He Caught On

"But you Eastern people are so conven tional," said the Western beauty to a Boston younar man who was regarding her with half-fearful admïration. "Your languag-e is so unpicturesque. Now, I think our slang is dejightful; it is most suggestive, don't you know. You oan express evar so much more than you would dare to say in ordinary parlance," she continued, coquettishly. "Oh, do talk slang1 to mg, then," bejrged the you Mi, fatuously. "Oh, comrt o:"" 'hsj íreiht," she responded, with a chrminjf smile. "What!" he Sn3wered quite bewildered. "Get on the passender, do," she continned laughinjly. "Ihaven't an idea what you mean," he exclaimed, desoairingly. "Why, I only wanted to say that you were too slow," she exclaimed, wickedly. "Look out for yourself," he cried at last, "catching on," "I am on the express."