The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-06-07
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isn't it queer how small the world
is, after ali? said the shorter Of the two
men, as they stcered each other down
the aisle of the smoker, while the cur
seemed TO be doing its best to JOLT them
both over the shoulders of other pas
sengers in the seats. "Ihl always run
ming into somebody have not seen for
long time. Now, who would have
thought of meeting you coming into
this smOker-in this section of the
country ?"
''Yes," said the taller-he with the
new tweed travelling eap-''but then
the world is big enough TO keep old ac-
quaintanees like US apart. Let's sit
down here-apart for years. How
many years is it,"
"Must be good ten," said the first
speaker, dark, wiry man, with small
side wiskers.
'Quite that hadn't heard of you
for quite long while when Scobel
told me about that desperate love affair
of yours that was"
HHa, ha, Yes, that was more than
four years ago Did Seobel ever tell
you the end of that ?'
mo-
Have a cigar?" The small man
wriggled his neck with an air OF COM
plete self-satisfaetion. "Well, l don't
mind telling you, knowing that it
won't go any further"
's0f course, that's understood.
al don't mind telling you that / al
ways thought myself well out of that
affair"
''Yes?"
AYES. You see, she went away from
Galena one summer TO spend some
time at a small watering place where
an aunt of hers was staying. OF course
we kept up correspondenee-very
sweet and ali that, you know-but ali
Of sudden the letters stopped Well,
/ didn't know what to make Of that.
Just as was beginning TO get fidgety
letter came from her, telling me that
she had met with frightful accident,
had slipped from limb Of tree into
creek. 1t so happened that some fell
low was standing near, fishing, and
this man managed to crawl out on the
same limb Of the tree, just as she was
losing her hold. Oh, perhaps Scobei
told you all that?''
mo" said the other man looking at
the ash of his cigar. ''ScObel, didn't
tell me that. was only smiling at
the thought OF how much alike ali of
these romantic reseues are"
"Oh, yes, all alike, you know. And
so far as I can make out, this fellow
didn't do anything particularly brave,
either. Just held his hand out TO her
and pulled her in. Anybody could do
that, you know"
"How did he get herr" the man with
the tweed cap asked.
"Climbed out on the limb, / believe.
Well, then there was some sort of
mystery about the man for some days.
He didn't tell his name and she didn't
find il out until after she got well. But
YOU see, Trappes. did not care to have
my fiance writing to me every day
about some ether fellow didn't
know"
"Of course not, said Trappes.
$50 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 il
out"
"And that put an end to your affair,
did it?"
.sThat? Oh, no. That was only
the beginning Of the end, as it were. "
Here the smaller man- his name was
BradIey-seemed to fail into retro
spectiye reverie, and Trappes respect
ed his feelings 10y smoking snC study
ing his cigar ash in silence.
"You know, Trappes," Bradley al
last resumed, there's no question
about 1t. ElOise-Miss Jennings-was
a very nice girl at that time. But she
was very young
Trappes nodded gravely.
"She must have BEEN" he said, "tc
Judge by what Scobel told me- You
always we're q man Of some taste, Brad
ley"
ayes, that's all right" said Bradley
"Pretty and all that. I wonder il shs
is still as graceful as she was"
| "I should think SO, quite" said
Trannes. "Eh? What did you say