The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-01-20

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"Pshaw It's thawing How sorry [
am !" we heard the young man say with
considerable emphasis
Sorry ~ suggested the shining-haired
girl in slight surprise.
"Yes; you must know why" continued
the young fellow, insinuatingly.
He leaned little toward her. there was
a dangerously softness suddenly born in
his good-Iooking blue eyes,
The dark eyes opposite were yelled an
instant by the white lids and black lashes.
'You know as soon as it thaws enough
we shall have no trouble getting out of
these drifts, pursued her companion, his
gaze still intent on her slightly averted
face, "and then in few hours, or so-by
tomorrow morning, at the latest-we shall
be in Chicago, and-and there shall lose
sight of you
We turned little more toward our
window-it did not seem quite right to be
overhearing all this; but how could We
prevent it reaching us with the young cou-
pie so near, and no movement of the train
to drown it?
ave shall be pleased to see you in Chi
cago-papa and l, the girl made answer,
at length, little shyly.
"Will you really? You are very good!
How soon may come p
"Oh-as soon as you care to.
"Then it will be right away. | shall
come tomorrow evening-may ?" very
eagerly and anxiously.
The dark-eyed young girl laughed. She
was evidently not greatly displeased and
again we stole glance at her face. The
pink cheeks were pinker still.
Every well, - she said simply.
What meant that tremendous jerk
''Hurrah Hurrah r cried several, start
ing to their feet. Were off we're off,
And surely We were moving at last.
Away between the great banks of snow we
went-pufing, putting. We did not run
very smoothly; but, then, was it not some
thing to feel motion once more, after being
at stand still nearly twenty-four hours?
We passed the "NIoguls, which had
come to our relief, on side-track They
were covered with snow up to their head
lights, which shone redly through the
white, clinging mass Some of the men
cheered them, boyishly, as we passed.
Conductor B-came rushing through
the car to congratulate us, and tell us he
had telegraphed ahead to one of the sta
tions for supper. The little man was at
once surrounded, and before he fairly real
lied what was happening, a roll of bank
bills, which had been collected during the
day from inmates of the "Pullman" in
gratitude for his most generous services,
thrust in his hand.
"No, no !'' protested the small man We
hemently, finding his breath after his as
tonishment. "No, no! only did my
duty couldn't see you all perish for
something to eat don't want any re-
ward !"
Whereupon tall, distinguished-lookin
I.
General Burney, rose among the eager
crowd, and in most timely and graceful
little speech insisted that Conductor B.
"should do us the favor of accepting the
small amount offered him in token of the
great appreciation of his noble and praise
worthy conduct
However, the little conductor (most
honest of men } feared the railroad COM
pany might not approve of his taking any
thing of the kind-his candid red face was
full of dismay; the bills seemed to burn his
trembling, nervous fingers But when he
was assured the superintendent of the road
should be written to, and his permission,
secured, then, finally, he was prevailed
upon.
All, honest little Conductor B. When
will we meet another like you?
He left US smiling at length, with his
$50 stuffed into an old leather wallet in
his pocket,
"Them "little ones will surely have to
have sort o treat = We head him say as the
door closed upon him, and we had no doubt
but that he was referring to numerous
small BIS at home.
On, on through the darkness and snow
We fed--faster and faster, making up for
lost time. Wepassed through a long stretch
OF black woods From behind the thick,
leafess branches, which were silhouetted
with vivid distinctness against the star-lit
sky, shone on us full, pale yellow moon.
Our young couple were looking at it
together, and the young man had ventured
to change his seat for the one beside the
shining haired girl
How her hair did shine in that clear
yellow white moonlight
We wondered, regretfuIly, why it was
ones hair would not always keep that beau
tiful luster, and thought with fear of CON-
ing birth days. 1t would not be so very
many years before we should be in the
thirties We expected to lose hair, eyes,
and everything, then. Old age was creep
ing on us
We cried just little in our shadowy
corner by the window, and asked ourselves
whether the terribly fierce individual, slit