Meantime, the cork jolted out of the bottle overhead, and the catsup dripped down over the owner's head and coat and collar without his perceiving the fact.
[Illustration: AN EXCITED OLD LADY] Soon a nervous old lady on the back seat caught sight of the red stain, and imagining it was blood, instantly began to scream "Murder!" at the top of her voice.

As the passengers, conductor and brakemen rushed up she brandished her umbrella wildly and exclaimed, "Arrest that man there! Arrest that willin! I see him do it.

I see him stab that other one with his knife until the blood spurted out.

Oh, you wretch! Oh, you willinous rascal, to take human life in that scandalous manner! I see you punch him with the knife, you butcher, you! and I'll swear it agin you in court, too, you owdacious rascal!" They took her into the rear car and soothed her, while the victim wiped the catsup off his coat.

But that venerable old woman will go down to the silent grave with the conviction that she witnessed in those cars one of the most awful and sanguinary encounters that has occurred since the affair between Cain and Abel.
* * * * * Dr.Dox recently was called upon to settle a bet upon a much more serious matter than a horse-race.