Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-01

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Anoe1ss pouss. ss1hags wha1 I did Il
Tor ~ wcand u coueluelveay.
"And thatt whoA I thought" |" said llim
Ttavsss, with : quiee snails. 'sHowsvse,
he nd no tims them Ne was hurfying
clf 10 ~ whe<hse any u the soldiers
had couhe On board. He took hls nast
With hin. and apparently We in haste
10 olRos 0oune one drink. I'm sure that
b what papA ueed 70 do, = shs addsd, q
she saw ; frown satherins On hsr sistsrs
face.
"what papa did juss after the war--a
time when everybody drsnk--is NOS q
al the proper thing now. Capt. Rayues
never touches II, and ! dont allow Il ID
the house" As s
"Still 1 should think Il very useful
article when . ii Il fro,en and ex.
hausted men ere o0 ones hands," said
Miss Travers That was but 4 email
flask he had and I'm sure they'll nsed
more"
There came rush Of cold air from the
front, and the swinging door blew open
ahead Of the porter. who was heard
banging shut the outer portal. Then he
hurried In.
"Can some Of you gentlemen oblige
me with some whisky or brandys' he
asked. "We've got some froeen soldiers
aboard. Two Of EN- are pretty nearly
gone"
Two Of the card players dropped their
hands and started for their section at
once Before they cCald ruinmage in
their bags FOR tho required article Mrs.
Rayner's voice was heard: "TAke this,
porter" And she held forth . little Gil.
yer flask. ~ have more In my trunk II
it is needed" she added, while blush
mounted 10 her forehead - che cav the
quixxical smile ON her sisters face.
"You know always carry Il In travel.
ing, Nellie-in case Of accident or ILL
ness, and I'm most thankful I have Il
now"
Ever 90 much obliged, ma'am," said
the porter, "but this would be only q
thimbleful and can get quart bottle
Of this gentleman"
"Where are they" said the person
thus referred to. as he camc down the
aisle with big brown bottle in his
hand. "Come, Jim, let's 90 and SEQ
what we can do. One Of you gentlemen
take my place in the game" he contin-
ued, indicating the commercial gents,
two of whom. nothing loath. dropped
nto the vacated seats, while the others
pushed on to the front Of the train. The
sorter hesitated one moment.
Eyes. take my flask; shouldn't feel
sltisfied without doing something. And
please say to the Offices that I'm Mrs.
Rayner-Mrs. Capt. Rayner, Of the In
tantry-and ask II there isn't something
[ can do to help"
Eyes, ma'am; will, ma'am. Oh. no
knows who you are; I done told him last
night He's goin' 10 Fort Warrener,
. too" And, touching his cap, away went
the porter.
''rherei He did know all along" said
Mrs. Rayner triumphantly. "It Is most
extraordinary"
"Wcll, is 1t the proper thing for peo-
pie in the army to introduce themselves
when traveling2 How are they to know
it will be agreeable%
agreeable Why, Nellie, it's always
done, especially when ladies are travel
ing without an escort, - We are. Tho
commonest civility should prompt 1t, and
officers always send their cards by the
porter the moment they find army ladies
are on the train. ! don't understand this
one at all, especially But here she
broke of abruptly.
Especially whatr' nsked Miss Nell,
with an inspiration Of maidenly curios-
ity.
Especially nothing. Never mind
now" And here the baby began to
fidget, and stir about, and stretch forth
his chubby hands, and thrust his
knuckles in his eyes, and pucker up his
face in alarming tontortions preparatory
to wall, and after one or two soothing
and tentative sounds Of "sh-sh-sh--
sh" from the maternal lips the matron
abandoned the attempt TO induce sec-
ond nap, and picked him up in her arms,
where he presently began to take gra-
cious notice Of his pretty aunt and the
kitten.
Two hours later, just as the porter had
notified them that Warrener Station
would be in sight in Ave minutes, the
young man Of tho opposite section re-
turned to the car. He looked tired, very
anxious, and his face was paler and the
sad expression moro pronounced than
before. The train conductor stopped
him to speak of some kilograms that had
been sent, and both ladies noted the re-
spect which the railway official threw
into the tone In which he spoke. The
card players stopped their game and
went up to ask after the frozen men.
1t was not until tho whistle was sound
ing for the station that he stood before
them and with grave and courteous
bow held forth Mrs. Rayner's silver flask.
"It was blessing to one poor fellow
at least, and / thank you for him.
madam" he said.
II have been so anxious. wanted to
do something. Did you not get my mes
sage, Mr.. --f" she asked, with inten
tional pause that he might supply thu
missing name.
'Indeed there was nothing we could
ask Of you" he answered, totally ignor
ing the evident invitation. ~ am great
ly obliged to you for your kindness, but
we had abundant help, and you really
could not have reached the car in tn,
face Of this gale Good morning, mad
am" And with that he raised his flu
travelling cap and quickly turned to hi
section and busted himself strapping VI
his various belongings.
"The man must be a woman hater,
she whispered to Miss Travers. "He'
going to get out here, too. Who can h
be!"
There was still moment before tn
train would stop at the platform, and sh
was not to be beaten SO easily. Bending
partly across the aisle she spoke again:
| s.Vo,, haya haep so Kind h, thosa v.oo