The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
A Tale of Rue.
By PENN SHIRLEY.


OF all the tired passengers Of the mid
night express bound eastward over the
GA Colony road, perhaps there was not
one more thoroughly used up than John
Coleman. ESQ.,, Of the law firm Of Cole
man q Riggs, Ashland, Massachusetts.
From the morning of November l, when
he had started for San Francisco, till the
evening Of this December /, he had been
constantly on the wing. To aggrayate
his fatigue, the trip, in a business view,
had been highly unsatisfactory, Il not
unnecessary.
Bnt az he drew nearer home his scow
vanished and the lines about his firm
month softened. Stretching his long
suffering limbs across the seat, he spread
fhe EveSai,ao Journal between his ach-
inc ewes and the glare Of the bobbing
Iamns and INDUCED in tender specnla-
Eons. How would Rue look when he
anneared before her next morning, two
davs earlier than he had promised
Ghe might be watering her plants IN the
bav window and he would walk in nom
chsIantlv. as if he had left her the even
inc before. and say, sGood morning,
Rne and she would drop her watering
rot and rush toward him, all smiles and
bushes, crying, "Oh, John John J
how glad ] am to see you +! how nave
missed you 7 ,...,.
Dear warm hearted, impulsive little.
,Ruel She certainly was fond OF MN.
He wished he had never been such
brute as to reproach her about mr..
Tgnde. He was convinced now that she
had not really cared for the fellow. She
had only been cordial with him in her
free. cirlish way. What charming, in
imitable WAYS she had The lovers
revere merged into dream. MIR. Cole
man was unconscious OF the Stacking up
If the train at B., and of the entrance
of two Young gentlemen into the seat IN
front. Int the name OF Miss Rue Hay
wood, spoken almost in his ear, aroused
him like an electric shock.
"Mr. Lynde is bewitched with her,
that's plain" continued the voice. "He's
having fine time out OF COleman's abb
sence."
ssPluperfect, " said an answering voice;
ssThey say Miss Rue wouldn't mind
OoIeman's taking himself on Tor gooc..
ssHe's an able maa. You know there
talk Of running him for Congress.
HOh. yes; he's q dig, and all mat
mt he's crochety fellow. Makes MISS
Rna walk Spanish, hear. By-the-way
how are she and Mr.. Lynde coming on
with the operettaP 1 had to cut last re
hearsal."
"Famously. Miss Rue's solo wi
hiring down the house. Lynde thinks
tbs Entertainment Will foot mp at leas
one hundred dollars toward the ne'
organ. He's jubilant. believe tina
instrument comes next to Miss hue Il
mis- affections. Can't be get tho must
ont Of IT. though? Halloo, here's Ash
land r.
Wincing beneath his newspaper, MI
Coleman recognized the voices As thcs
~ two college students returning nom
lecture At B. Forgetful at last
traTeI-stain. WEAKNESS, and headache
ne waited till the youths had left th
car ana then walked out at the oppoail
end his whole energies engrossed ]
Webbing the evidence 50 gratuitousl
Afforded. How far could he rely Q
cnrrenf gossip? What attitude shoul
he assume toward Rue Morning foun
him undecided. He must be gcTerne
ov Rue's own manner. As q test Of b
feelings toward him he would ask n
for his sake to withdraw fron the ope
atta II she loved him she would
fhis cheerfuily. II she would not 90
Nj. Coleman had not provided ior 4
faffer contingency when Bridges ushers
hin into Nh Haywood's parioE. Ali
Rne and Mr.. Lynde we're practicing
dnef for the operetia. both too rapt
oh-erre the intruda-a fact inexplica1
On musical grounds to poor NJ. Col
nan Who did not know The notes aEE-l
~ are to know them According
his fnfsrsnce. the yong people we're :