The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-30
You .aio he was already in the seat

/ she SAID NO, sit here, and moved all
the parcels out of the seat beside her.
Immediately that trip took on new de-
! lights. The scenery had suddenly de-:
velopcd rare beauties. 1t had been only
Il dull autumn day before, but now the
soft gray tints of a sunless sky seemed
to mellow the brilliant reds and yellows
Of the gorgeous October foliage into an
exquisite harmony with natures rus
sets, drabs and browns, till the ever
changing landscape became one vast
and glorious color scheme"
rs your Cousin Jack an artist?"
HE is connoisseur, but the English
girl was practical artist, and they dis
cussed the various schools of art, and
the noted pictures they had seen and
admired You know when two cultured
people meet they are always so many
points of common interest"
Eyes, so it would seem. What were
their next general topics of interst-I
mean after they had exhausted natures
kaleidoscope and the wonderful color
scheme?"
why, the places they had visited, for
both of them had travelled widely. 1t
seems that they felt like two old friends
suddenly come together after long alb
sence, and Jack says they INDUCED in
various little psychological flights and
felicitous prophecies as to the future of
their acquaintance"
Kate, does your Cousin Jack go
about telling people of his adventures
and railway episodes?'
"Of course not. He told me in the
strictest confidence and l have kept il
a dead secret till now. But-what's
the matter, Maud? You seem so eX-
cited. 1t surely doesn't affect you at
all"
NO. Put go on. I find the story
intensely interesting. You said they
predicted what the future was to bring,
and read each others palms"
II said nothing about reading palms.
What put that into your head?"
"Oh, the predictions l guess. But go
on with the story. Do you think he real
ly cared about TIE starnger?"
Yes, as much as a man could possibly
care about a woman he had known sc
short a time. But all too soon St. Paul
was reached, and the delightful journey
would end, for she was going far west
and he was only making business trip
to St. Paul. She had never been there
and several hours remained before her
train would leave Jacks business was
| urgent, but it had to wait. She must be
| shown the a MOI iOpc IF +ba Aour n;+,,
They went for a to-be-forgotten
drive. OF course this was rather at
variance with established rules of pro-
priety. but Jack had told her exactly
who he was. He is very proud of his old
name, you know, and some of his an
cestors really did come over in the May
flower"
"And I suppose she was descended
from William the Conqueror."
| 'Why, what makes you think SOP
"Oh, the true British swell must al.
ways be able to trace his descent in a
direct line from the old hero. You said
they went for drive and then"
Then they nearly missed her train,
and at almost the last minute it sudden
| ly occurred to her that her baggage had
to be rechecked. She couldn't possibly
| wait over for another train, and there
was absolutely no alternative but to
give Jack the checks and trust to him
10 attend to it. She gave him the
'brasses' for 16 trunks, telling him
which were the most important if al
could not 90. Four trunks were rushed
onto the departing train, and he pait
six dollars for their transportation.
The others he ordered sent by freight.
He was told trunks could not 90 by
freight unless they were Grated. So
carpenters were secured and the re-
naming IL trunks Grated at an expense
of S1.50 trunk. OF course bill of lad
ing was sent, and | think Jack expect
ed to be quite overwhelmed with thanks
for his labor and trouble, but never n
word came. From that day to this he
has heard nothing from the English
girl"
Kate didn't it ever occur to you that
10 boxes was rather a big amount of
baggage for young girl to be toting
about"
"Oh, they were not all for her. II
seems some relative of hers-a brother
or cousin, l believe, had invested in a
big ranch out west and she was bring
ing any amount of things to him."
What was the girls name?"
81 don't think he ever mentioned it.
At least | don't remember it,"
well, then he never told you, for you
would not have forgotten it. Kate,
was the English girl to whom your
Cousin Jack was so very kind. The
boxes and the 'brasses' all came safely,
but the only communication we re-
ceived about them was a notice from
the railroad company that they had
come. | was sure there was some mis-
take, but what could | do? | had lost
his address and he did not write me as
he had asked permission to do
why, you might have written to me
about it,"
But you were abroad, and some way
| felt as if it was so thoroughly out of
the regular prescribed method of maxi
ing acquaintance that hesitated about
mentioning it when l did write. l told
| YOU about nv brothers. illness and his