Arizona republican., 1892-06-05

I blance which she saw in the person of ] tall man standingO on the platform speak, 1 ing to an official. His back was turned,
 but the shoulders, the height the set of
 the head, the very bend of the arms, all
 were marvelously like It wrenched her | heart with bitter pain to notice all this, | but she was not unused to it. Often some outline or feature in another man-some attitude or tone of voice-had set her con-
 sciousness vibrating in this cruel-sweet
 way, but this was the strongest likeness
 she had ever seen. 1t was startling, and
 she had to look hard at the unfamiliar
 iron gray of the thick, short curls to
 convince herself that it was only re-
 semblance
 Suddenly the man turned, and her
 heart seemed to turn over with the vio-
 lence of the great leap it took. 1t was | Albert Forrest-older, graver, thinner
 wonderfully changed, but himself It
 was the same beloved face-the face of him who was to her the man of menl When he entered the car in which she
 was seated, Grace turned to the window
 with an instinct to keep him from recog- nizing her; but the basis of this instinct
 was longing desire to put her hand in
 his and tell him, now at last that they
 were face to face, that her heart had
 never faltered one instant from its low
 ing allegiance to him He passed by
 so near she might have touched him
 her blood ran hot and quick at the sense
 of his nearness, and it seemed strange to
 her that no one looked at her oddly.
 How could people fail to realize the tu-
 mutt within her that was making her as
 unlike to themselves, in their tranquil
 state, as if she had been manaic turned
 loose among them.
 Albert Forrest passed within few
 inches of the woman he had loved, with
 no osense of her presence and without even
 a glance toward her. He took his seat
 some distance ahead of her, and opening
 a newspaper began to read. For some
 miles Grace kept her eyes fixed on the
 landscape outside; the whirling blue was
 as meaningless to her as absolute dark
 ness. She was afraid even to look to-
 ward the tall figure which she knew was
 seated before her At last she shot one
 frightened, agitated glance toward it,
 and its serene tranquility composed her ; in measure. She could see only his
 back and one hand that held the paper. That hand! How familiar was its every | line and contourl The sight thrilled her like touch. And, oh, those dear, dtar , curls, with which her fingers used to - play--what had turned them gray be, fore their time? It was unnatural that l his bonny curls should have silver in r them. 1t made him seem not the same. 3 And yet in the big true sense how abso lutely the same he was!
 Mile after mile they sped along, the ebb and flow in Grace's heart agitating her cruelty She wished he would turn ) and recognize her--but she dreaded il { while she wished it. If only something l would happen! This forced calm wa. s stifing her
 1 Presently the paper was lowered, tho ! strong. slim hand was lifted with al T acutely familiar jesture, and passed once ! or twice in a meditative way across the l close cropped curls, Grace felt her hear s begin to throb more suffocatingly stil l as the man rose to his feet, and with tht l paper still in his hand turned and cam, - down the aisle of the car toward her She felt suddenly wild wish that sh, f might not be recognized, and she turned 0 her face back to the window. He passed | A moment more the door of the car haC F shut behind him and he was gone. HaC !, he seen her? And now all her feelin! | was a great fear that he had not, an, i would go away without having known! s Forrest stepped from one car to tn | other and threw himself into a seat. H + had come here to finish his paper and y cigar, but the hand that held the pape l. fell listlessly on his knee, and he didn' d remember to smoke. No one notices t him, and he noticed no one as his eye n were turned upon the prospect outside s He had both seen and recognized Grac d Lea, and he was fighting his longing [ :, go to her. Even above that arose tn d imperative behest, that came from min
 and conscience alike, that he was boun 8 in honor not to take advantage of he s unprotected position to force upon her l, presence that must be unwelcome an l. distasteful to her. It was still plain t T his mind as well as to hers that the sa Q cred graves that stood between ther 3, must forever keep them apart. At lengt # he could bear this physical inertia II y longer. He rose to his feet and wake t. forward not knowing whither, whe l. suddenly it occurred to him that h d would like to go to the engine and SUI o round himself with the sense of powe To and active force that it always gay y him. He had had since childhood tur s. for machinery and was very fond ( 'r making friends with the engineers an 10 watching the working of the great m; st chine. He felt that it would soothe hil 10 now, and in few minutes he was aboar i'd the great monster talking to the enginet Is and watching his manipulation of tf s, mighty mechanism, which he unde
 stood himself as well as if he had bee e. trained to such service.
 1t They were going up grade with ll strong force of steam on, and 1t gaN
 him a sense of tremendous vigor to St 1t the huge engine grandly rushing on l ld way, with a steep grade in front of to and a long train of heavy cars behind CT The roadbed just here was d made on
 and in front of them was good deal IT, tresIle work that gave 3 sense of da
 ger that was an added zest. As the rof ,l- ahead grew sleeper the engineer put 1n more steam, and ttey were plungir h, superbly along when Forests quick e, Int detected something long distance rt that looked ike train on the trac