The representative., 1899-12-07

prpareeaon for the arrival having given
Miss hacnei headache which all the doc.
| eor remedies could not mend. DR.. Merry.
vaie grumbled privately at the so-impesed
.asA' ana drove up to the little station IL
tne aim light Of early evening. 20 minutee
Ooloro tho train was due And It occurred
70 Dr. Merryvale, who was . man pruden,
OF time ana economical OF, opportunity, tina,
ne would step down the street two blocks
WINE ne was waiting. and see how Grandma
nsro' one OF his Inveterate patients was
coming to recovery from nothing but bore
oom ana old age. The station man, with
scarlet light making q moving patch on
the snow. came toward him "a he blanketed
| the bay mare
Company comin'?" he asked syrnna
| thetically
Yes. Grandma Bard will be down for
week" said DR.. Merryvale absent mind
| edly. and went his way.
Miss Barbara Merryv1le bundle NJ
Drown fur In the diin empty coach corner
was looking at the dancing lights of Merry
vale through mist of angry tears Not
that she disliked Marvel; but she was he
Ing treated like a.child. and she resented
1t.
Sne was now exaggerating to herself for
the zoth time. being made the victim Of
NOTION. 1t was indeed a rooted belief of
ner mother, who was an invalid, and of her
iatner who believed everything her mother
.olu MIN out OF sheer unwillingness to
spend time to form a different opinion.
'nat tneir daughter had been in love with
every man In Brighton. In more or less
| rapid succession. Everybody who asked her
to the Brighton hall to. a dancing nartv
everybody with whom she went to the
| theater to see the fittie Brighton stock
company. everybody who called more than
meagre once, and she was commanded to
avoid him Internationally. As a matter of
Iact' Barbara had never been in love in
ner lie. And because she had been to
q CHRISTMAS ball with the very young man
from the East who was boring himself
10 death in Brighton for the HOLIDAYS. and
because she had promised to 20 with him 70
the Brighton club ball on that very Satur.
DAY, she was considered in deadly ner,l NJ
daily betrothal, and was packed off
"nere the sole form Of amusement. as her
aunt $ formal little note had indicated. wa.
coming cat show - >
wish, said Barbara, that something
would happen to me here-now-this min
u'e' nope snail fall desperately in love
oelore leave the detestable little place"
Whereat she followed the porter with the
mere was one other passenger-a girl in
last years mourning And there was ona
expectant Marvel inhabtant at the station
10 say greeting. 1t was old Miss Stanle.
ton. come to meet her niece Barbara who
nad not seen her adopted relatives since
sne was three. regarded the bent. anxious
iorm OF MISS Stapleton as a dreaded GER
talnty. MISS Stapletons had q high cracked
voice. and she looked like a "Reminiscences
OF patriarchal O'Clock teas. in bad nor
spective poi
am looking for my niece" remarked
Miss Stapleton to Barbara; "air you"
Inen Miss Stapieton caught sight of her
real niece In last years muornine and
her question melted from Barbara and was
transferred Miss Merryvale, however did
no' KNOW tnls, and she rushed blindly
oown the~Platform with her trunk check.
ana the unreasoning desire. to get away
from the cracked voice of her relative Al
at once IT occurred to her that she was no
longer child; tina, she would not be
treated as one. and that. she was eo,ng
back to Brighton that night to annouce
her discovery And her aunt back tbere
with the voice and the phantom grammar
could think what she pleased.
Trunk check?" asked the station MON
with the scarlet light.
;Oh, yes, said Miss Merryvale. .if vou
please. And could you tell ME how tn, GOT
to the hotel at Marvel-what one to On
tor" eo
Nobody here to, meet you, Miss" in.
quired the man, with the interest of :.
brother
"'I-didn't expect anyone, went on Miss
Merryvale firmly. :and 4 am taking thss l
next tram back to Brighton. What time |!
does 1t leave?"
Midnight" said the man; '.but the hote,
Is an Almighty way from here. And the |
ous dont come to meet this train. Thev |
ain usually no call at any time O. year"
the man went on in apology. "and tha
driver he figured that tonight evervhod,,
would be gfttin' home to spend SUNDAY and
seein' everybody was home in Marve, On
far's he could find out, he fggered thew
wouldn't be nobody offn tonight as wasn't
met by somebody. So he went out tn hia
wife's fathers. and they ain't no vehicle
here OF any sort. And they won't he at
Now you hold on" he Terminated
His eye had wandered to the
DOCTORS bay blanketed mare
His relation amt come" he concluded
taking swift survey of the deserted sta,
ion. whitening in the years first falling
snow Il don't doubt but what he'd take
lou down to the hotel and welcome"
Who would?" inquired Miss Merryvale
With pardonable interest
you wait till 1 get a-hold of vour
runk,' said the man, moving toward the
ruck where Barbara's little steamer trunk
ay alone. "and he'll take it on back. and
veil have you down to the hotel in no
ime. Just you go down and get in that
here Enggy;" he said.
But began Barbara,
It'll be all right" he assured her
heerily. you get in out of the storm"
So Barbara, with delicious sense of run
Ing away, went down the steep steps to {
be Doctors buggy. 1t was phaeton still I
sed because Of the bare frozen roads; and
D keep out the wind In many a lonely | t
ross country journey. it had top that
xtended almost to the dashboard, and left !,
big, beautiful recess piled with furs !
'ltnln Barbara sank back on the cushions '
18th sigh of content and escape. and
eneral interest in something happening. 4
Who the mysterious driver who wouldn't c
lind was going to be. she had no idea She q
AS going to take the midnight train to
righton ana assert her rights
The three sharp whistles for the east
rossing emitted by the departing train | h
'used DR.. Merryvale from a story of trou- k
les in which his interest was in no wise I
mulated. II it was only a rehearsal of 8
hat the poor old lady had believed to be t
Or malady for 20 years. Dr. Merryvale II
opd up with IN abruptness which made
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