The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-29

her ticket and pays 81 for her seat to
Buffalo, her destination.
Train Conductor tapping little girl
on shoalder)-"Ticket."
Parlor-Car Conductor tapping little
girl on the other shoulder Two dol
lars to Buffalo,"
Little Girl-"I don't pay any fare"
I. C.-"Under II and over s.; half
fare"
PC. C.-"You take up a whole seat
just like a grown person"
shes under my charge, but her
mother said she wouldn't have to ray
fare. Where's your purse, L~izzie?"
L. G.-"I haven't any,"
Miss Raymond (e> aiming her purse
and much distressed at the RESULT
haven't money enough. What shall I
do?"
T. C.-Pay fare, anyway"
p. G. C.-NThe little girl ear 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 a
decidedly uncomfortable frame of
mind. His heart is not by any means
broken at the prospect of losing the
company of the little girl. but when
he thinks he sees just a suspicion of a
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 a millionaire
"Allow me, Miss Raymond. Here,
conductor"
The Larlor-car conductor takes his
money without the slightest scruple,
returns Jack $3, and passes on. Jack
| devotes the next ten minutes to asSur-
ing Miss Raymond that it ISM of the
slightest Ons 1uence; that 1t will not
inconvenience him the least bit in the
world. etc. Miss Raymond says she
will send it to hirc the next morning
and asks his address in Buffalo. When
she fnds hes going through to Chicago
she is more distressed than ever, and
declares she will get that dreadful ~
from her uncle that very night when
he meets her at the Depot. Ofcourse her
distress gives Jack an opportunity to
say a great many things of a sort
suited to the circumstances, and he
feel, like hugging-the little girl. 1t
is really a very interesting conversa-
ton that is interrupted by the APP
pearance of a brakeman and a sound
that resembles Observation-Disclosures
freshment.
Jack, thinking he will get his 50 at
Buffalo, asks If he may get them some
"freshments." They decline. 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 sleeplng,car con-
ductor and pays him 81 for the oerth
the treasury. He then draws the par
lar-car conductor aside.
Conductor, l have a berth in the
sleeping car and two young ladies in
nv charge have seats in your "a 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-car .sou Il have to pay. But It's
only so cents"
Jack hands Over so cents and re.olns
Miss Raymond. The little girl goes
to sleep; also the passengers. lime
flies with u vengeance, and all too soon
the train rnmbles into the depot at
Buffalo. They alight to meet Miss
Raymond's' uncle. The uncle kisses
Miss Raymond with affection, pat
looks inquiringly at Jack. Miss hay
mond introduces Jack. The uncle Is
not what one would call cordial. Miss
Raymond is distressed beyond measure
-"rattled." Jack relieves the ten
sion by taking formal leave OF Miss
RAYMOND, nodding to the uncle, and
seeking his berth in the sleeper. Time,
1890 a. M: distance from home, sew
eral hundred miles; cash in the ex-
chequer, - cents.
1t is charity to draw a veil over the
next day-l5 cents for coffee and a
sandwich for breakfast at Sarnla; i've
cents for a glass of milk for dinner at
Marshall, Mich. noted for Its fried
chicken, it's cold roast beef, Its not
rolls; the s o'clock supper at the De
Long mansion in Chicago that fright
| ened his mother and astonished his
father.
A week later a dainty letter, post
marked Buffalo" arrives. Jack opens
it and finds a So bill and a convention
! ally polite note of thanks. regrets Tor
any Inconvenience, etc. 1t Is signed.
"Yours sincerely, Isabel Raymond.
But Jack thinks he a read between
tho lines. for below is "NO. lib Rhodes
avenue" 49,, d.,
Thanksgiving Day again. A bad day
for travelling, but John De Long u
| Chicago does not look as II he regard
ed it as a hardship as ne gets OF tne
Chicago express at Buffalo. Aha
this fragment of conversation nao