The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-23

II WIS 10 o'clock in the morning When
Ar Henry Wentworth alighted from
+ha train at Malvern station. He be-
nold q dreary prospect, for, aside from
+be station, water tank and section
house there was no building in sight.
rrns nrairie was open in every direction
With no sign of a road and only an
,.casional small cloud of smoke that
,,5icated the location of some settlers
,abin in the distance. The station mas
..r looked at him in some surprise, for
,ossengers seldom stopped at Malvern.
Finally Mr.. Wentworth, turning to him
said:
..HoW can l get to Greenwood?'
The agent rubbed his face reflective
" 81 don't know, I'm sure" he re-
,,liad "unless-but wait moment
and he disappeared around the corner
of the station. He returned almost in
stantly, saying: Il guess Miss Wal
lace will take you over"
Miss Wallace?" said the stranger,
inquiringly.
,yes YOU see," said the agent, "since
the building of the Forest branch peo-
nile seldom stop off here, and what
town we had moved down to the june
linn twenty miles west. You should
have gone on there and taken the
branch, which would have taken you to
Greenwood by noon. No one lives here
now but the railroad men, and. there is
no one to take~you over. Miss Wal
lace brought her brother over to take
the Denver train this morning, and
she is now at the section house water
4 ing her horse.
win you call her, please?"
The agent stared. Hadn't we better
% see her-she might not come If we
called her
Mr. Wentworth, slightly surprised,
said. Very WELL" and followed the
agent around the station to the section
house.
He saw a pretty young lady, trinity
clad in a neat costume and wearing a
q very broad straw hat. She was watch
ing a horse refresh himself from pail
of water which stood on the ground
before him.
Miss Wallace" said the agent, this
gentleman wants to go to iGreenwo
Can you take him oVer?"
The young woman gave the stranger
8 a quick look and replied, carelessly: Il
suppose so, if he is ready to start at
a once
I am quite ready" replied Mr..
Wentworth.
81 ANY baggage?" she asked.
"A small box and a valise."
"All right, I'll drive around to the
platform for them and you" and she
e,
the horse.
In a few moments the man found
himself seated by her side in a light
/ wagon, while they drove at a fair pace
southwark
Mr. Wentworth was a bachelor of
i forty five. WHOSE life had been spent
4 in his law Office in Chicago. He had
1 put off marriage till he should become
4 rich, but by that time his habits had
become so fixed that he did not care
TO change them. Besides he had been
so pursued by mothers with eligible
n daughters, and in no little degree by
81 the daughters themselves, that he had
a grown to regard all women as husband
hunters and had gradually settled into
the habit of avoiding all that were
q manageable. He was good tempered
liberal and companionable, but, like
Il most men in his situation, was selfish
and slightly egotistical. He was well
n preserved and regarded himself as still
a young man, whom any woman would
be delighted to honor or be honored as
the case might be.
Miss Wallace handled her horse care
leSsly but confidently, and this Mr..
Wentworth noticed. She said nothing,
but drove along as though she were
alone
fg &c 70 4 yrN5
Mr., Wentworth, after silence of ten
/ minutes.
Nine miles--a little over an hours
dilye, she replied.
Do you make this trip often?"
NO, not now"
What is the population of Green
wood?"
Three thousand
indeed. / had not thought it so
large"
You have not seen the last census
perhaps, she remarked dryly.
he looked puzzled. but said nothing
here was evidently woman who did
not regard him In the light of a pros
pectiye husband.
suddenly she pulled up the horse
Sharply, and, handing him the lines,
spfang to the ground, whip in hand
MI Wentworth was surprised to see
ner striking the grass vigorously until
he saw the particularly object of her
attack-a large rattlesnake. The blows
VI the whip soon destroyed the reptile,
ana she stepped into the wagon, ex-
Holtlng in triumph the string of rattles
winch proclaimed it's age and size.
NOW Mr.. Wentworth feared and dis
liked snakes and he looked with some
rear and admiration on the young wo-
man who had attacked and killed one
Vi the poisonous species.