BEING KIND TO A STRANGER.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4809, 7 June 1884, Page 4

BEING KIND TO A STRANGER.

Among Ibe passengers in a parlor car on tbe Lake Shore Road the other day was a handsome woman, whose husband shared the seat with her, and who would hare, been picked out as a quiet, sedate, absent-minded man. Tho seat opposite was occupied by a flashily dressed young man, with a lady-killing twist to his moustache, and he was considerably surprised when the husband handed him a daily paper, with the remark : " Have a glance at the news. Plenty of excitement, around the country, I ob i serve." ' The young v man was busy with the paper for half an hour, and then the husband offered him a popular magazine. This entertained him for an hour, and he had scarcely closed the book when the good man reached over with: . "Hare a cigar. These are prime Haranas, and I know you will eDJoy one." The young man accepted with lhanks, and naturally made his way to the smok-ing-car, where he put in nearly another hour, but without the other's company. When he returned he was greeted with : '•Perhaps you'd like to look at the latest novel ? Very entertaining, I assure you." He read until weary, and upon being offered another cigar replied that he was to leave the train at the next station, and added: "I want to thank you again for your many courtesies." " Oh, don't mention it." " You never saw me before ?" " Never." " Don't know my name ?" "No." " Then tell me why you were so very courteous to an entire stranger." . " Young man, I fill explain. In times past when a loafer sat and stared at my wife as a steady job I got up at the end of an hour and broke his neck. This made me much trouble and expense, and I changed my programme. I now carry books and ciears to bribe them. Had you been going a hundred miles further I should have offered you a drink of brandy, a new puzzle,, two more dailies, and another cigar, and, ray wife would hare secured quite a rest." "Sir! I "

" Ob, it's all right—all ri R ht! It was chenper than throwing you out of the window, and I hope you'll get up to the hotel safely. Good^day, sir—good^day— glad to have met you !" And the young man with the lady-kill- - ing moustache and crockery colored eyes and bair parted on an even keel picked up his grip and walked out, without being certain whether he had been mashed in a collision or pulverized under a landroller. .