She Was Grateful

We were nearing Jacksonville, Fin., aíter ttue loog trip to New York. Tlie porter liad finished brushiiur off a tnothcr and hor four children, eaeh of wiidin had demanded attentjon every íifteen minutes, wten the woman turncd and sa;id : "You have Ik'mi vcry attentlve to us dwing the trij) and I wish to rettrard you." "Yes'um." ''WUat is name ?" ghe asked ai slvetook out pencdl and notebook. "Wllllam White, mum." Bhe rote íor a minute on one of th? leavea of lier book, and tli. n tore út nut and hended it to hlm wlth the remark : "A eoiored man. n%o is ambitious to get aloog, wlll alwaya finrt (rienda." I eaugtrt bhn in the vestibule two minutes later .nul asked to sec the paper. It ïead : Mr. Pullman : Your man. Wllllam Wbttte, hos been very attentlve to me and my chfldren, and I vrould recommend that you ratee liis salary and let him knciw tliat you iully appreeiatc liis effOTts. MBS. e. 1! . I reed t aloud to the porter and tiien looked at him. He gasped tor Hreath and it was a minute berore he could ejaculate : "Befo1 de Lawd ! bot I dun thounht dat wan a (ifteen-.lollar check on gome bank in Jacksonville. Hu ! BhOO : AVall, oí all de deleterious obnoxlouBiiega I eber did dun meet up wid in all my liie dis captlvates de pinnacle !"'- New York Sun.