He Had Him There

He was iuteut upoii hi.s uewspaper when the couduetor oame aloug aud stopped iu front of him. The, conductor stooped dowu to get a better look at his face and said, "Fare, please. ' ' The inau with the paper paid no attentiou, and fimilly tbo coaductor tapped him gently on the arm. "Did I get yor.r fare?" asked the conductor as the muil with the paper looked up. Now, if there is anythiug iu this world tbat has a tendeucy to make a man who lias paid his fare get angry it is to have the ageut of the corporatiou to whoiii such i'are was paid come aloiig aud ask bina if he has paid it. It muy be all right, but it always seems as if there was au iuiereiice that some oue is tryiug to beat the road. ïhus it happeaed that the mau with the paper replied rather sbarply : " You ought to know. " "Oh, it's all right, sir!" explained the coiiductor hastily. "Nointeutiou to offeud, you kuow. I merely wauted to make sure. " Then he returued to the platform, while the mau with tht) paper returued to bis readiug. A few raiuutes later the man with the paper went out on the platform himself, and just before reaching his corner he gently tapped the conductor on the arm, even as the conductor had tapped hiin. "Did you ringup my fare?" he asked. There were immediate iudicatioua that the conductor was getting ruad. He tried to say something, but ouly epluttered. "Oh, it's all right!" the inau with the paper hastened to explain. ".No intention to offend, you kuow. I ouly wanted to make sure." Then he swuug off the car, and when he reached home bis wife detected traces