The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-16

travelling man for the Buffalo Flat
Ware company lay back in his seat
and wondered if that train had ever
Carried anyone So happy as himself.
For the twentieth time he took out
the dainty missive of Dora Hide
brand, unfolded the heliotrope sheet
and. read the delicious words: 'Of
course I love you, you great goose.
Why didn't you ask me before left
Buffalo? shall count the minutes
until the 21st." .-.
.3ss.8 But the Flat Ware Man counted the
seconds as the glung-lung-a-lung of
.cac>.wheels told them off and brought
shina~.nearer to Dora. Only a month
since she had gone home, but q busy
month for him, spent largely in
scheming to get the house to send
him to New York. Once there, he
assured himself, he would not be such
q .laggard in asking the father as he
had been in avowing his love for the
daughter. He knew his little book.
TO Mr.: Hlldebrand he would 20 bold
w. and without any beating about,
&say:~ '..-,. 0,i'~5
NJ love Dora"-no, that wouldn't do;
toe, familiar. 'sir, have been for
stQnate; enough to win the love and
esteem of your daughter. I am able
dtaAsnpport her MY sales are grow
ing bigger each year. Will you give
your~consent to our marriage?" That
WAS the business way of performing
the task, and as business man Mr..
Hiidebrand would not fail to appre-
ciatef II. - " ~ 80 = .@s '@ s' - ~ 81
The train began to slow down. A
guard called: "Albany! Albany!"
Two. young men, onesin a brown derby
and the other wearing a very light
fedora, entered and took places in the
seat ahead of Wentworth, ~ -. il -
'Now, I'll show you that picture,
Charley" said the Fedora, as the train
rolled on again. He took out a photo
graph and handed it to the other, who
held it before him in such q position
that the Fiat Ware Man could not
miss seeing it.
by >Jove! A stunner!" exclaimed
the Brown Derby. ''What eyes! Say,
OLD man, you're In luck"
If the Flat Ware Man could not helm
seeing the picture at first, he could
not help bending forward now close
to the others backs and glaring at it
between their Shoulders. /. Well, there
was no getting away from the hor-
rid fact. The face was that of Dora
Hildebrand, and the hat was the same
as one he had seen her wear. He
knew it by . peculiar aigrette. But
what in thunder was this chap doing
with the picture? ! #f ~
ayes, she's 70 mighty pretty girl,
Charley, and as clever and good as
she is pretty. And what's better than
all, she loves me. Think of it. Loves
me, q Hollow Ware drummer. Old
man, I'll bet I'm the happiest sales
man or any other man on this or any
other train,'' IL ,S.s
I The Flat Ware Man dived into his
pocket, brought out Dora's letter and
read it for the twenty-hrst time to
make sure that there was no catch
IN her words. No. There it was III
violet and heliotrope: "Of course /
love you, you great goose" What did
it mean? Ye gods. big and littlel
Was she trifling with him? Then he
called himself a fool and several other
things, lay Dack in his seat again
and tried 10 hugh and reason away
E. the dark misgivings. Astonishing -
y semblance, Of course, but there NJ. Re
v so many girls in the world that zone
smnst lo0k alike. Besides, how co,lld
1t be? She never knew any Hollow
4. Ware man. Still, you couldn't 1 eli.
4 q Ills were nil VI ssa s s5s
wonder M 1T ,is the family 81
i Hn1debrands that my people know Ia
New York?' said the Brown Derby.
The Flat Ware Man stopped arguing
/ with himself and was all attention
for the new evidence. n never knew
& the family myself, but I've heard my
4 mother and saisters speak 81 then.
i think the girls were auite chummy
there once. Seems TO me they lived
II somewhere in Central park vest M ss.ss
That setsa its,' j Is 3 y " y burs,
81 aloud fron Il Wars lan,and1
when the others looked around they
4 NV him fega rlingS. the beil-rops md
I. .humming ii bad Unit ation 81 j pre-
n occupied - hs Brown Derby
81 winked III the Hollow Ware Man. md
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