Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-03
VOICED AND WON on THE RAIL


A Devoted Suitor Who Was Not 10 De
Ratified by a Mere Holdup.
st hone YOU Will not accuse me OI
taking am unfair advantage, Miss Jar
( Wis" BEGAN Wesley Higgin,cD slipping
/ fnto the unOccupied seat OF the young
woman. "but [ saw YOU getting on TINS
train and came along. / am gong
/ twenty-five or thirty miles, anyhow anu
further still if necessary. L Waho 10
have a talk with YOU
/ MIR. Hisgint0p-
81 know what YOU are ABOUT 10 sly
/ am taking q liberty not WARRANTED ny
, our short acquaintance and al lhd1
sort of thing. But I am not nave
beeD i'm this car nearly a quarter OF an
hour Nils Jarvis waiting Tor a gOOu
/ excuse 10 come and take TINS seal. anu
when Isaw that loose jointed old Al
] ecrine with the blue black Wnlskers
/ and the rlOlasses cOlOred SUIT OF clothes
/ that gor on 2t the last station making
for this seat. 1 felt it to be duty TO
foreslall him. VIII you oblige me by
taking q look at those whiskers' Miss
Jaryis?'
81 see them, Mr. Higgintop.
/ wei, that's why popped down mere
/ so suddenly. / am not valn MISS jar
! Wis. but l took it for granted
! Yes. YOU seem TO have taken II Ior
granted. she interjected.
THAT between a young man Of at
/ least average rcspectability in appear
/ ance and seedy old hunks with dyed
/ whiskers no young woman OF uasIe
could hesitate a moment. Hence
Upon my word. sir
/ Hence I am here. OF two evils, Miss
/ Jarvis. always choose the better look
me When / want any figs, young
man. III let YOU know. You will con-
/ fer q favor by sTOlling along down the
is,e. 7 was going 10 say, Miss jarvis,
/ that there's nothing accidental about
/ this. [ am on ;nis train in pursuance
| of deliberate design. L am sitting by
your side entirely on purpose. AT eX-
/ acrly 10 o'clock last night l made up
my mind I wouldn't hang on by my
| eyelids any longer. I decided would
/ seize the first opportunity
The train had been going az the rate
/ OF forty miles an hour. The sudden ap-
+ plicatiou of the air brakes brought II
quickly to o stop. There was con-
fused sound Of voices Rifle shots were
7 heard. Mr. HigsiuJOp listened a mo-
mont and resumed.
"I decided TO seize the first opportu-
nifty TO tell you
For heavens sake what
"To tell YOU that -
NO. no. l mean what is that noise
about? Something dreadful is happen
ing. I am sure il Isl.
There is some disturbance at the
forward end of the train, l presume.
Viola jarvis
"Oh Mr.. Higgintop at such a time as
this how can you
"a man as far gone as am dosent
stop to reason about things. l have
only known You about six weeks, but
/ think / have wanted you all my
Crack snap, Boom,
The widest CONSERVATION reigned.
Passengers We're crouching down be-
tween thc seats. Faces were pale with
terror. And the fUssillade continued,
varied now and then by loud eXplo-
sion. A bullet occasionally came
through a window and buried itself IN
the woodwork of the car.
"Oh. Mr.. Uiggintop-
My name is Wesley"
Are we i'm any, danger?"
I DANGER. ~ as if my whole fu
ture were at stake. This is the most
momentous crisis of my life! My darl-
ing girl
"Oh. MI HiggintOp-
Wesley. My name is Wesley"
Crack CrackD Crack, Boom.
CHOW can YOU think of aDything-"
"T can't dear. / can't think OF any
thing except that the sweetest, loviliest
girl ON eaI,h-
Crash, Crash Boom,
rs holding nay hand in clasp so ca
ger So
She dropped it instantly.
IL didn't know il She faltered.
He merely gathered her trembling
little hands in his own and held them
fast.
You have only known me six weeks"
he resumed. "but-'
Boom,
"If it had been six years
please. Nr. His
Wesley
"Weu. Wesley"
"You. darlingi'
Crash, Crash, Crash!
ooh. what will become OF us"
~Vi0la. dear. ii only rests with YOU
TO say. don't believe in long engage
ments. -Four weeks from this day
take YOUR hands away from mine and
nm kiss YOU before all these people, YOU
willful girl, There. now YOU are act
/ ing seusibly-hello, conductor, what $
the mat .er?
"Train robbers replied the uniform
cd guardian Of the train, who had just
entered the car They've looted the
EXPRESS car and got away with $4,000.
The daneers over now though. The
canes gone. Those last shots you
heard we're to keep everybody scared till
/ the thieves got clear. You can all get
nm from the seats now. / guess none of
Won are going 10 be fatally killed
and now. darling resumed Mr..
Wesley Higgintop, Il have only to say
/ thai
But he spoke in a tone too low 70 be
/ heard except by the ears for which it
/ was intended.
/ When the train moved off again,
however. after a further delay OF fif-
teen or twenty minutes. he still held
those little hands in his.-Chicago
/ Daily Tribune.
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