New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
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sonville The next moment he announced that ne
wa SICK Of the smell OF tobacco anu IL. ""ah' ..
with rather an emphatic manner I'M" thc next
car where lie sat down, drew MS nat over HIS
eyes, and appeared 70 be gazing intenty az ho'hinS
lie was thinking that lie had been confouhded
idiot when nc had told those fellows that ne had
found ont where that girl WAS going She seemed
a nice lit thing. lie did not like t. remember
how those fellows had laughed. lie wondered II
he had ever laughed like that. II was coarse,
vulgar thing 70 do: ana it We Ola he had never
noticed than KIM Of thln9 before. -
He shook himself impatenty IN his place He
glanced down the car. He could see the straw
turban with the bunch OF black velvet and the
blue wing on H. She was sitting IN the same
place. How tired she must be tie would IKE
TO know IL She going to Florida for her health
He rlse and walked through the car III the most
hurried manner. ns if or an important errand lie
turned neither TO the right nor to the left. In ten
minutes he returned, moving very l'lsureN; lie
BOXED lui 1T Salnnc aud her mother as b" did 50.
Yes. she was tired As he sat down AGAIN n" foun I
himself thinking that shc never could Dear thc
Journey In this car. What had her mother taken
her in this car for he asked himself angrlly. She
couldn't endure IT, And they were not IN New
iori, Vet. wouldn't be there for more thah Two
hours What was her mother thinking about
At this stage in his musing Moore caught MN
self up with smile of amusement. -
He drew magazine from his satchcl and settled
himself 10 read
He wa one Of those young men who have. a
compile ion like that Of a blond woman. IN
d"rHcath such a skin the blood shows ZOO rely
Moorc's beard WIS yellow and fOrked, Delng
paid great attention TO his mustacne als', for
the ends We're drawn ont and curcd up IN that
mythical D'Artagnan. Underneath this mu+tachc,
and scarcely hidden by It, MOorc's lips showed
rather too red and full. His eyes were not blue;
but light changing hazel, with some uhSe OIL
yellow as if from his beard
Altogether Randolph Moore at this time IN ms
life OF those young men whom IL was d
distinct pleasure to meet and 20 look al any
elderly person would smile invOuntarlly at slgh'
of him and would part from him with regr"t
lie might hnvo posed In any tablcau as 1outh'
there was so It'll" of the past In his aspect ANY,
- much Of tho future His beauty was or that
eyhilarating kind that goes so well with the gen
cra idea Of the future. which is always to be In
dcscribably lovely. ,od
When he had been in college somebody had
called him Antnous. and the name hah been IN
mcdiatcly hailed As the most appropriate ming
that could h" thought Of II was rathrr cruz, ,,a
however that his set should have dracrrraD'n a
into the fashion of changing that W rd 70 " Ilnny:
Pu, that l. what those collage bOys--l bee th'li
pardon-tho~n college mon did. and never, eNcrpt
on the books OF tho university and on i2fihal
occasions wa, he known by any name save Ilhhy
Moore b.,
Aud struggle aS he might 70 overcome the feel
ing he was never able 10 hear that word llhhy'
without shrink Ing. as the SKIN shr1Ns H ,t
tile burr But he did succeed in conceaiIn% that
II, lar college with no love In his heart for the
men there and for the place where he had been Anu
nou, and whrro h" lad made no marx Al AL one
hal simply been one Of TN" ruck which haH pdr"H
capturci tho b 4. for their names
Now ne was In his twentyffth year, ana was
gunner for boot and shoe firm IN SUBURB
Of Dosf1n. But he had an uncle, and prospecto
Iro had seat IN one OF the parlor-car@ on rue
train. but lie did not acknowledge TO hlms",i why
he dId not occupy II moro. What he ala acKhowi.
edgc was that fellow saw great dch NOR "
human nature in a common car. And he nal not
vet been travelling salesman long enough 10 De
come tired OF human nature 49,.
In few moments the train began slowing up
90 a l,rgc station Moore, who had not read a
Who'll, page in his magazine, put II back IN MS
satchel .,,.A $500 ,ooros,
Tia sauntrred ont 20 that door which was neareSo
20 The scat occupied by the Gerrys. 49,,
lie suddenly male resolution which he act'n
r,on dircctlv the train came 10 a full stop, ,
lie stopped 70 Mrs. Gerrys SIDE ana iooKe'
down NJ her.
lie lifted his hat ,o. ho
W. ston here twenty minutes, madam, he
said Won't you let me bring you cup Of O"
or coffee p