The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27
BRADLEY, THE HEADSTR0NG.

isn't it queer how small the world is,
after alp" said the shorter of the two
men, as they steered each other down the
aisle of the smoker, while the car seemed
to be doing its best to jolt them both over
the shoulders of thel other passengers in
the seats-"T'm always running into some
body haven't seen for a long time. Now,
who would have thought of meeting you
coming into this smoker-ln this section
of the country?"
Eyes" said the taller-he with the new
tweed travelling cap-"but then the world
is big enough to keep old acquaintance
like up apart Let's sit down here-apart
for years How many years is it?"
Must be a good ten, should say" said
the first speaker. dark, wiry man, with
small side whiskers.
"Quite that-I hadn't heard of you fer
quite long while when Scobel told me
about that desperate love affair of yours,
and that was ---''
''Ha, ha!-Yes, that was more than four
years ago. Did Scobel ever tell you the
end of that? No? Got a cigar?" The
small man wriggled his neck with an air
of complete dissatisfaction. Gwen,
don't mind telling you, knowing that it
won't go any further, of course -
''Of course, that's understood
81 don't mind telling you that I always
thought myself well out of that affair
yes. You see, she went away from Galena
one summer to spend some time at small
watering place where an aunt of hers was
staying. OF course, We kept up CORE
sponderce-very sweet and all that, you
know-but all of a sudden the letters
stoned. Wen, I didn't know what TO
make of that. Just as 1 was beginning 70
get fidgety a letter came from her. telling
me that she had met with a frightful ac-
cident-slipped from a limb of tree into
a deep place in the creek. It SO happened
that some fellow was standing near fish
ing. and this man managed to crawl out
on the same limb Of the tree just as she
was losing her hold. oh, perhaps Scobel
told you all that?'
mo" said the other man, looking at the
ash of his cigar, "Scobel didn't tell me
that. I was only smiling at the thought
OF how much alike all these romantic res
cues are.
"Oh, yes; all alike, you know. And. as
far as can make out this fellow didn't
do anything particularly brave either.
Inst held his hand out to her and pulled
her in. Anybody could do that, you
know"
1'How did he get to her?" the man VITA
the tweed cap asked.
climbed out on the limb, / believe.
Well. then there was some sort of mys-
fery about the man for some days. He
didn't tell his name, and she didn't find
Il out until after she had got quite we'll
But you see, Trappes, / didn't care to
have my fiance writing 10 me every day
about some other fellow didn't know"
s'Of course not" said Trappes.
80 very soon took an opportunity to
request her toto just drop that hero of
the limb. Told her / didn't want to know
his name, even if she did find 1t out"
And that put an end to your affair,
did it?'
''That? Oh. no! That was only the he
ginning of the end, as II were.
Here the smaller man-hfs name was
Bradley-seemed to fell into a retrospect
i've reverie, and Trappes respected his
feelings by smoking and studying his cl-
gar ash In silence.
you know Trappes"-13radley at last
resumed. There's no question about il.
E,loise-M Miss Jennings--was very nice
girl at that time. But she was very
youngr'
Trappes nodded grayely. II guess she