Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-01


lnist cut qnitr i..y lHntnily. - They
told iuc to chang" cara, nDd | Gr.Inr
,xn,ct to; and I don't know what -
do
NJ r.. fr:,ni locked tcni,t;-rcf,
aud canica s,"l, l'ar'.r, 49, lr inquired
il eolomn.y ip"trei vo.C"-" Ar yea
a!oue?'
"No, no" said ,cry,quickly under
NY breath.
who Is with you O. said be, with II
kind e conf irhtial compassion Shat IA
little confused me. l did not under
stand it
"My-a-l--gentlcman," faltered
ont. =" lie went ont to get me some.
thing, AID he told me to sit still and
not move; AMI u man came and made
me change cars-ani l don't know
which cars we were TO take-spd /
I don't see him anywhere
Here choked, and fell to biting my
lips and winking my two eyes hard, to
wink tie tears down.
A gentleman! repeated my friend
solcunly. By this time two more men
had drawn near to listen. Your
fa.her?'
No"
brother, then?' very mysteri-
orsly.
"N-no."
began to get very red and uncom-
Portable, and to wish they wouldn't
stare so.
"Where are you going, my dear y
asked the first Samaritan, after solemn
pause of some minutes.
II don't know" answered family.
He didn't tell ne; he just said, when
he went to get me some lunch, that |
wasn't to move If the man said TO
change cara for VIC were going through ;
and told the man so, but he made me
change"
THAT trains a-going back to New
York" said one of the last arrivals,
grinning. "Going through to Boston,
was you?"
81 don't know where l was going"
I answered very shortly.
Let me see your ticket" said the
old gentleman, feelingly.
He had u compassionate way of look
Ing at me over his spectacles; and lie
looked queerer still when l answered
family" He's got it-and-aad-my
money-and-Oh. why don't he Gomez"
Here I cast loose all ceremony, and
burst into tears.
"Oa, don't cry now" said the old
gentleman, soothiugly. Don't now!
Itll be all right-you'll be taken care
of. Where did the-your friend
where did he go?-which way ~
II don't know" I sobbed from be-
hind my handkerchief.
Event to get some lunch, did he
say? Well, row can't you tell me what
sort of looking person he was, and
perhaps we can find him? Was he
young or old?'
Young," murmured, still behind
barrier of cambria. W-with a yell
low mnstache, and g-grey clothes, and
a straw hat"
"Pretty bad business" one of the
men muttered aside to another. Sharp
fellow!' responded second. Aud
then there were some antistrophes of
Whats the matter?' 4" It's shame!'
Left her, did he?" from q small
crowd that had by this time started up
around me.
We'll, now. just come in here and
sit down." said my old gentleman
paternally gathering up my bag. land
compose yourself my dear, and we'll
see What can be done. Don't cry! I'll
only fairy you. and won't do any
good, you know. There, that's right
For wiped my eyes with the remnant
Of sob, pulled my veil down, aud was
turning to follow him, when, behold!
AS l swept the landscape DER with one
last look Of desperation, there appeared
Charlie-g'ey clothes and straw hat,
and yellow mustache, and all, coming
from the dim distance, with brown
paper ,rcel under each arm.
There he is!' shrieked, dropping
bag and rsrasol in my ecstacy, AID
rushing down the platform with ex-
tended ann. There he is! Ga cali
him, someboly-tell him I'm here!
Make him look this way!'
Where? which? where is hep
cried half dozen men, quite ex-
citedly.
"Him in tho straw hat, with the
bundles? Halloa, sir! Hllloal Stop
him! and three small boys and one
man started in pursuit.
Poor Charlie! There he came, hur.
rying along in our direction, rather
swiftly it is true, but quite OF his ease,
and with smiling face, when my four
champions gave chase: And just as
they uplilted their voices, and Just as
Charles eyes, sweeping the surround
ing scene appeared to light upon them
just then did the locomotive behind
which We had been sitting fifteen min
utes before, and which had been back
ing and snorting, and advancing and
backing again, after the MAINE. of
trains. chose its time to set up shrek
and violent ringing of the bell, and
go to putting off on its way back to New
York. And Charlie First stared wildly,
and then turrcd around and chased the
locomotive, and the three small boys
and tho man chased him, rending the
air with shouts of "stop him!"
But Charlie couldn't keep up wit Ii
the train very long, aud the mpotency
of his efforts seemed to break upon him
suddenly, after he had run himself very
ho; and damp, and shed all the hot
buns from his brown paper parcel for
twenty yards along the track. Re
turned ard faced his pursuers like a
man at bay, aud tiyuratively speaking,
thew All t.ll mon him -