Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
THE MAN THAT
CHANGED THE BILL
BY A. D. HARRISON.
copyright. 1909, by American Press Asso-
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l met her on Il train. There are
more impressions made in travelling. |
think. than under any other circum-
stances. She was about twenty. with
light, fluffy hair. baby blue eyes. white
teeth, and 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
a candy boy came along. She wanted
q box of sweets and had only Il dol
lar bill to pay for them. 1t happened
that the boy was out of change and
looked around for help. | lifted my
hat politely to the girl. took L dollar III
silver from my pocket and handed it
to her, taking in exchange the bill. 1t
was new and crisp and SO folded us to
show the dollar in a orner Even if I
had not seen it's denomination | would
not have thrown a doubt upon the
lady's honl.;ty by unfolding it. 1
showed it il my vest pocket. and she
opened the box. l remained where l
was, so that she couldn't very we'll
help rewarding me for changing her
bill by offering me a bit of candy. She
did this with some embarrassment. l
sat on the arm of the seat opposite
while 1 thanked her and said some ir-
relevant things. such as the car was
either too hot or too cold. or l hated or
liked travelling, or made some other
meaningless remark, passing on to an
other and another, all the while look
ing more and more uncomfortable on
my perch. till at last she cast her eyes
on the vacant seat beside me. Con-
STRUNG this as an invitation. | sat
down.
When the conductor came along /
noticed he punched a Cleveland ticket
She had a suit case in the car with her.
on which were the letters e. V. w.
took particular note of these things.
for I was delighted with her. and,
since l often visited Cleveland,
thought l might wish to continue to
fall in her path.
1 spent several hours very pleasant
ly with her. At first she seemed
abashed at forming an acquaintance
in this way. but she soon forgot all
about that. and l saw that l was as
companionable to her as she was to
me. When we reached Cleveland
offered to hand her out of the car, but
she said her brother would be there to
meet her, and l saw by a look she gave
me that she would not care to have
him see her receiving attentions from
q stranger. l therefore contented my
self with thanking her for rendering
my trip enjoyable instead of a bore
and told her I hoped that if she ever
came to Chicago l might happen to
meet her.
The next Sunday morning-I got
home on Wednesday, left my bach,
elor quarters and strolled to my club
for breakfast. buying a paper by the
way. always read everything in my
Sunday paper, and on this occasion
wound up with the personals" Sud
denly / was seized with establishment
as I read:
The gentleman Who changed a bill for a
lady on a train on the 10th can communi.
cate with her by addressing E. V. W..
Box =. Cleveland, O.
was not only astonished; l was
disappointed. Since my return my
brain had been full Of love stories OF
which e. v. w. was the heroine and
the hero. And. after all, I had struci
one who was not above calling me te
her through a personal. Then 1t came
to me that there must be some mis-
take. Surely I knew a lady when