The herald., 1913-02-13
AN ADVENTURE \
ON THE TRAIN
Man That Changed a Bill Got
More Than He Thought.

than under any other circumstances
She was about twenty, with light.
fluffy hair, baby blue eyes. white teeth.
and there was neither too much nor tou
little Of her. She sat looking out of the
window with rather a bored expression
on her face. as though she lOngcd 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 dollar
bill to pay for them. II happened that
, the boy was out Of change and looked
/ around for help. lifted my hat polite
| ly 10 the girl, took dollar in silver
from my pocket and handed it to her.
| taking in exchange the bill 1t was
| new and crisp ana so folded as to show
/ the dollar in a corner. Even if | had
not seen its denomination | would not
| have thrown doubt upon the Iady'S
! honesty by unfolding il. | showed il in
my vest pocket, and she opened the
| box. ! remained where | was, 50 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. | sat on the arm of
the seat opposite while | thanked her
and said some irrelevant 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 another and another. an
the while looking more and more I'M
comfortable on my perch till at last
she cast her eyes on the vacant seot
beside her. Constituting this as an inyi |
tation, | sat down.
When the conductor came along | no |
ticed he 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 f. V. W. took
particular note of these things. for |
was delighted with her and often visit
ed Cleveland.
spent several hours very pleasantly
with her At first she seemed abashed
at forming an acquaintance in this
way. but she soon forgot all about that.
and | saw that was as companionable
to her as she was to me. When we
reached Cleveland offered to hand her
out or 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 stranger. / therefore
contented myself with thanking her for
rendering my trip enjoyable instead of
a bore and told her hoped that if she
ever came to Chicago / might happen
to meet her.
The next Sunday morning-I got
home on Wednesday, left nv bache-
lor quarters and strolled TO my club
for breakfast, buying a paper by the
way. L always read everything in nv
Sunday paper, and on this occasion
wound up with the personals" Sud
denly / was seized with establishment
as l read: S
The gentleman who changed bill for a {
lady on train on the 10th can communi- I
cate with her by addressing E. V. w.
Box =. Cleveland, o.
Il |
appointed. Since my return my brain ,
lad been full of love stories of which =
Z. V. W. was the heroine and | the :
hero. And, after all, / had struck one g
Who was not above calling me to her :,
through a personal. Then it came to n
ne that there must be some mistake a
surely l knew lady when / saw one. n
md the girl | had met was not only n
ady, but very innocent and refined q
ne. Why did she make the identified u
ion through the dollar bill had a
hanged? Because, of course, it was .,
he best and only sure means of iden- 81
=
This dollar bill was all / bad to re- n
mind me of the girl who had given il a
me. l had transferred it from my n
ocket to a box of trinketS on my G;
resser, folded just as it was when | I,
eceived it. Something, | know not q
7hat-one of those mysterious point.
RS of the brain perhaps that come to
S on occaSiOn-prompted me to go to
ly room and have look at the bill. 9,
lost no time in doing so, and when | -
nfolded the crisp bit of paper my ~
yes bulged from their sockets In as 81
)nishment.
1t was a thousand dollar note! h,
Now l saw it ALL The wording of y,
lie advertisement, instead of indicat- W
lS that the girl was familiar with h,
ethOds of aSSignatiOn, showed her in Il
Ocence or she would not have used IN
1t was evident she had inferred sn
lat | had discovered the denomna- fr
on of the bill, and she gave me the Oh
cans of communicating with her to tn
turn It. or
l took the midnight train for Cleve- a
nd, and the next morning went to tit
Ie postoffice, where | learned that to
'x No. - belonged to a family narcd PI
'orthington. Later in the day call
at the address. which | had also
ceived at the pOstOffice and sent I'D
card, on which | had written. In,
The gentleman who changed the bill" fr
| soon heard rustic on the stair do
sc, and L. V. W. came hurrying in. al,
lxiety on every feature, to know IL Is
# money was safe. I fastened to III
assure her by handing her the note. ab
She had received it from her father sh
New York, who was at the moment be
gagged in making q cash payment Of ha