Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29

by ansirresistible impulse, Jack leaned over
and inquired:
care you going far?"
"Ye-es, rather, )" answered Blue Eyes, ev-
identity glad to have the constrained silence
broken; 'I'm going to California-to Los
Angeles"
''Indeed? How odd! I'm bound for Cal
ifornia myself
"Oh, I'm SO glad! It's SO stupid travel
ing all alone, don't you think?" And here
Blue Eyes blushed again, to think of her
temerity in talking so freely with an entire
stranger.
eyes, indeed; 1 think its simply fright
full" With this Jack rose, and, with an
unspoken "May II" in his dark eyes, which
was responded to by slight withdrawal of
the young lady's skirts, possessed himself
of the vacant seat in front of her
"Let's be unconventional, said he, "con-
sidering we are to see so much of each other.
am Mr.. Boswell, of New York" And he
presented his card.
Blue Eyes laughed rather basbfully as
she responded, "And am Miss Graham, of
California"
In the two hours chat that followed, Bos-
we'll learned that Miss Graham was an
orphan, dependent upon a wealthy and in
duIgent, but disagreeable, relative, whose
ward she was, and whom she thoroughly
detested, for no apparent reason except the
traditional feminine "because;" that she
had just finished course at fashionable
school for young ladies in New York City;
and that she was somewhat unsophisticated
and decidedly romantic. She knew who
Jack was, and, before bedtime, they were
chatting and laughing together as if they
had become acquainted in orthodox fashion
~ hod oahn al for he
So, when Jack, after meditating over an
excellent cigar, turned in, he felt that first i'm
pressions were eliminated from Blue-Eyes'
mind, and that he had squared himself"
as he expressed it Loyalty. But, now he
had come SO far, HI was not going to turn
back. No, he would go through and see
what the end might be. And ne went to
sleep and dreamed dreams in which, some
how, Miss Graham seemed to be the princi-
pal feature. Silly bowl He who had
prided himself-albeit, unwarrantably-on
being woman-hater, to follow golden
head and pair of blue eyes (Which he had
always considered, taken together, q badge
of frivolity) clear across the continent, for
no other reason than that the blue eyes
had first beheld him with daub of SCOT
alongside his eminently aristocratic nosel
Jack arose next morning in mood which
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was disgusted with himself and half de-
cided to turn back from Kansas City; but
when he returned from the dressing room,
the greeting he received from Miss Gra-
hams bright eyes, and the CHEEKY ''Good
morning. vouchsafed him by her rosy lips
(what sweet mouth she had, to be sureD
entirely suficed to drive away his ill-humor
as we'll as his half-formed ideas of turning
back; and, in five minutes he found him
self wondering if he really had contem-
plated giving up his transcontinental
journey.
Miss Graham had struck up little ac-
quaintance with the bride and groom, and
they all ate breakfast together at Kansas
City. Two or three other passengers had
places in the car from Kansas City out-a
newly-arrived English baronet, going to
visit friend who owned a sheep ranch in
New Mexico; a newspaper man, going to
the Southwest to write up the country, and
Q boy from Arizona, returning from school
in st. Louis. Before very long everybody
was on speaking terms with everybody
else, even the baronet coming out of his
shell of insular prejudice and showing him
self to be jolly good fellow beneath his
outer veneer of frigidity, and they man
aged among themto make a merry day of
it, although it is more than likely that
Jack and the groom did not enjoy them
selves so much as the others did.
In the afternoon the bride, who seemed
never at loss for ways Of amusement, sug-