The sun., 1897-02-22
THE WAY TO BUDLEIGH'S.
EXPLORATIONS CONDUCTED IN AND
ABOUT TONKERS.
"yu-t Follow That GIRL, said the station
Agent TO the Himninyan Traveller and the
writer OF Books-And tho Girl Hap
pcned TO Be-weii. That's Explained Later.

Agent to the Himninyan Traveller and th'
writer OF nook--And Ms tho Girl Hap
pcned to Be-weii, That's Explained Later
Tbcv verc city men. and they never had
beon TO Yonkers before, Anybody could tel
that by the lost way I'm which they looked about
them as they alighted from the local on Friday
Ono was n man who writes books. He was tax
ING bis companion TO see a Mr.. Budleieh on
matter Of business. Mr.. Budleigh lived some
where in yonkers: that he knew. but that was
| Tho Iiroi, M bis knowIedae. The other mnn was
| N scientist and traveller who had made his own
| no,ba tbrouub Uimalayan tanRles and the un.
| known interior OF Africa He suggested that
| tbcv tako n carriaee
| "Woll never find the place ~ we don't" he
| so,d
| "wo'll never find it II we do" replied the
| o,bcr at know these suburban hackmen.
| Tbcir businesa IA to find out approximately
whoro YOU want to 20. and then drive in tho
opposite direction. II increases fares"
| /" Ask policeman, then" said the traveller.
"No. ri ask tho station agent. He knows
everything about everybody that ever travels on
| bis road. IIe can tell us lust how to got to
| ~ ,,,,,
puuioisn D. ',,
| lie could and ho did very amply.
| "Mr Budleieb liyos quite little walk from
| .o-a Co. ,ho, o,,ri ,hore sbc came nm on tho
mere pee 'hat s'Il 'horo. o"o 'a1 ~ vs. ~.
| train with you. That's Mr.. Budleighs daugh-
| tor and sboll be going home, Just follow her.
T,.s. sho ooa. no,y yes th,t.s m, one the
| ono with the FUR around hcr neck
Thanking tho station agent tho two men
| slorteu n''cr .ho sh'' '"0' 'oi - .o ..Dv 80 80, 80.
they noticed that there was young man with
overcoat on ana wore pair OF hea'y oootS.
didn't occur to the pair OF men that me ne was clad
,houa ,a,er They sove rho Young people a good
n. .noa 'a..i, ,a,, | ,ho dIs,,ngnished travsl,or
said:
an wouldn't look well. Mr.. Pensmith, for two
=. "o" ,' ~ ~ ~ - ,,, w,
gentlemen getting along In years ike you and
myself TO appear to be following young person
Of the oppositc sex about the streets Of Yonkers.
And-cr-an extremely prcpossessing young
person. too"
How apout the o,nur youus pcrson' s,iu
the writer OF books lie strikes me as ocins
,honcht occur IN your scientific mind prof
THI,' nUusu, ao, ,,,,,, aaa ad ,so hoa
an opportunity OF walking homo with a young
,odv ~ ,Jiss pndIoich,s noraonal attract,ons
iauS Oh MISS puuio,sh persona. a''raI'ions'
you would not have been inclined 70 travel with
any gnseemly haste ,IuS iSreses al slow lourney:,
And they certainly weren't, for the two young yg
people had started out ut q rafting pace; They
'as ley % street. S % boa aeP
block Of houses, , ana presently were were swinging
so In the rear. and wondered when the end was
Inever attempted this sort of thing in tight
PATH There's TsS no doubt i In my @ mind as to my feel
ings,' replied the other. What right has
CIVILIZED man got 70 i've on the Tar end OF civil
Hatlon ike this -
They seem 10 be enjoying themselves, IT
we're not said the traveller indicating the
couple ahead. III we could only hear what they
are saying! Perhaps 1t would give us an ink
ling OF how much farther We are to go.
At that particular moment what they were
What II perfectly glorious day for our little
taramPl tramp only wish l had on short walking
,,,",,one wouldn't have suspected SO much mud.
still it's nice, clean, natural mud, and it'll brush
OIL How much further /, it, Not that I'm tired
bit, but must get back in time for that after
:" It's reckoncd something. over four miles by
the road. At this rate we'll make 1t inside an
hgqT II IAN, ss,v tba, tho ,nir,s o, the ,o,owsr.
would have been enlivened by this conversation
even had they heard It, In eyer increasing gloom
cepiible limp, until another mile had been GOV.
cred. Then
getting tired of this. Let us catch up with them m
and 9sk the young lady about it,
the %rs sSa
wander far ateld." He took out his handker-
chief and 1t around the inside of his collar.
DO you think It would be polite to hold her up
short with question =
do you want to walk to Kamchatka at the
whim Of two Juvenile idiots, Prof Tripp !" re-
torted the other. They may be clipping, OF 1t
may bo the wrong girl"
No; I'm quito sure about the young lady.
The station agent said she had fur around her
neck, you know. He said the house was quite
little walk from the station, too
We'll; he didn't exaggerate there. Perhaps
that's the house ahead, looming up amid the
trees: suppose we stop for moment. All, they
are stopping, too, in front OF the gate at lastl
Meantime, on ahead, this conversation;
Have you noticed those two men behind us
One might think that they were following US,
but they look too cminently respectable for that.
But why should two elderly citizens 20 out for
81 don't know the answer TO that one Maybe
they're the remnants OF u busted theatrical ven
ture; only they going the wrong way for that.
Let's stop and let them catch up They don't
look dangerous and they do look tired"
They've stopped. too How funny! Poor
men, perhaps they've lost ,thcir way; Don't you
think you ought to go back and soc, Harry r.
" Not IL we are to make that record time.