Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-10

//&sSHshS5NA Wnlcn ne nad sat
G3 fire. l had been
studying his face and, being prepared
for his words, I answered that he was
welcome to the best counsel [ could
give, whereupon he thanked me very
earnestly and threw himself back in
his easy-chair.
cts rather curious affair."" he be-
gan diffidently. SIT happened last
night. wanted to go out to Bays
water to see my old nurse, who lives
there. took the trolley car. AS I
dare say, you remember it was nasty
night, wet and foggy, and the car was
soon full; in fact by the time we
reached Westbourne Grove we picked
up our last passenger. She was
young lady"
"And of course you contrived that
she should sit by you," I said.
''You would have done the same
yourself" Debenham,, ,,retorted. "Any
man would, for she had the sweetest
face. It's haunted me all night-it
has, really. 1 dare say she was about
eighteen, or perhaps twenty-not
more. IShe had brown eyes, very
brown eyes-you know, the kind that
seem to speak, almost-and they were
shaded by long lashes. She had
brown hair, too; the kind of hair tht5
twists into a lot of curls-natural curls,
you know. I wonder why all girls
don't wear their hair that way. Then
her mouth-her mouth"
'Never mind her mouth" inter
posed hastily, seeing that he was about
to indulge in an eXtravagant flood of
rhapsody. SIT was an ideal mouth,
haven't doubt, and I'm sure that
her chin was all that chin ought to
be, but these special features, L take
it, have nothing to do with your story"
"Well-er-not exactly, but you'd
understand fellow raving about her
if you'd seen her. OF course / can't
make you understand what she was
like. She was the sort of girl you feel
you can never describe"
Just so; regular unique speci-
men. L know the kind"
Indeed you don't, for there isn't
another girl in the world like her."
"Well, well, then, there isn't" I
returned impatiently. The fact was
Debenham had come to my rooms so
often with the same story that it was
becoming trihe monotonous.
''She sat down next to me-" he went
on. "There wasn't much room, and
she thanked me when [ moved. She
had the sweetest voice"
"Well, there's nothing curious about
that. l believe you said"
I'm coming to it if you'll only give
me time, he returned, in an aggrieved
tone. you've no patience. 1t was
when the conductor came round for
fares. Then she telt for her purse;
she found it was missing. At first she
thought she must have dropped it, and
l searched the floor and under the
seat. However, it wasn't there. Poor
grill I never saw anyone so distressed
i'll my life. 1t seemed she had $25 in
it, ard it was evidently quite fortune
to her. Well, I paid her fare for her
and we got out together"
81 don't think you need tell me any
more" said dryly.
Debenham stared.
"Wby not?"
"Because / know the rest"
GLOW the"
'Yes, l do. You lent her the S25,
of course. My dear fellow, you've been
DONE"
II didn't do anything of the kind!"
Dobenham retorted hotly. "She
wouldn't let me. That's what [ came
to ask your advice about. 1 thought
that as you were lawyer you might
be able to suggest something, but
wish I'd never mentioned it to you"
OF course [ fastened to soothe his
ruffied plumes, and III little while he
went on with his tale. 1t appeared
that he had seen her home, and that
he had learned her name. 1t was
Charnley-Kate Charnley. She was a
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