
not only a ludy, hul n very Innocent
und refined our. Why did she make
. the Identification through the dollar
| bill had chnugrdi because, of course.
| Il was the best and only sure means or
| Identification,
This dollar bill was all had To re-
mind me of the girl who had given IL
| 60 me. had transferred II from my
! pocket to IA hOX OF lrlnkets on my
dresser, folded just as II was when l
| received IT,. Something, ! know not
What-one Of those mysterious point
crs of the brain perhaps that come to
us On occasiun-prompled me To 80 To
my room and have n look at the bill'
| | lost no time in doing So. aud when |
unfoldrd the crisp bin Of paper my
eyes bulgcd from their sockets In AS
| constituent,
| II was thousand dollar note.
Now | saw il ali. The wording of
the advertisement. instead of indicat'
I iug lhat the glri was familiar with
methods Of asslgnnlion, showed her In
uuccncc or she w"nld not have used
| st. II WAS evident she had Inferred
that had discovIrd the denodila-
tlon OF the bill, ard she gave me the
means of communicating with her ia
return it,
! / took the midnight train for Glove
| land and the next morning went Ia
/ the postoiiicc. where | learned that
/ box No. - belonged to family named
/ Worthington Later In the day | call
cd ut the address. which ! had Also
received at the poStollice, ana sent up
my card, ON which had written
"rhc gentleman " ho changed The hill
/ l soon heard rustic On the stair
/ case. aud L., Y. W, came hurrying in,
anxiety ON every feature, Ia know II
| her money was safe. | haStened 20
| reassure her 10y handing her the note.
She had received il from her father
/ in New York, who was nj the moment
engaged In making cash payment on
n piece of real estate. aud had lad
vertently given her the wrong hill
Within year married her
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