d. If she had been dressed in mourning, he would have
supposed that she had lost a near relative, but there was nothing in
her dress to justify such a supposition. Being naturally sympathetic,
Fred from time to time glanced at the young lady passenger, wishing it
were in his power to lighten her sorrow, whatever it might be.

Sitting next to her was a young lady, handsomely dressed, who was
evidently annoyed at the near neighborhood of one whom she considered
her social inferior. It chanced to be the only seat unoccupied when the
train reached Port Jervis, and the young lady was compelled to avail
herself of it. But when she reached the seat she found it occupied by a
fat poodle of uncertain temper, belonging to the fashionable young
lady.

"May I take this seat?" asked the new arrival.

"Don't you see that it is occupied?" snapped the dog's owner.

"There is no other seat vacant," said the new passenger deprecatingly.

"Then you had better go into the next car." As the young girl stood in
the aisle, undecided, Fred, who had heard the entire colloquy, and was
naturally indignant, made up his mind to interfere.

"These seats were meant for passengers--not for dogs," he said.

"Boy, you are impertinent!" said the fashionable young lady haughtily.

"Where is the impertinence?" asked Fred composedly. "Do you wish this
young lady to stand up in order that your dog may have a seat?"

"I will report you to the railroad company for insolence."

"Just as you like, but I will remove the dog in order to give this
young lady a seat."

"Oh, I don't want to make any trouble," said the new arrival.

"Touch my dog if you dare, boy," said the young lady with a flush of
anger on her face.

Just then the conductor entered the car, and Fred called him.

"Mr. Collins," he said, "this young lady refuses to remove her dog from
the seat to make room for a passenger."

"Is this true, madam?" asked the conductor.

"She can go into the next car."

"Are you paying for two seats?"

"No," snapped the lady.

"I must take your dog into the baggage car. It is against our rules to
have them in the regular cars, and they certainly cannot be allowed to
keep our passengers from occupying seats."

"Don't you dare to touch my dog!"

"Do you go to Jersey City?"

"Yes."

"Then you can call for the dog there," and in spite of the remonstrance
of the dog's owner, and the growling of the poodle, the conductor
removed the animal to the