The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-10

gested the change
At this junc<ure the ogre sxoke
and learning that the young man wa,
chief engineer in the construction o.
the Great Southwestern. proceeded t,
swallow him after the fashion Of such
ogres-that Is, to assimilate all tbs
information be could furnish. And
VIM sat down beside him quite defer
entail an6 ready to be thus consumed,
provokingly ready, SO It seemed for II
WAS provoking to hear him talk 80 in.
terestingly on such Q stupid subject,
and to papa, Of all persons
=" really think you should have
found my substitute preferable said
VIM, as he was leaving. with q glance
ct the quarterly.
mo. indeed replied Monica 81
have been quite absorbed by this
article"
"a Ia Czino1f Quite an accomplish
ment, I'm sure" he murmured, and IL
was only when he was too far away
for any retaliation that Monica per-
ceived that she held her book upside
down.
"A ine young fellow" commenced
the ogre. I'VE must cultivate him"
He needs it" added the girl, Vi
ciousiy.
Allthis was bad enough to one whose
self had always 5een the sun; but the
next day was worse. for. instead of ar
irving at Palmettaville on time, the
train leaped from the spreading tracks
and pumped the ponderous Pulimans
into the mud. There was no great
harm done, and perhaps some torpid
livers received benefit; bat, as q delay
Of tw~enty-four hours was inevitable,
and the cars stuck at various dis
tressin2 angles to the perpendicular,
II was decided that the passengers
should remove to Q hotel supposed TO
be about . mile distant. And a very
moderate superstition It proved before
this removal was contaminated, and
the travellers. mire-stained and thicket-
torn, arrived at the great white cara
vansary with rooms enough for an
army and accommodations Uncommon
surate to q e q file. OF course, every
one was exhausted and cross, except
Winn. who seemed 10 be amused.
Yes. Monica Abercrombie was GER
tainly numbered with those who were
and cross. Nor did she re-
gain her equanimity, despite the
fact that some one had obtained for
her the choicest rooms, for she quickly
learned that her maid had left behind
that particular handbag which con-
tanned such essential trifles as curling
irons and pins and powder. Horrorsl
What could she do? II there was one
spot where a princess should not look
like q fright it was in the wilderness,
where everyone else did.
The question was answered by a dis
Greet rap and a discreeter sit is l."
and Nj. VIM handed in the identical
estray. All very well, and 1t certain
~ was thoughtful of him to have
tramped back to the cars, as he must
have done; but why, oh, why, did he
smile 8 hatefully. and why did he
say: Il knew you would be sure to
it?" What business had he with
any such knowledge, and what right
had he to apply it to her?
Thenceforward, and until Palmetta-
ville was at length eventually reached,
the princess so en- wrapped herself
with dignity that even the ogre was
constrained TO recommend sundry pro-
tonics in which he had
mountainous faith.
VIM had disappeared within the
adjacent hills and morasses, having
arst devoutly, but most d~iscourteous
y. thanked his stars for the privilege,
ind the girl grew 20 tired of her own
.ompany that she missed him, which
made her still more dissatisfied. BE
lad been so brusque, so abrupt so
Ttrange. that she could not keep from
linking of him, just ~ one fash of
N unfamiliar scene may cling to the
memory. After . little she came to
enee,ing now nice he would be II
My he were entirely different, and
hen anger succeeded inquietude.
One afternoon Monica was riding
through q wooded land, far distant
rom the hotel. far distant, for the
way had been alluring, with
Is shaded solitude; the festooned
endure sweeping her cheeks had been
in It's touch, and the twitter
4 birds and the ripple of springs had
eemed voices Of indefinite yet friend
y co nsolation. A long. level stretch
ay before her. leading TO an ascent at
he base of which was q brook. It I'M I
a dash with a clatler over the
bridge and a plunge half war
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