The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-11-14
NO. SO1
NOT IMPOSSIBLE SHE.
[Ella Weei in Harper's Bazar.1

and down the platform of the pretty little
station at Appleton The month was June;
the time was $50 a. m.: the train was late;
the young man was annoyed and impatient
1t was a delicious morning. warm. but with
certain delicate little cool futterings in the
air, that lifted the leaves and whispered
that comfort dwelt out-of-doors under the
trees, and no. within in the pro.e ton of
darkened rooms. The little park fsrOut the
station was trim and fresh To tho east lay
the broad Hudson, winding down, not to
Camclot, but place infinitely more interest
ing to the impatient growler at the station,
who eagerly scanue | tie bulletin each time
he pa sed it as if hoping to see some change
in the announcement, Train from the west
late two hours and thrty-five minutes"
Toward the north there were glimpses OF
clean white houses, and one or two church
spires, and beyond them larger and pre-
tentiou' country houses suggested wealth
and luxurious summer retirement. The little
station, much to the disgust of the Appleton
people, had been placed, not at the village,
but where, in the judgment of tie railroad,
the village ought to have Eeen, and would
be some day
Presently something happened. There was
little hustle of expectancy among the two
or three men who were In charge at the
station. The telegraph agent dropped his
paper, shut himself up in his Irtvate coop,
and after some click, click, clicking, called
out an un.ntelligible phrase, which, in its
turn, rolsel n sleepy Official who strolled
out to the platform and began gazing va
cantly toward the north. Then low line Of
smoke and then whistle announced what
the official proclaimed in stentorian tones to
be the "Commodation for Welby."
From the 'ComrAodation for Welby"
there aligh.e one passenger at the Appleton
station. This was graceful young girl, an
od-fa ihionel sort of pretty girl, with
gentle blu, eyes, dressed all in a bridish
gray. The young man OF the Gagged
hyena prance, prcoccupied with his Scorn
for 'CommodatiCns Tor Welby," did not
even glance at her Size walked through
the station, looked helplessly about with
the distressed air Of untravelcd woman
kind, deposited her satchel on u seat and
approached the window of the telegraph
Office, now co''l AMI desert IL Gallantry
at length aserte | its II, and Mr.. Fred Ry-
lance, the impa lent, beggei to know if he
could be ol any scrvi>e.
"fes, thank you" tbushingly and tim.
orously); Il want very much to send a
mesagt."
oH, very Wellt tne IiaH Will DE UQCk ul-
rectly. II you VIII write your message on
this blank, I'll give it to him when he re-
turns" He handed her blank Us he spoke,
and a delightfully."- sharpened pencil from
his ICcket.
She es.tated Il Minute, then, with much
embarrassment, asked, will you lie so kind
as to write it for met I-cannot-write."
With great self-possession Mr. Rylance re-
gfYninnl a Of MI
ing down the date waited for the message
Its to Mr.. Edward Ferris, Lowell
want only to say that | cam, safely and
that Ill let him hear from Inc as SON as l
reach Riverview."
"Mr. Edward Ferris Lowell Reached here
safely on time. Will communicate from
Riverview"
e. Communicate is stroke Of genius"
thought Mr., Rylancol
"Do you wish to sign III"
"Oh, yes. Dolly Ferris"
BY this time the operator made his ap-
pearance, and after the message had been in
sructed to him Mr.. Rylance followed Miss
Ferris to her seat, and said, with an amused
smile: If you're going to Riverview you
are certain to meet me, Miss Ferris. The
young ladies at Riverview are my nearest
and dearest neighbors May | introduce
myself. My name is Rylance-Fred Ry-
laEoe,"
Miss Ferris explained very gracefully that
the young ladies at Rivervew were her cou-
sins, whom she visiting for the first
time, and that she expected them to meet
her, and preferred TO wait rather than have
Mr.. Rylance telephone to Appleton for the
solitary village hack. And SO they got on
very cheerfully until the arrival OF the car
r age rom Riverview, which contained the
dashing Misses Ferris-kate AMI Milly.
You darling, how did you get heref'
They telephoned us from the sta ion that
the train was two hours late"
"And how did you come to know FredF
"And where's your trunk"
To this bewildering attack Dolly found,
after while, chan-e to reply that the ex
press was late that her father had advised
the way-train possible means Of saving
her cousins unnecessary waiting Mr.. Ry-
lance further explained taat he had been
fortunate enough to be of some little service
to Miss Ferri< and that he had introduced
himself.
Tue trunk was found, the young ladies
were all volubly and futteringly put into the
car. iage, when the whistle of the long-d
layed train was hearl. A hasty good-by,
train tagged. he flung himself into COM
Portable seat, and hastily tearing leaf from
his notebook, wrote:
DEAR EvERlDGE: l am ready to keep my
share OF the pledge we once made each other.
| have found my ideal. and you are the first
to hear il. She shall he the second. She's
come, I've seen her, and been conquered.
She's the woman I've dreamed Of, from her
lovely baby blonde face t. her sweet, soft
- .SlaF Ill
tive proof that she isn't that pet horror of
mine-that drug in the modern matrimonial
market-'a splendidly educated girl
Its the most curious thing, but she has
been brought up according to my latest the
ory, which I'll tell you when Never mind her
name; it shall be Mrs Rylance, if she'll con-
sent, and can be a pretty stubborn soldier
Be sure you keep your pledge, as have mine,
and congratulate me, not this minute, but
after while.
Yours in love with the ideaD,
FIRED RYLANCE."
A day or two later the threatened siege be-
gan. There was an uninterrupted series of
pic-nics and drives and walks all arranged
by NJ. Rylance, and all given in Dolly's
honor, and all conspicuous by Fred's abso-
lutte devotion to the yellow-haired visitor Of
Riverview.
She furnished him more food 'or reflection
than any one he lad ever met Until he met
Dolly he had some sneaking doubts Of his
slate It theory" viz, that provided woman
were thoroughly refned, the less she had Of
"book larnin',n the more charming she would
be. Rut here it was, the only example he
had ever seen, AMI the most startling and
complete vindication of his ideas.
She was quite as bright as her cousins,
and after the most careful scrutiny he failed
to find ingie oc a ion upon which her lack
of "a common-school education" laced her
at disadvantage. To lie sure, he wasn't
quite fair. He lever permitted the converse
tion to turn upon books, and he could not
help wonierin at times W. at people would
say whea Ms Fred Rylance's ,cep:anc =
or regrets were conveyed always in her
husbasids writing. One lance, however, at
Dolly's bright animated face was enough to
dispel all these troublesome touit+. His
curiosity ran high q times as TO how this
singular state OF things hal come about. A
remark of Millys gave lin little light.
She said once: "Isn't Dolly lovclyi And
it is 50 strange that she is. sh' has leen
brought up entirely by her father, who has
the lnost unhearl of ideas OH the subject OF
educating, or rather not educating girl. It's
a wonder she isn't spoiled
@Pity more women weren't spelled in the
same way" growled Fred.
Save fer her confession at the station. two
circumstances only betrayed her ignorance.
He used to post letters almost daily TO her
father but always addressed I'm Kate's writ
ing The other v as that he came upon her