The sun., 1897-08-22

msnded, with the the air Of one who Is made bold By
The conductor jerkcd his thumb over his
shoulder In the direction of the chase.
| Some drummer got left at the Union Depot,
bIiS. hbIES9''' Serve hit" right II we didn't wait on
manner Of speech was dIstrcssinRiy idIometIc,
not TO say vague AZ times" That's Mr.; John
% SOn PT GS ssS'0 he gets
Tho conductor laughed and rojoined with
antIy ooh. come offl What are you giving
! had not noticed that the young man had
factsi toll you my blood viii be on your head
been doing to the master mochnnic " Mother
| one OF your fool pranks, bet YOU.
Tho chase was in plain view by this time. and
" presented the unusual spectacle OF square.
mSstSehC and % very red face leaning for out q
The carriage window and gcsticulating violently.
SoeES %Sn sHS %nSSd and made answer
Franks hothingi It's business this time. 1
tell you. Give Ike the signal. quick, before it's
The conduotors hand shot above his head and
hung there fluttering like misshapcn flag.
and q kissing OF stoam. and tho wheels began to
revSlve, The young scapegrnee and his new: @
attention TO the oncoming carriage.
Tho cahmen was certainly a, most reckless
| uTlNer. fto InentO MS nOrSeS uOWn Gne steep
slope, and for palpitnnt second collision with
the moving train seemed inevitable. It was
o SS Tho soo as %
place and dragged the plunging animals back
upon their hnnnshes % py & main strength But tho
crates the switching mechanism. blocking tho
been placed with malice aforethouEht. I had a
brief glimpse of the square-s -shouldered gentle
thrustiss first at one end ar and then at tho other
and then the moving train swept around acurve
When sank back into my scat with sigh of
mingled regret and relief the young man had re-
hiS and wnSoW had 70
neither seen nor hoard aught of the exciting
Are we snfe, Alan y sho asked. her voice
safe as = church: Pldn'. yoq see him r
with Sy S isSsn atSsl and
he's ns ISL step the train A"n
80 sit down; FOR pity sake sit down, Eleanor:
Su1
not AZ al. That was the driver you heard. yell
y Arc you sure you're telling me the TRUTH
am didn't see II .tphs The fellow
coal i car. % and your father couldn't get get either
dooE open Ho was wasnt hurt an atom sat he acted
.%esg Dis9ss. 'siTaia SPGS Sof Do Dc
something desperate yet.
stops us now. He can't got to Lavaroek ahead
Of W: and tttssp minutes after we arrive you'll
She was silent at that, as what modest young
woman woman would not be- but after after little ds,,f. che
Her oompanion explained. ~ 0
1 Ys T. ss hSs's sSs at
rock. telling him there would % couple on this
Ss. sSss XIX q ss.s
to have the minister ready. l can drive to the
HoHs HnS back N ten Ss .nd
sre ct snppeE and be ready to go West on
"Tts very dreadful. Alan" she murmured.
$50 ,Pitituiiy different from ones ideal we'd
"ffhat's so"-cheerfully-" there isn't any
Ideally to SPAR, for q fact. But we can't help
that. II we hadn't made the dash, your father
would have packed you OF to Ohio between two
HE said he would; and I'm afraid he meant M AN
Alan .sss os'R
.sas he ms ah'
right so hs isi,9 ether
charged, though he didn't mention upon what
sroqRs' Bns how sS wSSAs oouIa fsSsHd he % shstr
sns hsss Sa of hsS
relied with my father. But couldn't help
either the ono or the othor.
"No. indeed! But hope you didn't quarrel
Didn't u, told him to go ahead and write
stand sta the publicity m II he @ could ''' N'N''
:".Alani You didn't telI me that"
Perhaps 1 mightn't have consented II you
"Oh, yes you would"
why would IT.
because you-love mo-"
In good truth could not Obtain
particularly edifyinE in the ears OF one who has
long eschewed all thoughts of domestic Joys
and betook myself with my book to tho de.
serted smoking compartment
had passed the hrst telegraph station; but IT
, was no sooner under way again than the CON
Ignoring my presence as IL / had been some
e's eaaT ho
man. anxiously.
II 70 od to
, ! you both of at the noxt station. said the con
ductor. with what understood to be mock so
,Rodsrick nodded appreciatively: Il thought
Soafh Ss hs
the company lust like other people. and dare
that amt the worst OF it.. Your don t:want.to.
ins In H us. and he's got special orders Giving him
right Of way over everything north and south. "
could not deny myself glance at tho young
mans face over the top Of my book. IL was q
striking and instructive study In dismay.
by Jove. Tom. that's horse OF another
color. He'll overhaul us as sure as fate. What
| am going to dor
Tho big man shrugged. Cant you drop of
at Alcantro or Syracuse and have 1t done before
no; that's the dickens of it-thats wha.
we're running away for We've got to get out
OF the State. Miss Bostwick lacks just three
months Of being legally Of age" ,,,.
80, no! / see. That makes 1t bad: Whats
the old man got against you. anyway, Rod =
Nothing against me; it's my father. Three
or four years ago. when father was running the
29l. they had pretty spiteful TIN, and father
quit and went over TO the East and West. Since
that time the master mechanic has had no use
for any OF u.s."
"Who was to blamef
81 Inever knew. They're both rather peppery,
, and guess Il was six OF one and half dozen o.
the other. But that doesn't help mo out of my
bucket OF hot water What am going TO do
That's what I'd like TO know
: The conductor opened his watch and appeared
| TO be making reflective computation.