The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-24
A Railway Romance.

comfortable /: my neatly gioved hand'
were folded in my lap was serenely
though almost unconsciOusly coHsciou:
Of looking well. Though no: partic
ularly vain, | knew | was rather q
pretty girl a small, trim brunette
with satin dark hair, good, dark eyes,
aud nice complexion. | looked for.
ward with pleasuse to seeing nay pu'
pill, Lucy Reeves, who was also my
friend. smiled as / thought of her
/ wanted to tease her again about
Rob Curtis. The latter was in my
eyes, model young man and he was
very fond of Lucy, but she was per.
worse. He was an excellent fellow,
she owned-aLd here she blushed-
but he was too precise for her.
why, Helen, he actually picks
up pins !" che exclaimed. Fancy a
man seeing a pin on the carpet! He's
the sort of q man, 1 know, who would
90 incoming about a house, Tipping
Of specks Of dust. opening closet
doors, and saying 'Disgracefulv if he
found a fnger-mark on a window
pane, or q row Of boots . triae out of
line. | wish you knew Barton HALL
day." she exclaimed-but this time
she did not blush. He's the dearest
old harum scarum fellow! / believe
his mother has to tie his white neck
tie when he wears tull-dress. He tells
the most comical stories about his alb
sence of mind"
"Why don't you marry this para
gon?"
"Marry Bart Halliday y she laugh
cd. Why. We played together when
10 we're children He lives QUO here,
you know. We're not at all in love
with each other, l assure you. But 1
wish you could see him, that's all !!
Next summer when you have time to
stay here with me"
All this happened after the last les
son had given her. We always had
q little time to talk. l enjoyed those
lessons exceedingly. for she was my
only grown up pupil-biug but a
few years younger than myself. After
neglecting music, che had suddenly
taken molten 10 to 'begin. and had
generously employed her poor ac-
quaintance, Helen Irwin
Now l thought of that last CONVEX
sation and laughed to myself. Sud-
denly, however, my meditations
we're interrupted by the hurried up
rising OF an old lady, who had taken
a seat on the sunny side of the car.
opposite to me. She jumped up,
locked anxiously toward the windows
on mt side-I was next to the plat
form-dropped several bundles, Wild
dly waved a large umbrella and strug
gled TO get out of her seat, stumbling
over the bundles as she did 80. She
looked SO comicai that | longed to
laugh but | turned to her instead,
saying
"Are you looking for any one,
madam ?"
"Was that a tall, fair young man,
with light hair, that passed just now?'
she asked anxiousIy.
Yes replied.
"Did he have on light overcoat?"
"Yey."
81 thought it would be him !
There, now, I've missed him ! took
seat on this side, because | think
the suns healthy coming in on your
back, and thought | should see my
son going through the train but just
then saw the top of a bell-crowped
hat goin' along towards the depot,
and think, says There now, that's
him He's gone back to look for me.
If I'd only a sat on the platform
side He was very tall, you say,
and very fair -
Very tall and very fair, I assented,
much amused.
Rosy cheeks?"
yes
That's him must 60 after him
and gathering up her goods and chat.
ties with much demonstration Of
haste and difficulty assisting her
a we'll rs / could-she made her way
out Of the car.
She had not been gone two minutes
be fore that very tall yonng man en-
tered He passed through in a con-
trary direction to that the old lady
had taken and in my sympathy for
her. started up impulsively and
said
Pardon me, sir, but lady who
saw you pass is looking for you very
She says you. are her
son she went hack towards the de-
pot. hoping to meet you
He looked at me eagerly with q