The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-01-07
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P. G. C.-The little girl can 60 for
ward in one OF the regular coaches.
Miss Raymond finds enough in her
purse to pay half fare to Buffalo and
hands it to the train conductor
During this scene Jack has been in
tently looking out of the window in q
decidedly uncomfortable frame Of
| mind. His neart is not by any means
broken at the prospect Of losing the
company OF the little girl, but when
he thinks he sees just q suspicion of q
glisten under Miss Raymond's down
cast lids, with their heavy, soft lashes,
he can stand it no longer. .
Jack producing his one five'dollar
bill with the air of q millionare)-Al-
low me, Miss Raymond. Here, con-
ductOr!
The conductor takes his money
without the slightest scruple, returns
Jack So and passes on. Jack devotes
| the next ten minutes to assuring Miss
Raymond that it isn't OF the slightest
consequence; that it will not incon-
| venience him the least bit in the world,
etc. Miss Raymond says she will
send it to him the next morning and
asks his address in Buffalo.
When she finds he's going through
to Chicago she is more distressed than
ever and declares she will get that
dreadful So from her uncle that very
| night when he meets her at the depot.
OF course her distress gives Jack an
opportunity to say a great many
things of a sort suited to the circum-
stances, and he feels like hugging-the
little girl. 1t is really a. very interest
ing conversation that is interrupted
by the appearance Of brakeman and
a sound that resembles "Nellsvillenty-
mintsfreshment.'
Jack, thinking he will get his 50 at
Buffalo, asks if he may get them some
Refreshments" They declined with
thanks. He excuses himself, invests
in a. sandwich, a. cup OF coffee, and
a package OF cigarettes-4O cents.
He then hunts up the sleeping-car con-
ductor and pays him So for the berth
he had engaged, leaving only 70 cents
in the treasury. He then draws the
parlor-car conductor aside.
conductor, have a berth in the
sleeping-car and two young ladies in
my charge have seats in your CAR as
far as Buffalo. I'd like to sit with
them and see that they get through
safely"
"Sorry, sir, but if you sit in the par
lor you'll have to pay. But it's only
SO cents.
Jack hands over SO cents and re-
joins Miss Raymond. The little girl
goes to, sleep; also the passengers.
Time flies with a vengeance, and all
too soon the train rumbles into the
depot at Buffalo. They alight to
meet Miss Raymond's uncle. The
uncle kisses Miss Raymond with
affection, but looks inquiringly at
jack. Miss Raymond introduces
Jack. The uncle is not what one
would call cordial. Miss Raymond is
distressed beyond -"rattled."
Jack relieves the tension by taking
formal leave of Miss Raymond, nod
ding to the uncle, and seeking his
berth in the sleeper. Time, 1890
a. M; distance from home, several
hundred miles; cash in the exchequer,
20 cents.
It is charity to draw veil over the
next day-15 cents for coffee and a
sandwich for breakfast at Sarnia; 5
cents for glass OF milk for dinner at
Marshall, Mich, noted for its fried
chicken, it's cold roast beef, it's hot
rolls; the 8 o'clock supper at the
De Long mansion in Chicago that
frightened his mother and astonished
his father.
A week later a dainty letter post
marked "Buffalo" arrives. Jack
opens it and finds So bill and a. con-
ventionally polite note of thanks, re-
grets for any inconvenience, etc. It is
signed, "Yours sincerely, Isabel Ray
mond." But Jack thinks he can read
between the lines, for below is "No.
l73 Rhodes avenue"
Thanksgiving Day again. A bad
day for travelling, but John De Long
OF Chicago does not look as if he re.
garded it as a hardship as he gets off
the Chicago express at Buffalo. And
this fragment of conversation has
rather a sound Of thanksgiving than
otherwise:
"Do you remember, Jack, how you
stalked away that night in the depot
at Buffalo? I never expected to see
you again. You looked positively
savage. l fairly hated my dear old
Uncle Bob.' ~
"He was triAe chilly. And then
to see you waste kiss on him and
peek out OF the corner of your eye, as
much as to say: Don't you wish?''"-
Il didn 't-and s'pose did?"
! 'By the way, how much do you
suppose I had in my pocket when I
said good-by?" r..
II don't know; You put on airs
| enough for millionaire"
"Just 20 cents" =..>. -....
| "Why, you poor fellow, you must
have starved! It served you right,
though, scraping acquaintance with
| strange girls on a train. You won't
do it any more, will you, Jack? There!
there! will that repay your"
'No; you'll have to take that very
same trip with me to make it square. )"
"But, Jack! Do take more than 22
cents-there'll betwo ofus, you know"
| Taking a much worn letter from his
pocket opening it, and produc-
| ing a. 50 bill, Jack said: "Isabel Ray
mond, did you ever see that before?"
| "Yes-no; don't know"
eyes Won do Read what's write on