The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08

smoking, a habit he only INDUCED in dur
ing times OF great prosperity. The Young
Iodger made himself very agreeable. too.
ana expressed his belief in Tommys san
lty after all, at all events upon one point,
winch was the beauty of Miss Treruan.
ana TINS he said in very engaging way,
Whlch made that young lady blush. for
the young lodger was very handsome
which Tommy was not, by reason of his
olg mead. The young lodger had all his
time 10 himself, too, which Tommy had
not ana the Young lOdger left of looking
ABOUT for something for all the week of
MISS IreruaL S visit TO London COnse-
quently his eyes fell upon Miss Treruau a
goou deal, and made her feel unComforta-
pie at 1irst in one way. and then uucom-
portable in a different way Il was a
pity the young lodger was so hand
some, out there was no reason why she
should stay IN all Gay because Tommy
was at his Office, when she wanted to see
so much of London, and the young lodCer
knew so much of it and was only too
ready TO show it to her But she wished
that Tommy did not seem so worthy and
undressing beside this captivating and
slightly dlsreputable young man, with his
verses and pOliteness and warnings after
literary fame, which he gave her to I'M
derstand was the something for which he
was looking. He showed her specimens
OF his ability, though he fOrOore to tell
her they had been declined by those who
ought to have known better. and some of
them touched her to the heart, or so she
thought.
AT the end of the week Miss Polly had
to go back to her dressmaking and Tommy
put on his best clothes in the evening and
escorted her in cab to PaddingJOn sta
ton, with his fingers fdgeting in his
CT 4 bot J . = l..
cardboard box with cotton wool and
something else inside it. They arrived
much too early, as Tommy had planned
they should, and he found her d seat in a
hlrd-class carriage. ana a hot-water can
Tor her feet and then talked to her very
earnestly through the window for quar-
ter of an hour, at the end of which he
produced the cardboard box, and out of it
a thin gold ring with tiny bit of ruby
set in it. This he solemnly handed to
her, but she had her gloves on (Iommy,
as has been said, was ineXperienced)
and put it back in the toX and the
box in her pocket and turned away her
head; all of which proceedings Tommy
attributed to the confusion arising from
modesty. Five minutes before the train
started, however, he summoned up COur-
age to turn her face toward him with his
hand and kiss her. 1t was an effort, but
he kissed her. He had never kissed any
one before, except his mother and the
kitten. He saw that her eyes were wet,
but he put that down to sorrow at part
ing from him. So he kissed her timidly
and reminded her again of her promise,
and remained standing on the platform
in a state of unuGJerable bliss for several
minutes after the train had passed away.
And this was his second introduction to
the 8 p. m Thenceforth PaddingtOn sta
ton became a sacred place to MIN, and
the 8 p. m. a sort of personal friend and
connecting link between him and London
and Polly and Penzance and the past and
future, and perpetual reminder of all
sorts of other things OF happy import and
pleasurable significance. He took to GO
ing there in the evenings to watch the
train of, and this cheap delight grew
upon him so that he found himself look
ing forward to it and counting upon it,
and at last got into regular habit Of at
tending the departure OF the p. N. twice
a week. He would sit down on u seat on
the platform and picture the scene aud
react it TO himself all over again, always
regretting that he had only kissed her
once in reality. 1t had been such mo-
mentary transport and he knew he might
have kissed her several times if he had
only dared.
No one interfered with him, and the in
spectors grew accustomed to his pres
ence. He was very happy altogether,
and would sit up late at night with his
work, to make up for the couple of hours
this pleasure took.
1t was about six weeks after Polly's de-
parture that the young lodger suddenly
gave notice. 1t appeared IRON his ac-
count that he had succeeded at last
in finding something, and the something,
according to him, was connected with a
western paper; hut he was not very eX-
plcit. AS Tommy sat on the platform
one evening the young ledger appeared
and took seat in smoking carriage.
Tommy bounded up in a frantic state of
excitement to wish him good-by and
good luck, and then in the fullneSs of his
heart gave the young ledger vari-
Gus messages to deliver TO the
west in general and to PenZance in par
ticular. The young lodger seemed very
much taken aback and rather frightened.
but after a moment, as ne looked at
Tommy open countenance, his self-pos-
session came back, and he explained shat
he was going no further than Plymouth,
but that if Tommy cared for his mes
sages to be published there he would do
all he could to make them known as
widely as possible. This tiippancy rather
damped poor Tommy. and he apologized,
buOuLn ne udEuty huGN lOE NudJ, ana
shrank back to his usual scat TO watch
the train on
Ana SO things went for another month.
Then he got aletter; not uncommon
sort of letter, beginning with could he
over forgive her, j." announcing in the mid
die that by the time he got that she would
be a wife an winding up with a pretty
acknowledgment Of Tommy's claim to
the love and respect Of far better girl
than she was"
Poor Tommy! That night he saw the
train off as usual, but an INSPECTOR took
him to the refreshment bar and gave him
some brandy afterward, for Tommy man
aged somehow TO fall in front of a lug
gage truck. and TO get mixed up with
some milk cans and to bruise his big head
very badly indeed. But the brandy made
him feel all right, and he went home and
did no end of overtime at furious
pace
A day or two afterward the junior
partner called Tommy into his room. He
held an affidavit in his hand. 1t was
lucky he had seen it. ne said; he could
not understand it. 1t did not seem care
less so much as perfectly drunk; that
was the junior partners expression. The
27th day of February had in three
places become the 8 p. m. from
Paddington. and people who had
nothing 10 do with Paddington, and Incl
dents which were described as having
happened at various places in the rough
draft, were all mixed up with Padding
ton and by D. m. in an inexpliCa BILE