Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-06-16
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS JUNE 49, 0e0TwELyE PAGES

gray hat rise as Il its wearer had
been placing something on the grave.
Then the man raised the gray hat
deferentially, stopped and kissed Hill
da on the cheek
The crowd behind him was too
thick to penetrate as fast as would
suit Chesney Payne's mood after he
had seen that kiss, He made straight
for the open space between the front
rank Of ...e crowd and the speakers
platform. When he reached the front
rank of spectators and would have
gone On. thinking only of getting ont
of The pace he saw blue-coated
arm and cluo stretched forth to bar
his path.
Cant pass this way" said the po-
liceman
81 want to g5t OUT said Chesney'
"I'm in A hurry"
Cant help it, If You are in a hnr'
ry; got to 90 back the way you
came"
1t WAS a VIEW unpleasant situation
and Payne was in an unpleasant hui
NOR. In truth. he was within a very
little OF coming into collision with the
law, and more than half hundred
people were watching the alteration
with mingled disapproval of its I'M
seemliness and enjoyment OF its COM
zeal side
"Mr. Payne! Here we are. This
way"
Chesney looked round to see Mrs.
Scot beckoning to him.
Come here" she said.
And Chesney came. But he had
misgivings whether it would not end
in a scene with Hilda's friend in the
gray felt hat.
"What made you go and get into a
fuss with that policeman Alilda
laughed. Didn't you see MS here? |
thought you wern't coming
Chesney was stammering and look
ing very red, when Mrs. Scot inter-
rupted her daughter. "Hush, Hilda.
Mr.. Payne, let me introduce you to
my brother-in-law, Mr.. Barton Sco',
OF Portland, Oregon"
Chesney grew redder than before
end stammered so very incoherently
that Barton Scot afterward remarked
to his niece, "Your sweetheart, my
dear, strikes me as about the least
self-possessed young man | have met
for many years. Fine, manly young
fellow, though"
And that evening Hilda joked Ches-
ney about it. "What was the matter
with you, Chesney' You behaved like
O guilty schooboy."
Guilty IDIOT" he answered; "bu'
tell me about your uncle"
"Why, don't you know? We always
thought he was drowned at sea JUS
after the war lie didn't even know
that papa was married. lle-lIncl
Barton-was in the regular army il
California when the war ended. III
hasn't been this far East for % year
been making money in shipping a
Portland and all about the l'aclil
coast. But wasn't it strange? II
stopped here for Decoration Day OF
his way to New York, found that pap
was dead and cane to the cemeter
to see his grave aud put some flower
on It. Mamma and | had just laid on
flowers down when he came. He sim
ply turned and bowed and said, AT
YOU ladies related to Captain LUX
Whitney Scott Then we told him.
After long silence she said: I'm
D Gle Barton isn't going to let me wor
at typewritlng any more. lie want
! to take us to Europe"
' "He isn't going to take you" sal
Chesney, almost fercely.
"Who is, them" And TIilda laugh
ed.
81 am-take you forever May |?
q And then came laughter and tear
and other demonstrations, which lie
to an early marriage ceremony.
So that Cnesney was right, AFTER al
{ when he said, THAT solves the Who'll
difficulty lIilda was Obliged to i
y some one else take care Of her moth
q er, even while she herself still ha
: fingers. with rings, and sense to dl'
U tingush the letters of the alphabe
u "But them as IIilda told Chesne
y Payne when he twitted her about he
e surrender, "ItS quite different whe
e YOU have rich bachelor uncle VIII
o you thought had died before 20
, were born