The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-18

"You would hardI7 esdgs IT, sid
. Park guardsman, who was ~conspicu-
Gus BY his red face and vigiiant whistle.
" but I've counted 1911 teams through
the Green street entrance this after
noon. Yes. we know most OF the
horses end their drivers BY sight, but n
this season after the middle oGId6e-
. good many families go aS4ay and are
not out again till SeFtember. but the
boys hang on apa 90 Il n bit with the
horses. Tise5 drive fast. too. and usu-
allyh1se ladies with them. Some OF
1kess we know by sight, too. for they
! come often enough. and a new face is
sometimes noticeable when il comes
with a horse and carriage which We
know we'll"
"Good-day. SIR" and the guard
nodded TO a short, stout man OF about
middle age. who passed in an English
dOg-cart drawn BY q fine bay. He
comes most every day." the guard said.
turning To the reporter. and he has a
| good team. but il is only lately that he
has driven in il. There Wa a woman.
sir. who came here last winter when
snow was on the ground. Pretty? Yes.
she was one OF the prettiest things
ever saw. She always came with a
young fellow; some n said he was a
lawyer down town. and she was always
laughing and talking as they drove By
me. After awhile | used to expect
them on fine davs, for they always
came about the same time in the after
noon. What was she like? Oh! she
was a little thing. and so bundled up
: that you could only see her face, but
hat was white and delicate. and her
eycs-she seemed happy. and they
never cared much for other peop.e.
One day he came here alone. and
never saw them together after that. II
was along in the spring when she came
again, but this time 1t was with the
man you just saw. Then | got to know
him; he used TO stop and ask me how
many carriages had gone in during the
afternoon. Yes, they came quite often
together"
Here the guard whistled at a vehicle
which was passing at a speed quite out
of keeping with the day and the park
laws governing fast driving. Then he
resumed the romance, which seemed to
be of absorbing interest to hin:
But she was not the same. used
20 look at her sitting up IN that stiff
backed dog-cart, and ! could see that
she had changed. She never talked
much now, although he was always
talking to her. Her father? No. he
wasn't that. and one day a strange
thing happened. The young fellow,
the lawyer. YOU know. drove up.
hadn't seen him for a long time, and
he refined up to speak TO me, and then,
while he was waiting, she drove up in
the dog-cart. No, she wasn't alone.
motioned the young fellow to look
round; then their eyes met. but she
turned hers away, and my young friend
drove away without saving anything.
This was some time in March. l saw
her only a few times atterward. She
rode then in an Open carriage, and was
proppcd up with pillows, looking very
bad. | saw her SO once Or twice, and
one time she bowed to me just a little.
Then | saw nothing more of her, and
the old fellow came alone in the dog
cart rs he did TO-DAY. One day he
stopped here to fix his harness. He
chatted with me a moment or two, and
| said | hal missed of late a lady who
used 10 come with him"
Yes said lie, .she died three
weeks ago
"No," concluded the guard, turning
away. Il don't know who she was.
but | believe she died either from hat
ing him or losing the other. -Htiadei-
phia IresS.