A Friendly Service

A lady, unattended, traveling a few weeks since from the Atlantic States, arrived at Omaha - a poínt on the long journey, shehad reason to tliink, where railroad civilities end and business begins. In turn lier own two or three pieces of baggage were rolled on to the scales and weighed. "Seventeen dollars, madam, tor extra luggacce." Tlie demand was not expected, nor was the lady's slender purse prepared to meet it. She expostulated, but that was iiscless. "It's the rule and tbe rate, madam; we niake no exeeptions or deductions." Words with the baggage man were wasted. The lady, seeing no help for it, rehictantly paid over the extra charges and received her ehecks. "That leavea me but a dollar and a half," she remarked, examining her meagre funda and worried at the disco very. The brusque official pretended not to hear lier, but a gentleman a Uttle way off had listonad with better ears, and as she started back towards the train, then nearly ready to steam out for the great plañís, he approached, bowed politely, and spoke to her. "Madam, yon are in troublc; can 1 not be of service to you?" He was a stranger, and sbe protest ed that it was nothing of consequence. lie persiated, saying he had by accident overheard lier interview with the aggage-man, and he wished, if she would permit him, to assist her. The lady's feelings gave way. "It is true I have yet fifteenhundml miles of travel to reach home. and only a trifle left to pay incidental expenses. but T can sell my sleeping car ticket and piece out in that way." "No, madain, yon can do nothing of the soit," said the gentleman, quite eiuphatically ; "yon must neither give up your berth nor miss a meal on the route." He thrust a twenty dollar coin into her hand and was hurrying away. She stopped him. ' Excuse me, but you must furnigh me with your name and address. 1 desire to return the sum you are so very kind as to furnish me." ïhe gentleman smilingly surrendered his card and disappeared. The incident, nearly as above worded, with the sequel, were recently, in San Francisco, told us bv a friend, fonnerly i Mont.inian. The gentleman who thus handsomely eame to the rescue and relieved the lady's embarrassment was Wm. S. Hopkins, a San Francisco stock broker, and nephew of the late Mark IFopkins, one of the Central Pacitic magnates. The lady - wel], we need not disclose lier name; but withholding this much, we may state the fact that her residence is and bas been for some years in Helena. Jn the whirl of business the little alfair at Omaha had nearly been forgotten, until one day, quite recently, Mr. Hopkins received from the lady a neatly written letter elegantly expressing her thanks and inclosing a twenty-dollar draft. In a bolder hand, at the bottom of the page, was a postscript : "I most cordially concur in what my wife writes, and emphasize her gratitude." - Montuna Herald, Governor Ckoswei.l is engagedto deliver the annual address before the Allegan County Agrieultural Society at their fair this fall. The tendency to make fairs protltable and attractive by securing eminent men to deliver addresses rather than eminent idiots to walk tight ropes, climb greased poles, and Ínflate balloons, is to be commended. Weston was a book canvasser Whenone of the tribe visits you, teil him of Weston's success and bid him kindly, but lirmly, to Walk!