The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-02-09

tAV 3 SuUAA pNv lAo tANtAu IA az lIly
carriaI % window.
Nv by, you're all right" he said,
"bbsst If | didn't think you was dead
wbe ! heard that bell. lisa wonder It
is'connected. Just my luck, too, and us
~ minutes behind already. What did
yer do 1t for, ehT'
Il stopped the train because / am 60
ing to get out / said firmly.
Nothing wrongY'
mo; but / am going to get OUT
He planted himself firmly in the door.
way.
"No, you DON'T he said.
Iwas desperate. / took out e5 note.
laid It on o seat and advanced toward
him.
"And what about my trouble. sirs" he
asked politely, gazing at the note; '.stop.
ping the train and liable, sir, to get into
trouble"
Jumped out Of the carriage. ia maie
way for me deferentially. Our hands
touched, Great is the currency, ami il
will prevail. The next minute I was
speeding back along the down line to-
ward Halstead station. My breath came
fast and with difficulty My knees aohed
furiously, but I ran on. could hear
distinctly the rumble of the train in the
tunnel behind me.
If the main line up won, it would bear
her away on its bosom. If won, should
n / pressed my failing legs forward;
fought for freer breath; got 1t in rap.
ture Of relief which by experts is called.
believe, the second wind, and the main
line up and / came in neck and neck.
But Of course landed on the down
platform. I flew up the steps and over
tho bridge--I reached the up platform
breathless, hatless, but radiant.
A Clara was just getting into q first clasr
carriage,
Istumbled in after her and sank pant
ing in the corner. She, seated at the far
window, did not turn her eyes on me till
the slow throb Of the train betokened de-
parture.
Then she looked o. her fellow traveller
and blanched. W. o,a alone in the car
tiage, and | fear had a lunatic air.
Then she recognized me, Her face flush
ed, and she said;
"Oh, your with delightful tighten.
ing Of eyes and brow and q dimpling at
tho corner of the mouth.
II had" exclaimed pantingly, "to
run-to catch-ths train"
II suppose so,' she said, leaning back
in her corner and smiling, 1T wasn't
very wise to give yourself 50 little time
to do it in. Where have you sprung
from? Have you friends down herei"
II have sprung,"I said, beginning tt
recover myself, from the main line
. down, and am subject to a penalty moi
} exceeding e5 for availing myself Of the
electric communication and stopping
that train.
"Why did you stop it. if one emay askT
! "You may ask, though the guard die
, not. ! stopped the train because ! hay'
been looking for you for four years, ant
, / saw you on that platform. woult
have stopped tiger or the march o
civilization on the same grounds.
. Imopped my forehead furtivelybefor'
4 proceeding.
II have been looking for you for foul
! years" l said, "to ask you to marry me
Dear, Inever have even thought Of mar
rying any one else, and ] have been look
ing for you all this time"
= Ny fippancy, born of nervousness:
was deserting me, leaned forwar
earnestly,
"Oh, how good it is to see your dea
y face againl' I said. "This pays for al
!, 1t is'---
: @Stopf' she interrupted, still loosin
: down. '1suppose you don't know wa
: married three years ago to General Pei
' larF'
!. 'Married!' / sank back sick at hear
i The train stopped and copy Of The =
i \ nancial News got in, with a gentlema
: completely buried in it.
!, That was an awful journey, sat u
! ! very straight and asked questions abor
" roses and the people who lived at Ha
. stead and the prospects Of the hops an
y many other things about which ! di
+ not want to hear, and Mrs. Peglar al
. swered me.
!" And The Financial News and its occl
pant sat opposite to me.
y At Charing Cross, as ! handed her on
u she said in a voice that was not vel
y steady:
W won't you come and see me som
times? live at the Red House, Ha
= stead"
= "No," / said, "that would be L
y much. ! hope shall never see W
= again. Goodby," my sharp disappoirl
: ment lending vinegary flavor to 4
voice. "Your mother, ! trust, is well
She did not answer. and / blunder'
v on:
% II regret to see that you are in shg
~ mourning. Not, ] trust
"No, no, nor she cried vehement
OF Mamma, at least. is left to me. $
doesn't hate me because tried to do t
~ best for her when she was left pennile
" =, She knows thought I ought to mar
~ General Peglar. She knows howl cri
and cried and wondered why you-wht
= you"--