La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-19

4 ing business hours and explain matters.
More than y week passed. and Mrs.
Coli, grew more and more apprehensivs
that the young person OF the picture
would drop IN some day and that She
! Mrs Collis-would be obliged to confess
Z that the photograph had been turned
over for Identification to gay young
l., bachelor. Jack Coils had put Oh going
to his brother-in-law about the matter
and had At last declared natly that he
had no time TO waste on such tribes
Then a letter addressed to Mrs. Ber-
nard Coils was handed In Mt the hat,
and. not noticing the difference in the first
name. Mrs. Jack Coils opened and read.
Dear L-You never even wrote TO thank
me for the photo found out your fiat
and left II there for you week before last.
Why don't you write, Marjory X"
"Marjory X" wrote on very pretty note
paper but she omitted her address at the
head OF the epist!.. So things were no
nearer solution than they had been.
Tot" said Mrs. Coils. 81 wish your
fairies would help us The janiior can't.
and don't know what has become Of
your uncle Walter"
Tot had by this time fully persuaded
herself that the original OF the picture
was fairy.
That evening when Jack Coils wife
showed him the note from ''Narjory X"
he sald. "oh. that reminds inc l saw
Walter yesterday. He has {, In a leather
case"
Has what. Jack7''
! why. the photograph. OF course. Wal
( ter's gone crazy. Says he'll die rather
; than give II up"
Ibid you explain to him the necessity1
Here am making a quarrel between this
girl and her intimate friend. / wish she
she would call here and let me explain 1,
all to her"
you'll lind 1t awkward 10 explain un-
less Walter consents TO give back the
picture. which he won't.
And Coils laughed. as his wife thought.
evry unk.ndly. She vowed that next morn
ing she would herself go TO her brothers
Office and force him to give UP the pho
tograph.
To, insisted on going down town with
her mamma. Tot did not know the sa-
credncss of New York mans business
hours and anticipated some pleasant frolic
with Uncle Walter over the possession of
tho fairy lndy's picture. They had got
or the street car and were walking as
fast Tots little legs could SO when
the little one suddenly exclaimed There
I he Is, mamma"
There. indeed. was Walter. And as soon
a. his sister caught sight OF him he
turned abruptly to the left. Tot and her
mamma made after him but he was evil
IDENTIFY in hurry and soon increased the
interval of only five yards to ten.
As he sped on towards an elevated
railroad station he thought he heard a
cry OF Walter. Stop''' behind him. Then
progress and point IN the opposite direc
ton. And at last big man caught him
by the arm and said. Lady and little
girl-want you"
bered and believed her husbands words.
/ ''yvaiter's gone crazy He turned round.
lifted his hat and said. as II every breath
/ were precious. ITS all right. Come on.
Eilen--I've got II now. Come to the ele-
waited" Then he hurried on and people
nm eIlaUulk bett@yfng that heart
less husband and father was trying TO
run away. wished they couid find time or
I a policeman to apprehend him.
The mother. carrying her child. reached
the top OF the station stairs. breathleas.
Just In time to see Walter push past the
1 ticket-taker at the gate Of the train plat
form. Mrs. Coils was afraid her Lnac
countable brother would take an uptown
train and escape her, as she slapped
quarter down at the window and regard
less of the 20 cents change. pushed on in
her pursuit.
! And there. on the platform, was Walter
trying to scrape acquaintance with
very attractive young woman. who GER
tainly did not seem inclined to meet his
! advances.
II have to beg your pardon" he was
saying. he fumbled about in an inside
pocket of his coat. II have been trying
to catch you for two biocks-two weeks
more than two blocks. rs this-this pho
tograph. It's yours, isn't it,"
There was no sweetness in the girls
eyes as she turned and took from Walters
hand a seal-leather picture holder in
which WINS the swcet-eyed picture that
had worried Mrs. Collir.
And who are you. sir?" she said.
"Oh, I'm Brown. Walter Brown Is my
| name. My card
And this Is Mrs. Brown" said the
| girl turning to Mrs. Coils and Tot.
Emo. Ny sister. Mrs. Coliis--Miss--"
Miss Marjory X. believer" said Tots
mamma. while Tot stared and smiled at
the fairy lady.
Thereupon the expression of the origi-
| nal changed to something more like that
| OF the picture. only with something of be-
| wilderment Also Walter turned and
stared at his sister. wondering how
1 terious original.
An uptown train drew up. but this
group Of four paid no attention to II.
though the conductor and the gateman.
and the book-stall boy all looked at them
| very curiously.
II live at Brownstone Flats" said Mrs.
Coils. II think you mistook me for an
other Mrs. Coils. didn't you?'
II see now" said the girl. I'm afraid
I've given you great deal of trouble.
Did you get my note to Laura? You see
she was Laura Wakeiy last spring; now
1 she's married aEd-I suppose she doesn't
known I'm back from my outing in Nova
| Scotia. I had the photo with me that
| day. and she had told me shc was going
| into fiat on that block. 1t was the
| grocer at the corner who directed me TO
| Brownstone Fats. He told me there were
no other fats on the block. You must
let me call and explain 1t all to you. Mrs.
Coils"
OF course Mrs. Coils had no objection
to this. In fact. she and Tot went UP
town with ''Martory k on the elevated
cars. leaving Walter somewhat out In the
cold. but hopeful. And of course the
fairy lady told Tot what the "E" stood
for. And-Weli at this present writing.
Tot calls the original of the photograph
Aunt Marjory" sometimes and some
times Aunt Fairy" For Walter had
looked at that picture until he had fallen
head over ears In love with its original.