The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-29

chair. but couldn't help Il / thouehA
saw somebody in the crowd, and
merely ran the chair over that wAE
But 1t wasn't anybody.
September S-She was promptly on
time this morning. She looked 50 p-et-
ty that forgot all about yesterday,
and was SO CHEEKY and bright that I
was almost glad that I was . chair
shower took her around for an horr.
and came again after her at three in
the afternoon There was a roanr
man with her then He is much hand
somer than am, and he doesn't have
to push a gospel chariot for a living.
He walked by the side of the chair for
an hour. She talked 10 me some. but
she seemed to prefer talking to him,
and I'm sure he doesn't know half as
much about the fair as I do Nv. nv,
how I'd love to be rich and respectable,
as the newspapers say. The young
man wasn't nearly as much worried be-
cause was there as | was becan-e he
was there. After awhile the chair be-
gan 70 run heavy. think shall give
1t an extra greasing Tomorrow, for she
expects me for two hours In the MORN
ING.
September a-The greasing didn't ap-
pear to Go the chair any coed at all.
never felt 1t drag so. was warm. too,
and my feet clung to the ground as IL I
had lead in my shoes She didn't notice
il. however. and now and then sho
asked me q question. but no: about NV
SELF Every now and then the young
man. who seems To have come 10 stay,
bent down very close TO her and said
something | couldn't hear Once o,
twice could see. after these speeches
of his, faint pink flush come creeping
around her neck l never told her any
thing about the fair that made her 10
that l wonder if he has any inside
information that we gospel charioteers
don't get
September I0.-What fool / am.
have been taking my Sunday rest to-
day and thinking. 1t is astonishing
how much poor chair-shover can
think when he has time. wish had
less time. l walked past the hotel
where she has told me she was stop
ping That was before the other man
came. ! wonder why she told me any
thing about herself or asked me about
myself. ] saw her ON the hotel piazza
with the young man. 1t Is fine hotel.
The lowest priced rooms in the house
are three dollars and half dag
get whole weeks living for that She
nodded TO me as ] passed. and looked
up into the other mans face and
smiled. | went into the grounds this
afternoon to walk over the gravel
paths | took her those first two DAYS
i remember how cool and pleasant the
water looked where the ducks wera
swimming, when she wanted me To
stop moment for her To sec them
Somehow it looked more inviting 10 me
to-day. wonder how deep il Is there9
1t is deeper under one of the bridges
and easier To reach am 10 take hes
out again tomorrow.
September Il.-Possibly 1t nigh.
have been pleasanter for me II had
been born n mule. Her chair
dragged very heavily to-day. tried
to smile when she smiled a, me. as shs
smiled at everything and every body.
4
were not i'll once laughed and said
1 was not. but 1t was not a cheerful
laugh. She noticed il, am sure. but
she said nothing. Two or three times
during the morning, when VIC wen. in
to the quieter places, the young man
took her hand in his, and she laughed
and asked him IL he were from the
rural districts. but she did not scold
him. Once when he had gone 10 bring
her glass OF water she told me .hey
had been very dear friends for long.
long time, and I said he must be proud
of her and glad of such friendship
She blushed at that, and said IL was
she who should be proud When he
came back, as he did before we could
say more, she gave him look ! would
have given my life for. | don't wonder
any longer why the chair drsgs As il IL
were made of iron.
September 12-It has been. oh, 40 hot
to-day. and my head felt as II IL were
ablaze. l never saw the water under
the bridge look so cool and inviting.
was scoided by thin lady once fer
stopping only a second 70 look at It
She has not been out to-day. She said
they" would coma possibly at four
o'clock but she did not, and
That is the end Of Il, and 20 whom IL
belongs. or whose hand touched the
heart notes that throb in IL so profound
ly,only he who suffers to-day may know.
Possibly he mas told his sorrow 70 some
one of his feiIowx but the chances ara
that he has not, for such things are
not to be told They are kept within
the Holy Of Holes Of even a chair
showers experiences. and are sacred
Who will say when this little extract
from the Gospel charioteer's foo.-noses
is read that he is without his romancei
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