The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-01-08
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FULFILLED.
ELLEN BEALE.
Observation-Disclosures
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
= ' student, Bessie Thought.

J
She was SO surprised that she gave
: a perceptible start whe he sat down
= opposite her. opened his valise, and
taking out magazine, began idly
turning the leaves.
l Half unconsciouSly she studied his
+ features. Suddenly she became aware
{ that the eyes were regarding her in
5 tently, with a somewhat peculiar ex-
o preston. She crimsoned violently,
y and to cover her embarrassment. hur-
: riedly caught up n novel she had dis.
II carded short time before As she
t did so the train lurched suddenly and
d the book fell from her hand TO the
floor She stopped quickly and her
l. head came in sharp contact with the
d head of the young man, who had also
stopped to recover the volume.
( Bessie exclaimed OH and the
|, young mans BEG pardonw sounded
t explosive to mean something else.
Both looked uneasily at the passen-
gers in the opposite berth, who had
l seen and heard the collision, and the
+ look of polite amusement on their faces
g caused the young people TO glance
I quickly nj each other, when with one
|
laugh,
/ The acquaintance thus begun pro
Q crossed rapidly, and by the middle of
e the afternoon the two were chatting
e like old friends.
t Bessie learned that the young man
n was Frank Preston, who owned n
y stock farm near Denver, but spent
t only part of each year on the ranch.
T the rest Of the time being devoted to
+ travel.
$ The time passed all to swiftly. Bes-
II sic declared mentally that she had
n never spent two happier days in her
G life
+ What a pleasant young man Frank
0 was! He was so different from Harry.
or course Harry was jolly, and the
o life of every gathering in POtosi, but
q he was not like this man, who had
Z been everywhere, it seemed. and who
knew so much of the world.
e Then, too, he was not at all back
i ward in showing his admiration for
d the girls beauty. ana she thrilled with
= pleasure at this new experience, as she
l. was unaccustomcd to such open adj
e miratiOn as shOnc from the young
V mans eyes.
His eyes were lighter than Uarry's:
/ she hardly knew what color to call
4 them; while IIaiTy's were the deepest
S blue, fearless and steady, the strang-
Il cr's often shifted uncasily.
e As the time drew near for Frank
Q Preston to leave the train at Arco. the
Il station nearest his ranch. Bessie was
G conscious of peculiar sinking of her
G heart. In trying to analyze the scnsa-
G tion she blushingly wondered If It
!, could he caused by love She was not
Il certain, but at least she had not cx-
T. pcrienccd anything like it at leaving
g Harry. a momentary silence which
s mad settled upon the new friends was
o rudely broken by the conductor.
= "Areo! Arco station! All out FOR
/, Arco"
a In saying goodbye n moment later
Frank held Bessie's hand clasped
d tightly in his and when ne asked per
mission to call upon her in Denver.
II she gladly gave it,
p lie came even sooner than she had
hoped. In fact. he came many times
d during the next few weeks. and two
p months glided swiftly on in constant
u round Of pleasure the young people.
with Bessie's aunt and uncle taking
] many delightful trips TO Manitou.
i Colorado Springs, Pixies Peak. and
j other places OF interest i'm the vicinity.
g INTO the midst of this enjoyment
there came one day telegram chilling
& Bessie to the bedside of her mother.
u who had become suddenly very nm. so
d all else was forgotten as hasty prep
g arations were made for the departure
l. Of Bessie and her aunt that same even.
r ing.
it was not until the very moment of
q boarding the train that Bessie thought
j. of sending telegram to- Frank Pres.
s ton TO meet them at Arco station 10 say
goodbye, but it was then too late TO
u do so. Sleep that night was impossi-
e. bic. She was continually thinking Of
q how happy she was ON her other trim
= over that same road. what ioliv
% time they had after their acquaintance
s. began head first Frank had said
o and she smiled at tho recollection.
l. Suddenly there seemed to be a com.
motion i'm the car. For am instant the
q girl lay still wondering what those
q rude voices meant She was brought
% to an uncomfortable realization OF the
e cause of the disturbance when some
ono exclaimed iu no gentle tone.
q eyes. dig up your money md watch
70 and get q move ON you, too"
@ TN car was i'm the hands OF train
rObborsi
Bessie was almost peirlGcd with
fear, but she put ont her hand to
arouse her aunt just as some ono said.
none Of that Kindly hand 30 ain
over"
The voice sounded strangely familiar.
where had she heard itl She had no
time TO determine. for 1T that instant
the curtain was pulled roughly back.
and q lantern 0eld by Ne conductor,