The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22

! With this suspicious beginning the
conversation proceeds pleasantly ant
ca ii Y until Interrupted by the entrance
OF the train conductor and the parlor-
Car conductor. Miss Eey nolds gives up
hec ticket and pays s. tor her seat to
! buffalo, her destination.
Train Conductor tapping little girl
on shoilderl-'Ticket."
| Parlor-Car Conductor tapping tile
| girl on the other shoulder Two dol
lars to Buffalo,"
| Little Giri-"I don't pay any fare"
| I. CT nder L. and over 5: half
| fare"
r. G. C.-"You take up a whole seat
just like grown person"
shes under my charge. but her
mother said she wouldn't have to .ay
/ fare. Where your purse. / izzie:"
J.. CT haven't any.
Miss Ra mOnd mining her purse
and much distressed al the result tt
haven't money enough. What shall
dO:"
T. C.-Pay fare. anyway
L. G. C.-"Th.- little 4irl can 60 for
ward in one of the regular coaches"
Mis- Raymond finds en- ugh in her
purse to pay half fare t. buffalo and
hands it to the train conductor.
During thi, scene Jack has been in
tcntly looking out of the win low in a
decidedly uncomfortable frame of
mind His heart is not by any means
broken at the prospect OF 10 ing 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 tive-dOllar
bill with the ar of a millionaire
ALLOW me, Miss Raymond. Here,
CONDUCTOR.
The arlor-car conductor takes his
money without the slightest scruple,
returns "a * S.. and passes on. Jack
devOtcs the next ten minutes to aSSur-
ing Miss Raymond lat it ism of the
slightest cons .ucnce. that it will not
Inconvenience him the least bit in the
world. etc. Miss Raymond says she
will send it to hi. tho next morning
and ask, his ad ,ress in Buffalo. When
she finds he'1 going through to Chicago
she is more dist "essed than ever, and
declares she will get that dreadful -
from her uncle that very night when
he meet, her at the ,epOt. OF course her
distress gives Jack an oppol tunitv to
sav a great many things of Il sort
suited to the circumstanc and he
feel like hugging tn, little Cir. 1t
is eally Il ve.'y intere ting cOnversa-
ton that is lntors upted py tho APP
pearance Of 4 brtk man and a sound
that resembles Nell villentynints-
fle ,hment.
ia X, thinking he will get hi, s, at
Buffalo, a ks ii he may get them some
''freshmert;. The decline. with
tI, \, al
in "a sandwich. a cup of c ii and a
package Of !garcttes--'O cents. He
then hunts up the sleeping-car con-
ductor and avs him S: for tire berth
he had engaged, leaving - cent, in
the treasury. He then draws the par
lar-car conductor aside.
Z Onductor, | have berth in the
sleeping car and two young ladies in
my charge have seats in your car as
far as buffalo. III like to sit with
them and see that they get through
s"fely."
sorry. sir. but if you sit in the par
lor car you IL have to pay. But it's
only - cents.
Jack hands over 80 cents and re DIN,
Miss aymond. The little girl goes
to sleep: also the pa, enger-. Time
flies with 4 vengeance, and all too soon
the train rumoles into the depot at
Il tfalo They aiight to meet Miss
RaymOnd's uucle. The uncle kisses
Mis-, Raymond with affection, bit
mond introduces Jack The uncle is
not what one woull ca cordial. Miss
Raymond is distress d beyond measure
--"rattied." Jack relieves the ten
sion by tax ne rmal lcave OF Miss
la mond, nod ling to the uncle. and
seeking his berth in the sic per. Time,
H.; a m: di lance from home. sew
eral hundred miles: cash in the cX-
cheouer. = cents.
1t is charity to draw Il veil over the
next day, cents for coffee and a
san .wich for breakfast al Sarnia five
cents for glass of milk for dinner at
Marshall, Mich. note fer its fried
chicken, its cold roast beef. its hot
rolls the o'clock supper at the De
Long mansion in Cni,ag that fright
ened his mother and astonished his
father.
\ week later dainty letter, post
marked Blu alO. arri es. Jack opens
ii and finds a s., bill and con ,entlon-
ally rolite not, of thanks. regrets for
any in, on;c 1ience, etc. It Is signed.
Yours sincerely. Isabel ttaylEond.'
i t Jack thinks he can read between
the lines. for below is no. l13 Rhodes
avenue.
Thanksgiving lay again. A bad day
for travelling. hut John De Long OF
Chicago does not look as ii he regard
ed it as a hardship as he get OF the
Chicago express at Buffalo. And
tn 5 fragment Of conversation had
rather. sound OF Thanksgiving than
otherwise.
% you remember. Jack, how you
stalked away tn It night i'll tie depot
at buffalo: never expected to see
You again. You looked positively saw
age. fairly hated my dear old Cncie
Bob
He was a triie chilly. And then to
see YOU waste a kiss on him and ;eer
out Of the corner Of yolr e, e. as much
as to say. Den you wish -"
Il didn t-and s'pose l did,"
by the way. how much 60 you sun
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