Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-11-29
L G.-.I haven't any.

l. CT haven't any.
Miss Raymond te anini.(A er purse
and much distressed ct the result
haven't money enough. What shall ]
r. C-Pay fare. anyway"
PC. C.-.The little girl can go for.
ward In n Of the regular coaches
Miss Raymond finds enough in hef
purse to pay half fare to Buffalo and
hands it to the train conductor.
During this scene Jack has been in.
tently looking out Of the window In q
decidedly uncomfortable frame oil
mind His heart is not by any means
broken at the prospect of losing the
company Of the little girl. but when
he thinks he sees just = 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 five-dollar
bill with the air of a millionaire
ALLOW me, Miss Raymond. Here,
conductor"
The larlor-car conductor takes his
money without the slightest scruple,
returns ack So, and passes on. Jack
devotes the next ten minutes to assur-
ing Miss Raymond that it isn't Of the
slightest conse iuence: that 1t will not
Inconvenience him the least bit in the
world. etc. Miss Raymond says she
will send 1t to hir3 the next morning
and asks his address in Buffalo. When
she finds he's going through to Chicago
she Is more distressed than ever, and
declares she will get that dreadful ~
from her uncle that very night when
he meets her at the Lepot. Ofcourse her
distress gives Jack a opportunity to
say Q great many things Of . sort
suited to the circumstances. and he
feel like hugging- the little girl. 1t
Is really o very interesting converse
tion that Is interrupted by the ap-
pearance OF a brakeman and q sound
that resembles Observation-Disclosures
freshment."
Jack, thinking he win got his 81 at
Buffalo, asks If he may get them some
"freshments." They decline, with
thanks. He excuses him elf, invests
in q sandwich, o cup OF coffee, and q
package OF cigarettes-40 cents. He
then hunts up the sleeping-car con
ductor and pays him So for the berth
he had engaged, leaving y cents in
the treasury. Hs then draws the par
lar-car conductor aside.
.E&E SOuuQCGoIy L u0tc q DSICA All tu0
sleeping . and two young ladies in
far as Buffalo. I'd like to sit with
them and see that they get through
safely"
SORRY. sir, but If you sit in the par
lor.car you Il have to pay. But it's
only so cents"
Jack hands over so cents and reioins
Miss Raymond. The little girl goes
to sleep; also the passengers. Time
iies with q vengeance, and all toe soon
the train rnmbles into the depot at
Buffalo. They alight to meet Miss
Raymond's uncle. The uncle kisses
Miss Raymond with affection, bat
looks inquiringly at Jack. Miss Ray
mond introduces Jack. The uncle is
not what one would call cordial. Miss
Raymond Is distressed beyond measure
-@rattled." Jack relieves the ten
sion by taking formal leave OF Miss
RAYMOND, nodding to the uncle, and
seeking his berth in the sleeper. Time,
12:3d q M; distance from home, sew
eral hundred miles; cash in the ex-
chequer. % cents.
1t IL charity to draw a veil over the
next day--l5 cents for coffee and q
sandwich for breakfast at Sarnis; 1--WE
cents for Q glass OF milk for dinner at
Marshall, Mich. noted for Its fried
chicken, its cold roast beef, its hot
rolls. the Z o'clock supper at the De
Long mansion In Chieag that fright.
ened his mother and astonished his
father.
A week later q dainty letter, post
marked Buffalo, arrives. Jack opens
1t and finds a 81 bill and a convention
ally polite note of thanks, regrets for
any Inconvenience, etc. 1t Is signed,
Yours sincerely, Isabel Raymond"
But Jack thinks he can read between
the lines, for below is "No. 173 Rhodes
avenue"
Thanksgiving Lay again; A bad day
for travelling, but John De Long OF
Chicago does not look rs II he regard
ed it as q hardship as he getI off the
Chicago express at Buffalo. And
this fragment of conversation had
rather a sound OF thanksgiving than
otherwise.
90 you remember, Jack, how you
staiked away that night in the depot
at Buffalo? never expected to see
you again. You looked positively saw
age. | fairly hated my dear old Uncle
Bob"
He was a trile chilly. And then to
see you waste a kiss on him and peer
out OF the corner OF yoar eye, as much
as to say, "Don't you wish"
Il didnt-and s'pose / dido"
-By the way, how much do you sup
pose | had 10 my pocket when ! said
Il don't know. You put on airs
enough for a millionaire"
lust D cents"
why, you poor fellow, you must
have starved! 1t served you right, |
though, scraping acquaintance with
strange girls on a train. You won I do
it any more will you, JACK? There.
there.-wi | that repay you?:"
30; you'll have to take that very
sane trip with me to make it square,
But Jack! DO take more than -
cents -therem be two Of US, you
know"
Taking q much worn letter from his
r~ocketbook, opening it. and producing
bilil Jack said: Isabel Raymond,
did YOU ever see that before"
Yes | don't know"
"les you do. Read what's written
right under your name in this letter."
Isabel reading hereby dedicate
this filthy lucre to a dinner for one, 10
70 saseH az NIatSudii MICH, tno n
to bs John De Long and Isabel DE
Long, his wife. ID. W"
"Ah, Jack, you won my heart that
night in the But you wouldn't be
enough to leave out that dear
little girl '
Wouldn't /? There won't be any
little CIR. around that trip to
Hush, you wretch"
4H.EH I
TURKEY AND OYSTER SAUCE.