Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-02-28
AN ADVENTURE
ON THE TRAIN
Man That Changed a Bill Got
More Than He Thought.

thun under any other circumstances
She was about twenty, with light
fluffy hair. baby blue eyes, white teeth
and there was neither too much nor TO
little OF her She sat looking out Of tn
window with rather a bored expression
on her face, as though she onged 70
something with which to occupy he
mind longed to occupy her mint
myself.
However, my opportunity came whei
a candy boy came along. She wanted
a box of sweets and had only dollar
bill to pay for them. IL happened tha
the boy was out OF change and looked
around for help. ! lifted my hat polite
ly TO the girl, took a dollar in silver
from my pocket and handed 1t TO her
taking In exchange the bill. Ii was
new and crisp and so folded u.s. to show
the dollar in a corner. Even If had
not seen It's denomination would not
have thrown doubt upOn the lady's
honesty by unfolding It. showed IL i'm
my vest pocket, and she opened the
box. / remained where / was. so that
she couldn't very well help tewardng
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. all
the while looking more and more nm
comfortable on my perch till at last
she cast her eyes on the vacant seat
beside her. Constituting this as an invi-
tation, l sat down.
When the conductor came along 7 no
ticed he punched Cleveland ticket for
her. was bound for Chicago. She had
a suit case In the car with her ON
which We're the letters e. v. w. I 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 l saw that was as companions Bile
TO her as she was to me. When we
Ill., ID. a lareiand l. nFevad IN hand her.
out or the car. but she said her brother
world be thereto meet her, and saw
by a look she gave me that she would
not care to have him see her receiving
attentions from stranger. therefore
myself with thanking her for
rendering my trip enjoyable instead Of |
7 bore and told her hoped that IL she |
Ever came to Chicago might happen
% meet her.
1.-THE next Sunday morning. got
home on Wednesday, left my bache-
lor quarters and strolled to my club
for breakfast, buying 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 astonishment
rs read:
The gentleman who changed bill for a
lady on a train on the 10th can communi-
cate with her by addressing 4. v. W..
Box =, Cleveland. o.
i was not only astonished: was dis
appointed. Since my return my brain
had been full Of love stories of which
Il. V. w. was the heroine and the
hero And, after all, had struck one
who was not above calling me to her
through u personal. Then 1t came to
me that there must be some mistake.
Surely knew a lady when saw one.
and the girl had met was not only
lady. but very innocent and refined
one. Why did she make the identified
ton through the dollar bin had
changed? Because, Of course, 1t was
the best and only sure means OF iden-
tification.
mind me OF the girl who had given II
to me- / had transferred II from my
pocket to box OF trinkets on my
dresser, folded just as 1t was when l
received it. Something. I know not
what-one Of those mysterious point
ors OF the brain perhaps that come 10
us on ccasion-prompted me to go to
my room and have look at the bill.
lost no time In doing so, and when l
unfolded the crisp bit OF paper my
eyes bulged from their sockets In as
constituent.
IL was a thousand dollar note!
Now / saw 1t all. The wording of
the advertisement. instead of indicat-
ing that the girl was familiar with
methods of designation. showed her In
nocence or she would not have used
it, 1t was evident she had inferred
that had discovered the denomina-
ton of the bill, and she gave me the
means OF communicating with her to
return IL, l, ~