The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-01-28
THE ICONOCLAST.

Ii 1t Is NO atonement for a late arriv-
Eal to go early he remarked, within
his tone hint of the gloom accom-
panying a sentimental misunderstand-
ing. "You were to have come Oh the
HOP. It is now"
"Don't!" she exclaimed, prettily. but
pettishly. II hate to be tried at bar
where justice is overshadowed by the
first witness-a machine made in Walt
ham. Waltham is not a nice suburb
at all, and it is terrible to consider
how much more trust man puts in
his watch than in a woman's word"
He was silent while considering what
might have been said. At the same
time it appeared as il she was right.
HE did make of his watch court CT
appeal-a dernier resorte-as she made
a few tears, shed becomingly.
@The HOP, however, proved quite
impossible" she continued, calmly,
while her parasol proved how near It
could come to the home Of an ant with
out making Of it a ruin.
II don't see why-I was here at the
quarter past"
She regarded him for moment with
the wlde-eyed stare of injured 1nno-
cence. "The HOP was quite impos-
sible." she repeated. Papa was haV-
ing an early luncheon with nah who
came to the house on business con-
nected with the mill and remained on
pleasure connected with pate de foe
gras. And when listened at the door
OF the dining-room they were talking
of James G. Blaine
Ethel" exclaimed the young man,
with visible frown of annoyance,
"you can make a fool of meas by
compelling me to wait from the HOP
until now-but don't add to nv dis
'comfort by making game of me. James
G. Blaine is-'
James G. Blaine is papa's bete
noire. I wouldn't dare to go near him
when he talks on the subject. And
papa has the mileage book
And as she delivered this convincing
statement with a superior smile, and
sent it home accompanied by shaft
from her blue eyes, he meditated more
that might be said. Feeling urged
him to draw the comparison between
the saving of seven and three -fourths
cents and the disappointment of a
waitingslov but finance is delicate
subject where man and maid are con-
cerned, so he held his peace and be-
gan to plan for holding her hand.
4 Somewhat Enthusiastically he remark
ed: well, there was the 12:O3."
"The 1908, yes, but you don't seem
to realize that this is Thursday"
Thursday? Not realize that it is
Thursday, the day of the appointment
to which I have been looking forward
since Sunday! Certainly it is Thurs
day-and I was under the impression
that the 1903 ran every day except
Sunday"
"Of course, stupid! But 1 can never
take the 1908 on Thursdays 1t is the
most impossible train. Bridget takes
it to come in town for her afternoon
out"
He gazed blankly and quite uncon-
vinced at his vis-a-vis until she add
ed, "You don't seem to understand
or you won't-but there are things one
positively cannot do. One may sew
for the girl you see, or read to her
while she irons, or do her work for her,
or even eat with her if she comes from
a very nice intelligence Office, and says
she must be one of the family when
she comes but there is only once when
you may take the train she takes, and
that is when you are bringing her out
Pow, f,,r&
even more impossible than the 11:02"
Her hands were clasped tightly
round the parasol handle, and she had
quite ignored his tentative movements
toward innocent dalliance. He reflect
led that men with dark-laid schemes
most frequently stood in their own
light, boldly possessed himself of her
gray glove and its contents, and said
with increased cheer, 'We1l, the las p"
To his surprise she blushed rosy red,
$50 that he felt as profoundly amazed
as once when in Switzerland he had
gone out of an early morning to find
a favorite meerschaum mislaid the pre-
'vious evening, and had discovered a
rhauntingly beautiful sunrise.
It." she murmured. "You see, there
was such lot of time between the
1903 and the 1:45 that I remembered
what you told me once OF man who
utilized spare moments of the sort
,Elihu Something was his name-and
in the end grew most wonderfully
learned. OF course, acquiring Hebrew,
or even Sanscrit, was nonsense when
] had only from 1903 to 1:45, but /
took the first step and went into the
library" -
That was several steps," he remark
ed mentally, trying not to compare
himself to those who jest at scars and
still have wounds.
How amusing. Did say that? It's
joke, isn't it? And you once told
me women had no sense OF humor. Be
sides, it was several steps, because I
was quite across the hall and in the
draWing-room when the idea first came
to me- .sl.s
well" he went on in an encourag-
5.ffnr manner HS0 xu1i1o no = ,c34fir a