Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-17
with their heavy soft lashes he can night in the

with their heavy. soft 1ashes, he can
stand it no longer.
Jack producing his one five-dol1ar
bill with the air OF millionaire)-
Allow me, Miss Raymond. Here, con-
ductorl
The parlor-car conductor takes his
money without the slightest scruple.
returns Jack three dollars, and passes
on. Jack devotes the next ten min
utes to assuring Miss Raymond that it
isn't OF the slightest consequence; that
it will not inconvenience him the
least bit in the world, etc. Miss Ray
mond 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 dis
tressed than ever, and declares she will
get that dreadful two dollars from her
uncle that very night when he meets
her at the depot. OF course her dis
tress gives Jack an opportunity to say
a great many things of sort suited to
the circumstances, and he feels like
hugging-the little girl. 1t is really a
very interesting conversation that is
interrupted by the appearance of a
brakeman and sound that resem bles
Observation-Disclosures
Jack, thinking he will get his two
dollars at Buffalo, asks if he may get
them some ''freshments.' They de-
cline, with thanks. He excuses him
self, invests in a sandwich, a cup of
coffee, and a package of cigarettes
forty cents. He then hunts up the
sleeping-car conductor and pays him
two dollars for the berth he had en-
gagged, leaving seyenty-two cents in
the treasury. He then draws the par
Ior-car conductor aside.
Conductor, 1 have a berth in the
sleeping-car and two young ladies in
my charge have seats in your ear 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
1or-car you'll have to pay. But it's only
| fifty cents"
Jack hands over fifty cents and rejoins
Miss Raymond. The little girl goes to
sleep; also the passengers. Time flies
with vengeance, and all too soon the
train rumb les 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 measure-''rattled." Jack re-
heves the tension by taking formal
leave of Miss Raymond, nodding to the
uncle, and seeking his berth in the
sleeper. Time, 1880 "a m: distance
from home, several hundred miles; cash
in the exchequer. twenty-five cents
It is charity to draw veil over the
next day-ffteen cents for coffee and a
sandwich for breakfast at Sarnia; five
cents for q glass of milk for dinner at
| Marshall. Mich, noted for its fried
chicken. its cold roast beef. its hot
rolls; the eight o'clock supper at the
| De Long mansion in Chicago that
! frightened his mother and astonished
his father.
A week later dainty letter, post
marked Buffalo" arrives Jack opens
| it and finds two dollar 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 mo. ITS
Rhodes avenue"
| Thanksgiving day again bad day
for travelling, but John De Long, OF
Chicago, does not look as If he regarded
it 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
l-BuHalos / never expected 70 see you
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