It was about five minutes of time left for the train to start from the downtown station and the suburbanities were hurrying into it,when a man in the garb of a mechanic sat down by the side of a finely dressed passenger in one of the seats in the rear car,took a paper from his pocket and began to read.
" Plenty of empty seats in here yet, aren't there ?"growled the man in fine raiment,moving along grudgingly.
"Yes sir," pleasantly replied the new comer, " but it will be crowded pretty soon and I thought I'd pick out a gentleman for a seatmate while I had a chance."
"Humph!" grunted the other man,uncertain whether to feel complimented or insulted but realizing the hopelessness of trying to make any fitting rejoinder
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