Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-25
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vs.isg Interruptions Thss Tired shs sss1
q Young sEf. " interbostora-

voxtDI 1utsrruDftOue uoS hheo ~ -
q Young sir. " intsrbossea-
Tbs voice Of the young man mad srsns,
lSus, vibrant quality, AID glow ike that OF
Jups sunset spread over his face - hs took
shs vacant ssat by tbs side Of ths young
woman and gTsesed her joyf1ily.
This is an unexpected pleasure, Mtss
B4ans,r be saA Il did not know you were
% The train am not presurning TOO much,
I hope, Ia rejoicing In tbs Anticipation Of .
dSlightful trip instead of the ons. tiresorns
tourney Of half day that bad resigned
nyssR 10 suffer when eams aboard"
Certainly not, ar winterbo,,m," ate
rsplisd. and the oh~ervsnt young man noted
an Increasing quieknss iE the nuftsrinS
moyesusn;s II tbs feathers and humHaf,d'
dlss On the travelling hat u bis fair cornpsn'
tpn not due altogether TO tho jar oe the train
"Esr heart b batting faster" he aid 10
h3mssif; but even In the rapture that thrilled
As frame and tinSIed 10 the end u his hngers
- this discovery hs felt he had taken a sneak
Ing advantage Of her and lsaTnszi consisting
BE- had no right ~ yet 10 know
For maths Cyrus Winxr,,ttom had car
riSt IN MS heart the image Of the lovely girl
who now q. by his sids For months he had
hopsd tha, the time and the Opportunity
might corns when hs-bvt lot ns not antid
pate
The train thundersi along over rocky
gmgea, aroand the hass of yrscipitSus cliffs
aud down into spacious valleys upon which
shs prouliAs Of giorions spring -A airesdy
showing ii~slf In . andscaps that glo-ef and
smilssi beneath the srtlrnt rays Of the sun
But the young man h,>'isd not the panorama
Of ~urpa,sang loyslinsss that was unfolding
it~eR on either hand He had something
better 10 look at
Mis- Vanilla he aid, with . b~sting
hAart, a i,s Drseed himssif with . super
humAB effort, this may ~sm an inopror-
tune moment for the confession | am about
W MAKE but am imp>llsi by feelln. can
% loag-r resist Ny hsars hunssrs for ---
''Tfcketsr'
IL was tho conductor who spoke.
A shade of annoyance crossed the brow Of
tho young man at the interruption lie pro
dacri bis ticket. handed It 70 tn. official, and
Ia few moments resumed
II was about TO say that have carried IN
Gy breast burden ! can lear no longer II
d Tor you % ssy vheth>r | must suffer u still
bsayisr one, or whether life shall have new
meaning Tor me hencoforth- Vanilla Besns,
| love
Caramel. PEANUTS. fig. gunir inquired
the train hoy
Nor .sid Cyrus, shortly "Hav. you ever
felt that the time must come sopuer or later
Vanilla when'--
Life o. jesse Jamear" suggested the
train hoy returning To the attack, 'rnagn
sines, lntest railway guide, Rotert Els
II tell you don't want anything" .I
claimed tbs eraspernted young man. Nay
! tell you what Is in my heart, Vaniilai l.
Ne, sir / don't know vha, the next station
b, sir. and don't carcl-i have looked for
ward 10 tho time, my own Vanilla when
could summon the courage TO toll you ho~
issr prsssibly dear TO me you are, and To ask
ysu II you will he my wife VIII
There ~ns a Sudden crash A broken rail
had thrown tho train from tho track The
sar rolled down tho -nbankmrnt At the
first Wild lunss u the coach Vauilla Became
had .ozed the young man about the n-ck
with convuisiys clasp, and though the pas
ssngrrs were cayortiHs aud plunging from
door tpcelins and ceiling 10 hoor In the carr
loss, unstudsd freedom Of motion and absen'c
Of all ceremony that may alwny- hc ot-erV r.i
ia an affair u thu. kind, she did not lose her
sslf possession
Cyrus Wintorbottorn, she -hriekei into
his ear. with the r.solute, fearless. let-no
guilty man escape voice OF young woman
attending strictly to business, u
Bang
WHIP
Thud
he your
Crash
"Littlo"--
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