The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-05
THE MAN THAT
 CHANGED THE BILL
By A. D. HARRISON.
ICopyrIght. 1909. by American Press AssO-
 ciatlon.

| teeth, and there was neither too much nor too little of her. She sat looking out of the window with rather a 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 a box of sweets and had only a dol lar bill to pay for them. 1t happened that the boy was out of change and | looked around for help, l lifted my hat politely to the girl, took a dollar in silver from my pocket and handed 1t to her. taking in exchange the bill, It was new and crisp and so folded as to show the dollar in a corner. Even if l had not seen its denomination 1 would not have thrown a doubt upon the lady's honesty by unfolding it. l showed 1t in my vest pocket and she opened the box. remained where l was, so that she couldn't very well help rewardlng 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 l thanked her and said some ir- relevant things, such as the car was either too hot or too cold, or 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- strulng this as an invitation, l sat down.
 When the conductor came along l noticed be punched a Cleveland ticket for her. was bound for Chicago. She had a suit case in the car with her, on which were the letters E. V. W, l took particular note of these things, for was delighted with her, and, since l often visited Cleveland, I thought | might wish to continue to fall in her path.
 | spent several hours very pleasant ly with her. At first she seemed abashcd at forming an acquaintance iu this way, but she soon forgot all about that, and [ saw that l was as compauionable to her as she was to me. When we reached Cleveland l offered to hand her out of the car, but she said her brother would be there to meet her. and saw by look she gave me that she would not care to have him see her receiving attentions from a stranger. l therefore contcnted 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-Is got home on Wednesday-I 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 l was seized with astonishment as l read:
 The gentleman who changed bill for a lady on a train on the 10th can eommuni- 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. ". was the heroine and l the hero. And, after all, had struck one who was not above calling me to her through a personal, Then it came to me that there must be some mis- take. Surely l knew lady when l saw one, and the girl had met was not only a lady, but a very innocent and refined one. Why did she make the identification through the dollar bill l had changed? Because, of course, 1t was the best and only sure means of identification.
 This dollar bill was all had to re- mind ne of the girl who had given 1t to me. I had transferred 1t from my pocket to box of trinkets on my dresser. folded just as 1t was when ] received It. Something, know not what-one of those mysterious point CTS of the brain perhaps that come to us on occasIon-prompted me to go to my room and have a look at the bill. l lost no time in doing so, and when l unfolded the crisp bit of paper my eyes bulged from their sockets in as- tonishment.
 It was a thousand dollar note!
 Now l saw it all. The wording of the advertisement, instead of indicat- ing that the girl was familiar with methods of assignation, showed her in- nocence or she would not have used 1t. It was evident she had inferred that I had discovered the denomina- ton of the bill, and she gave me the means of communicating with her to return 1t.
 took the midnight train for Cleve- land and the next morning went to the postofice, where l learned that box No. - belonged to a family named Worthlngton. Later in the day I call ed at the address, which | had also received at the postotice, and sent up my card, on which l had written, "The gentleman who changed the bill"
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