The morning call., 1892-09-05
j 4 FAIR EXCHANGE.


stretched his Hong arms as the train for
New York with. Succession of reluctant
shiyers. came to "a halt before the little way
side. STATEN: AT .NaterIi4n's hollow. The
car had bHt.fWo other .GcGuga an.s-one very
fat lady and her very thin spouse. 1t was
q dreary spring =day; filled with thick fogs
and spftefQl dasbes:of raip.=.
There were. two figures standing in the
rain before the station Of Waterman's Rol-
low, both attired in disfgUriBg waterproof
and thick vels. One OF. the ladies' suddenly
thrust aside :: her veil. and flung her
arms impetuousiyt around the others
neck Enderby had a tlomentaTy glimpse
Of a tear-stalHed. lovely face, with blue
eyes Thaf0GOm6tiFe hFiekef impat emily !;
there was last embrace. q sudden furry
and swish Of wet dfaneTE and then the
sweet-faced vision was seated directly op-
poSite Enderbyii: softly dabbiug her tear
ful face vita a sn nowyi yieletsscented hand
keTchef. : u: = -: -
=. Enderby had been. trying for, the last hour
TO keep ayake: over Thoreanss "Excuf-
siOns" He took. DAT S blank card which he
had been using. asa boOkmaTk in his fTe-
quent lapses fru1n faeten ton, and idly began
70 sketch, in pTep0SteFous eXaggeTatiCn, the
scene he had Just witnessed the railroad
station HIS peGtfE: was a blunt one aud.
a y
the sketch proved 10 be somewhat more Of
eaTicaturs than. he had fRtebded. He
smiled amusedlyEaS be wrote the title under
ii, ''TeaTs, idle tears and: tken glanced
about guiiiLy. fearful that the: girl had seen
it. But no .15IetckeQ Fisher was too
? busily engaged In ad3spDsipg=oE her wraps
and pattEDg herdanln sllken IanRtTy bangs
just then To pay the slightest sttenti0ntO
art OF aay etier trivial si76jget
She certatf1F was dLstTactingly pretty
50.
pTeteHsiGQs. DIRE y his breath tn silent en- JJy-
meHt as se.AQDEed al her:4~: -.
Gretchen, took. H6We4ls' "IHdian Sum
meT" fran Fer yaGse, 2nd-*Was soon i'm
meTsed in lts:p3ges::* , hH55w not so inter-
ested as pretended, heWeYeE, for every
selves res UeSSly fT0G= tie Upturned leaf
and at last tie. hd5k sllppet from her list
less tingeEs,.ard fe IL: with: a. tesentfui thud
in the aisle. :. -. ::
EndeFby .Stgoped-tn pick .it up, and, with
bow and a.smllet handeaIt.tO Gretchen.
ay Task ifit is ColYFEle pr.Mrs. Bowen
who disp3eaSes XQQ2?' lie. said. in his eOuTte-
Gus, pleasant way ~ -.
Gretchen tk ank4i i'm and smiled brightly
back. al Enderhys:- She lnsttnctiyely
that hAwas gentleman. and saw nc reason
why SHE 5h0nld- not accep has advances in
the spifltJn which they were made.
Both. IS he :de6lared, Mand Tmngene
more tbap eHheE:'h:. Ender6Ysmi}ed again,
and Gretchen went on: with animation:
''But love little 'Ef5e; she is- very sweet
and winning child: Hayegou read it2 How
does ii end ~. =. >.
EndrFby told: her, and :the conversation
soondriftede into other channels. Elderby
was conscious that he talked unusually
well, because be"Was :uisBsually interested
in the pretty Woman beside him and
Gretchen mentally decided tFrat his profile
vas alpl0sjsS fge as his. dark eyes.
H6W ii i0rd.. ffad he had
come out glorious I=tQ0r: and begun totickle
the fal " wofnanFs and the leau mans noses,
SO HAT both ke.-tiBluitaneeusly to dis
eGveI themselves. very. ~buugry. AS they
iure hed-ant this 'undeTt8kfng was by no
means; siIa i. one Gretchen and EndeTby
watched tie IA in:sfEell1 aflusemeut
-. = eJ&ck =Spfat$ conf ldseat no tat,
- His wife cpllG esE leanF'
Enderby. whispered, with eyes which were
flied with<EanghteT but Gretchen would
gtfe no encouragement to such unseemly
levfty:..: :: .;*-
'1gbave:a lunch: basket. =. she announced;
Il shall be GLAD TO ~diytfe with you if you
like. .":: = : =
Tkethin sandwiches and delicate cakes,
arranged with app6tizipg effect on asnowy
napkin, maize a ;delrf0ls lunch. and they
were as; ;IfeFry: oyer 1T as two children on
picnic nderhy vas conscious that he
saId many things that were boyishly non
d. sensical but he did :not~ care one whit for
that. Gretchen W Gndered what her grand
mother would saw j f she could see her now.
Why; even EndeEbY's BamB: was unknown
70 her! - :: -. =. -: j..
She announced her .sdestInation to be
Rugby and Esderby wished 1t were a
theusaDd miles off,. It SEEMED to him
that. there could be nothing in store for
him half so biissful as riding In a car with
this beautiful unkno Wp::g girl. AS the train
steamed into Rugby, which happened all too
soon, he locked so gloomy and disconsoiate
that Gretchen yelled her. eyes lest he should
see the amusement inthefn. = He carried her
sms1l yellow yai!se. to- tbeG door. For his
life be could n0tTesist F6tttag cot his hand
SC her as she wentout Gretchen hesitated
for Ihoment-buteniy fora moment; then
the warm blood sAIged to both faces as they
= bowed to meet no mere. -:
EnderbY seated hilHseH agaii, and stared
moedily out of the car window.* There was
. carriage waiting foE Gretchen at the plat
form; il was driven by: a:handseme young
man with blonde .beard. He lifted Gretchen
Into the carriage, and then. dellheiateIy
. stopped and kissed. her on her smiling. up
turned ii ps:
:, '''The deucsl' Enderby nlut1ered; then
he smiled ertuily at his 70 wn folly. Behold
him, man 80 years old, gfnera}lg conceded
20 :. nave the average intel l.iEence," who had
fallen heels over head In love att first sight
with an utter strangerl :. And she had
already lover, teol. "Fhls was: the most
1n HtIuest cut OF ana II was too absurd,
and ,Enderby tried his level best'fo make
himself feel: foolish. But his thoughts al
ways returned to those wonderfGleyes and
those red lips. How he :enyied THAT blonde
whfskered young mani Hewatcheathec car
rlage disappear behind a bend In the road,
ana straightway began tO.feel as dismal as
~ be, had lost his last friend in tie world.
Never had time passed so slowly, but at
last our discpnsolate traveller fennd himself
. In his pleasant room at tie Hotel Bruins
wick, New York. He opened his vallse for
bis comb and haifbrush and started up
with W histie OF astQnfshment
:: Before: his eyes lay q half d6zen dainty
hand kerehiefs a iaMelad eafdease a rair af