Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-21
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trumpet for the herald Of the talries.
Alf hen it's Odor-sO delicious that 10
seems 90 satisfy every sense
Al admirer Os the tuberOse2 Yes,
am. See. I wear one i'm my buJtonhOie
and this pearl charm is a tuberose.
s story2 Yes. the story OF my other
wise quite pGcsaic life.
you know / am q postal clerk. Ny
fcut ia on the C. 81 o. from Hinton %
.'rn '-etcu.
5 ID humdrum. mCnotonous klnd
g. lie after YOU know thoroughly all
tlc towns on your run-at least, We
vc-8l clerks think so. But ! suppose
every GLOW thinks the other fellow S
E..rcre desirable than his own
Up here on my run is a little min
tu4 Gown called Hawks Nest quite Ia
nous among lovers OF wild, savage
scenery. for the huge, AWFUL rock lAi1
hangs Jar uut over the New river.
Our train used TO side track there
f,r7ry minutes for the Fast Flying
Vrei1i9n. Drary enough / found the
stop I can tell YOU with nothing oul q
score or more Of little cabins STUCK on
the mountain sides and the lofty noun
tains standing close guard on all sides,
while lust below -he turbulent hJJle
New river foamed and fretted away az
the huge powders which project up
w from the river oed
It was picturesque Jiil one grew urel
~ t.. But one afternoon as we slowed
uD Z noticed something IN the open
window of thc station
AS the train stopped on the side
track it left the door OF my car Jusl
opposite the window. L, was an earth
en- DO. filed with tuberCses all IN tull
bloom. They were the finest l had
ever seen. so large and SD creamy.
Even at that distance j caught
Whit of their delicious fragrance
I wondered what in the world mad
come over old Martin the operator,
crusty old fellow that DE had gone into
the flower business. and SAID TO my
self "The old Clint has soft spot attes
all'
Turning TO jeff. my fellow clerk, [
eqid "Sav jeff. look at those tube
roses. Amt they beauties. 10y
George Pm going TO gel one.
cold Martin viii give YOU the d,
was Jers rather emphatic reply.
.Iu risk &c." and 7 sprang out of the
car tO the platform. while Jen stood IN
the door 90 see old Martin give me the
d"
Ihad just broken Off one Of the trum-
pet-sbaped beauties when
Help Yourself. SIR some one eX-
claimed in The sweetest. most musical
voice imaginable
looked mp -o see. not old Martin,
butt looking straight through The win
dow and witnessing my most audacious
lhen was the saUciest merriesJ look
i1g girl I had ever seen.
How her blue eyes twinkled and how
the short. golden cur's danced about
the shapely head as she laughed al my
confusion
"I-I-I ee-b-b-beg your y-y-
your pardon. T-I-I thought that old
Martin thought that they were old
man Martins I-'
"No. not old man Martins. but Old
man Martins daughters; but help
YOURSELF
f.I, my face flame. while I knew
tha- Jen was almost killing himself
there in the car with laughter.
7 made one desperate effort to save
myself
81 DO sincerely beg your pardon. I
am s0 fond 0i lowers. l never saw
these here before, aud-and-' / went
on stammering.
"Aud-8nd-sO. not having seen any
here before. Che temptation 10 take
when you cid see was TOO great 90 be
resisted. she broke I'm, with sugges-
tive Ia1-h.
.A.ss Martin. INV name is Brown
Harry Brown. May / wear this tube
I,see"
yes since YOU have already taken
it,"
Eut ] boldly went on, Have you
piu2 win You be kind enough TO fas-
ten his in nay coot2'
She came around 90 the door and, as
] stood there. leaned out and fastened
the cuherOse in my buttonhOie For
nue brief moment the golden curls
brushed my face. and the pun,
pun. announcing that The train had
started
sprang into the car and. lifting my
can as We pulled ont, received another
saucy smile.
Jc1 tried Co laugh no me. but when 2
showed him the tuberCse I'm my button
hole hc whis-led loud and long.
Hawks Nest soon became the most
pleasant place on the run.
found ont the next trip that Mr.
Martin Jold Nartin-ah. nevermore0
was sick. ud tha, Mary. who had just
returned from @ school of biography.
had taken his place.
From Hinton 20 Hawks Nest going
west and from Huntington TO Hawks
Nest going east became exceedingly
long distances. and the twenty minutes
siderock there but time TO breathe.
10 seemed 90 me that she soon thought
as Z did about ,he short stop. and that
she was always glad when our train
pulled in.
Well tO make q long story short one
day the next summer when the tube
roses were again IN bloom as 7 stood
no the window Of the little station.
aukwardly lingering q waXen beauty.
managed to- ten her I had loved her
ever since she caught me stealing and
vCu-yCu can guess the rest
Yes. b live here. and that is my wife
STANDING there i'm the door of the sta
tiou holding up the boy. Martin.
MAMMA WAS So FUNNY.