The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-30
CHAPTER vnI.-coNrtNUED.

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CHAPTER vIII.-CoNrrNUED.
The ice between the fellow-travelers
was broken. The rickety vehicle rolled
on with mud-clogged wheels, and the.
sorry span labored over the heavy road,
but there was no lack of conversation
between the couple inside. Miss Brax-
ton speedily learned that Harmon Quest
had began life as "a boot black, and bad
ambitions toward ending it aquarter
mllionaire. AOt
mot that I've advanced very far
toward that point said he. >" but l.
have firm faith that l win strike, my
predestined occupation yea and make a
fortune out of it."
And in turn Mr.. Quest was informed
regarding Miss Braxton's past, present
and future, as fully as that very out
spoken young lady chose to tell.
" Instead of waiting for good fortune
to come to me, l am going, to it,o she
said, with flash of her white teeth and
bright eyes. There was a certain CLEAN
and glitter about this young lady at all
times. She had thrown aside her outer
wrappings and sat revealed, a stylish
looking girl, even in her cheap travel
ing dress, her head crowned with "a
mass of feathery, blue-black hair; her
eyes of deepest blue, her complexion of
pure milk-and-rose. .fi''' An'a-
Z = " am going to IT, she repeated, a
saucy look dimpling herYery good look
ing .face.--"IQ Il tell on--all- about it,
since you havegbeenso very Candid with
me, Mr.. Questsa II lhavea srch I'M
Gle who is Just back from Southern Eu-
rope, and | am going to throw myself
on his tender compassion for the sort of
home / was born to grace. He cant
very well turn me QUITO doors when /
get there, and them wei and then,
viii follow up my chances, when have
got in the opening .wedge.0 &B&
"Ill trust you to do it," muttered
Mr.. Quest. These two people. strangers
to each other and never expecting to
meet again, were in perfect accord, and
talked as Familiarity as if they had
known each other half their. lives. r.
ANY chance ofsbeing made the rich
uncle's heiressP" he asked. because
I've akBeectdm for rich actresses, and
to persuade me that l could have a pen
chant for you.ngi/ ry t4l .Iunti VH
---" Not the slightest chance and a
cloud dimmed the splendor of Miss
Braxton's countenance. mo, not the
slightest, since he is inconsiderate
enough , to have a daughter and
heiress Of his own. What on earth has
happened now, do you Supposed
The coach gave a violent lurch, top
Piled sideways, and then stood still n
81 tAxles' broke, said the driver, APP
pearing at the door. a'sOffhorse has gone
lame and t'other's, cast a shoe. You
'uns III hev to waikiki YOU wants to get
to Junctionville to-day"
The distance was three miles. The
clouds still dropped in ceaseless rain;
the yellow clay of the country road was
little less than quagmire, but there
was no help for it, Leaving Miss Brax-
toms trunk 10 be sent after her, the two
sat out.
"And it will be a mercy II something
else doesn't happen to make US miss
that train yet, declared Alexia, but
nothing did happen. They arrived, a
bedraggled, rain-beaten pair enough. at
the Junctionville station, full forty min
utes before the train pulled in, o.
"Such long time to wait, 'sighed the
young lady, whose spirits had suffered
from the experience of the morning.
mot to my thinking only. forty min
utes till we part forever, You go one
way, and go the other; you to the
colour de rose of fashionable life, I to
the dingyilecture room and unappre
ciative audience-not saying that il
is altogether thefault of the audience to
be unappreciatiye, understand! Truly
we onlyitind our pleasures to see then
fade" ~t~srv ,a
But fate had ordained that these two
were not to part in this way.
The shrill whistle Of the incoming
train cut the air. Miss Braxton fol-
lowed her cavalier for the occasion ont
upon the sloppy platform, slipped, and
came down upon one ankle, with a wild
clutch at his arm, and shrill screecl
of mingled modification and pain. He
extended q helping hand, she was uI
again on the instant, but pale to the
lips, and leaning on him heavily as she
hobbled forward.