The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
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SHE CHANGED
Her MIND.

]
last year. and ] was starting iubilantly
off for n months holiday at Scarborough
| Knowing my luxurious habits as you do
my friends, you will not be surprised to
hear that when ] reached Kings Cross
selected n corner seat of first class
smoker aud provided myself with plenty
of cigars and magazines To complete
my anticipation of n pleasant Journey,
/ just MS ! had settled myself comfortably
and the guard gavc his whistle, the door
opened and 4 pretty. excited young lady
came bustling in. She seemed very re.
liovod at having caught the train and sat
| down in n state of brcathless and smiling
exhaustion.
81 looked over Mt her from my corner;
| so did a loudly dressed, bounderish look
| ing young man from his, for she was an
extremely pretty girl with brown, curly
| hair small features and the daintiest lit
| tie figure in the world. frowned at the
loudly dressed young man, and he frown-
| ed Mt mo, and just then the girl looked up
md caught my glance of admiration.
| She stffcned. and then her eyes fell upon
my cigar, which had left smolderng in
my hand and look OF severe displeas-
ure came into her face.
Are you aware, sir she said austere.
/ ly, that this is not a smoking carriagep
Isn't itT | answered, looking up at
the window. why, goodness me, they
must have forgotten to take the label
| downr
"The girl followed my glance, and at
the sight of the partially obliterated let
ters, half concealed by the blind, her face
crimsonod with modification, and, biting
her lip, she took up a paper hurriedly to
hide hcr confusion.
al have made the very same mistake,
my dear said n kindly matron on her
right. 1T doesn't matter much; a little
smoke won't hurt us, will itp
NO; ! must change at the next sta
ton she returned sweetly.
Excuse me- broke in, but this is
an express train
DO you mean to say it doesn't stop
at Peterborough
1T doesn't stop at ALL said, until
we get to York
"I'm so sorry I murmured. turning
TO the girl Can I assist you in any
way? II it is q case of necessity, you
know, we can communicate with the
| guard
"'Oh, no-that is, mean don't think
| it would be considered So, she stammor-
ed, her face suddenly sutused with
bushes. You see, was going TO Il we'd
ding
"The elderly matlon smiled had all
l could do to repress my amusement,
while the loudly dressed young man in
the corner snickercd audiby.
"'Oh. well, ! shouldn't let that worry
me, IL were you, ] said soothingly. It's
very disappointing, but they will be able
to fix it up all right without you
'The bushes decpened, and the girl
hung her head
"Im afraid they--I mean p
"She broke off in confusion. and the
old lady bent toward her.
"I quite understand, my DEAR she
said 1T wouldn't be wedding without
the bride. I'm very very sorry for you,
but you mustn't fret. II can't be helped
now, and you must send n wire directly
we get to York
"This seemed 70 raise the girls spirits,
and she began to laugh, little hystcr-
ically perhaps at first. Then she thanked
me very prettily for doing nothing and
begged me to smoke and declared she
really didn't mind the smell at all, but
rather liked it. When the train rushed
through Peterborough she laughed more
merrily still, and was so charming and
unaffected that long before we reached
York we were chatting together like old
friends. We found out then that we had
mutual acquaintances, that our respec-
tive homes were situated but few miles
| from each other and many other inter-
esting facts.
"When the train drew up, I proposed
TO assist her in finding ont the telegraph
| office, and thither, therefore, we went
"T don't think I'll send II wire, after
all, she said hesitatingly as we found
the place.
"'Why not" l said in some surprise.
"'Because- because / think I'll go
straight home
"'But think of the anxiety of the poor
chap | said feelingy. why, he may
be thinking all kinds of dreadful things
have happened to YOU
'Shc stood rrcsolute for moment;
then she picked up form and wrote,
and, for the life Of me, l could not resist
looking over All that she said was:
"T have changed my mind-phyllis.'
"'Of all the cool check, that Is the cool
estr thought.
"But | stepped back and pretended TO
be much interested in the company's time
table.
"'Now, we must find out the next train
/
'and then we will have some tea. You
must want some badly
but your train-you will surely lose
| it, she murmured.
York is my destinations, said I'M
! truthfully
"After that found out there was no
| train for an hour, and we took our way
! 20 the tearoom, where my pretty compan-
ion made me her willing and sympathetic
confident. She was unhappy very un-
happy, at home, and in an i'll guarded
moment had agreed TO a runaway match
without the knowledge of her parents.
Now she was thankful very thankful,
that she had been prevented. II seemed
like fate. That was the summary Of
her remarks.
"Thcre, now, you fellows" broke off
the narrator abruptly 81 needn't tell
you much more only that we exchanged
cards, agreed to see one another in Lon
don and that we parted very cheerfully
at York"
"And did you fulfil those promisesY
said one of the listeners with interest.
ooh, yes. We have seen some little OF
each other since then"
"And her nameY
"Will soon he Julian" said the young
man promptly.-Penny Pictorial Maya
zine,
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