The new North-west., 1892-01-09
TWO OF A KIND.

story to the next, as had fallen into the
pounding meter Of the express train, and
all the while was tortured by Il subcon-
seriousness that presently would come to
the end and be angry with myself for
squauderinS all the stories in one morn
ing The extravaganza was worse than
foolish, Tor | was missing the best Of it by
not giving myself, after each story, that
pause of smiling reminiscence in which lie
bouquet Of the drained cup comes back
with sutfusins sense of delight.
When we drew into the long dark sta
rion At Philadelphia laid the book down
ION the pit of its stomaGh:' moret han half
of thr pages We're ont the wrong side.
There was the usual shifting Of passeu
gers. Most Of the old lot 20, of ana new
ones came on. but the slight woman who
hn, .nu in front Of me since we left New
York did not move, | had only noticed
that he contour of her check WAS flat and
that her manner had the unexnctin, pas,
siviLy Of Il woman Who makes no clHin to
attrnctvctlcss.
picked up kipljng at the 'l'isara Of
Poorie," and wished hat we MI Iht get out
into the light. The car door opened and q
large woman came i'll. She walked up the
center of the car, passing several vacant
haif seats anu SAT down, Wi'h sth'Fi
jauglng OF her jet wrap, in the seat IL
front of me beside the Small woman who
yielded her room. Perhaps she chose this
seat because sEe took W. bro'd spac",
She had il we'll yrpolned futuess, which
she carried on, o. her tisht iit'ihs clothes
Wlth sonltsfi'nS OF as"'tE5rf' It's .ooheSi
a little handsome il the dim light. H
Inc engine Jefktd ali INC siack couNlnS
pms taut, ana we be4asi iltat lohG, paGh'llI
naneilSer tias' tEe l'tith>2 iTi!nla tFitlhs
makein gong south from Fni!tui"ll!il't.
As We came our INTO the Asht 'he laISt
woman shane like freshly G!ide, slSnt
Her haiF was we'll blandined, only Showing
a shade darker at tie roots Than at the
hrassy endS. Il was re!! perfectly ar-
ranged il layers 81 Hat cttrls btnt;st i hei
small bonnet OF twisted black and scarlet
velvet slhr thick lo2cs ot hcf cAfs were
penetrated w tinr diamond screws Her
embroidered handkerchief nnfolded II scent
Of helictrone, There waS ;in air Of pros.
porous SitAIity ABOUT the "holc creature.
After 4 little wii!e She turned ana looked
her neighbor over. ! had gone back tony
book, when heard Tier Way .uoa natnrellSt.
Ben trareln ong.o
No; only about TWO hours .r
Yes; came from New lork,"
New Works. a fine plnce, know it.
we'll. Live there over twenty NearS."
lost the answer, and the large woman
went on:
Yes, indeed: ought 70 know it pretty
we'll, and dn ike it; ikr lie people.
IT sociabe by nature. Now there's lots
Of folks that would have rode by you All
the way to Baltimore and never once
opened their mouth. Hn't that kind,
I'm wiiin to talk, and ! get as good Us !
take, and better too" Then, lowering her
voice to whisper that haa three times the
CARRYING power OF lhe well oileu voice ~
which shs hnd been speakihS' size i'd"ea,
lou see II $ III my ilhe.
Inc oLher started ana turned 1o"afti q
her' SO tlat LOT the hrat '!lne 81" h'r lt4i=
iace. IL was very thlif ana long vain mat
beauty beauty OF SKIN thhl sun suggests e!>e'Isc.=
Inc eyes we're peau1!iul' and looked out
from the painful sensitive uSlihess OF tht.
otnei 'eatu'es as ii ~ t'ci pct t'iai ''Pi'eai
rom ~.
row 40 you 1neah5 she asked
ell' uon care II 10 tell you. on
see, "rlte stories anu mover, "i!'l "heh
taAh llAe II .alhihs 70 you near thisSs
that give me ali iuea- Iliat al! NAht-=
an loeG "nel ohce ge6 the stafe III ail
right
lhae IS very Interesting ha'e you al
ways been an authoress"
for Inc last Ten years. nave been at
II pretty constant, and yet you wouldn't
think 1t; but II 1t hadn't been for a Kind OF
an accident never would have dreamed
haa IL IN me. never had notion that
had the elft, ana That makes me say that
you're 100! 10 ever say you cant all
you've tried.
An accldeht:'
esi 1t was TINS WAY: That was lcnts
ABOUT 1851, and was saleslady ut Macy's.
You know Macy's, corner OF Fourteenth
street and sixth artnue' l5nt OF course
you do-Jise listen TO me-l forgot you
sad you were from New YORK. Well,
was agreat reader used to reed every.
thing had chum ut MAcy's, an awful
nice girl, and when business vas sort Of
slack would tell her about the stories.
used to tell 'em like they really had hap
pened-yot see, we were at the pcrfumery
counter You know Macys-the perfun-
cry counter is right By one of the Four.
teenth street doors. Well, we could see
everybody that came in and went out. I'd
say: Maud, see that lady in the seal plush
wrap? know all about how She came to
get married, and ia start right III ami tell
the last story I'd read, like it was all gus,
pei truth. Then the girls would get around,
and they sorter half believed it was all so:
but Maud, She knew better. One day we
were sort OF running each other little,
and Maud sad:
! suppose you know all about Two
Hundred sad Fhree's family-knew her
mcthsr Intimately before she was married,
nr,'
Two hundred and Three was just going
by, swinging her basket. She was the
ngllest, worst little knot ever saw. All
cash girls are agsraratinE, but Two Hun.
dred and Three was the worst girl on
our floor never could see why they
didn't discharge her She Kept her
apron so dirty that yon'd hardly krow
1t had ever been red, and she had way CT
pull,ng the END OF her great red plat OF
hair under her arm and across her chest,
and there she would stand, holding her