The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

two men, % tncy SScoi0u o""
down the aisle of the smoker, while the
car seemed to be doing its best to jolt
them both over the shoulders.of other
passengers in the seats. Sim always
running into somebody I haven't seen
for a long time. Now, who would
have thought of meeting you coming
into this smoker-in this section OF
the country?"
eyes," said the taller-he with the
new tweed travelling cap-"but then
the world is big enough to keep old
acquaintances like us apart. Let's
sit down here-apart for years. How
many years is it?'' :,
"Must be good ten, I should say,
said the first speaker, dark, wiry man,
with small side whiskers.
"Quite that hadn't heard of you
for quite long while when Scobel
told me about that desperate love at
fair of yours, and that was"
"Ha, ha! Yes, that was more than
four years ago. Did Scobel ever tell
you the end of that? No? Got a
cigar?" The small man wriggled his
neck with an air of complete self-sat-
isfaction. swell, I don't mind tell
ing you, knowing that it won't go any
further, of course"
"Of course, that's understood.
'T don't mind telling you that I al
ways thought myself well out OF that
lffair-yes. You see, she went away
from Galena one summer to spend
some time at small watering place
where an aunt of hers was staying.
Of course, we kept up correspondence
very sweet and all that. you know
but all of a sudden the letters
stopped. Well, I didn't know what to
make of that. Just as I was beginning
10 get fidgety letter came from her,
telling me that she had met with a
lrightful accident-slipped from q
limb of tree into q creek. 1t &c
happened that some fellow was stand.
ing near, fishing, and this man man.
lged to crawl out on the same limb OF
The tree just as she was losing hel
hold. Oh, perhaps Scobel told yor
Ill that?"
''No," said the other man, looking
1t the ash of his cigar, "Scobel didn'
tell me that. was only smiling al
The thought of how much alike al
these romantic rescues are"
''Oh, yes; all alike, you know
And, so far as I can make out, Thu
fellow didn't do anything PARTICULAR.
brave, either. Just held his hand GU
10 her and pulled her in. Anybod.
could do that, you know"
Elbow did he get to her?" the mai
with the tweed cap asked.
Climbed out on the limb, I be
ieve. Well, then there was SOM
tort of mystery about the man TO
some days. He didn't tell his name
md she didn't find it out until afte
The got quite well. But you see
Trappes, I didn't care to have M
iancee writing to me every day abou
,ome other fellow didn't know.
"Of course not" said Trappes.
$50 very soon took an opportunit
20 request her TOTO just drop this
hero of the limb. Told her didn
want to know his name, even if sh
lid find it out.
"And that put an end to your affair
lid it?"
"That? Oh, mol That was only tn
beginning of the end, as it were."
Here the smaller man-his nam
was Bradley-seemed to fall into a re
Prospective reverie, and Trappes n
,pected his feelings by smoking an
studying his cigar ash in silence.
"You know, Trappes," Bradley I
last resumed. There's no questio
.bout it. Eloise-Miss Jennings
was very nice girl at that time. BIZ
The was very young"
Trappes nodded gravely. IT CUES
The must have been," he said, 81
Judge by what Scobel told me. Yo
always were man of some taste, Bra
ley; always thought So"
eyes; that's all right" said Bra
ley.
"Pretty and all that. I wonder
ihe's still as graceful as she WASP"
~ should think so, quite" 50
rrappes. ''Eh? What did you sa.
Oh, didn't quite catch. This ro'
,eems very badly ballasted."
"But there's one point that I've
rays put my foot down on" Bradl
continued. "I hold that when m
lakes to himself wife it is his to col
nand and hers to obey"
Trappes nodded his assent.
"That was the rock that Eloise q
( split upon. She wrote me rather
huffy letter, telling me she was goi
10 find out this fellows name-tl
limb man, you know for her o.
satisfaction, if not for mine, and ha
him call upon her. Well, that "
loo much"
"was rather sassy" Trappes
marked.
ssOh, yes," said the little man.
simply wouldn't stand it. I said
myself, IF I'm not her master now
never will be when we are man q
vile. 90 l. WIObo ohA AhcASsS>A 49,
lutely ON her not seeing that n
again. You see, felt that l M
rise to meet the crisis or be fore
lallen."
"Quito So" said Trappes. "a
She?"
"Well, you know how women
rrappes. / suppose I'm little he
strong myself, said Bradley, settl
his collar.
"Ye-es," said Trappes, II conf
you did impress me as o little over
clined to have your own way ab
things in general when I first met y
And you were only boy then.
ST can't help it, Trappes. It's
nature, I suppose. Well, let me
you about Eloise-"
''You still call her by her
nane9n