Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-06-17

4 i1eNuSt anu dDeHu GOuul, IePiiel q
voice of masculine timbre, so deep it
was almost roar.
/ Guy discovered the second speaker
4 Instantly, He was a large man wear
ing black slouch hat and was sitting
on seat that ran along the side of
the car, his eyes close to window
/ and eagerly observing the town.
The other speaker was not SO easily
located, but Guy found her at last.
She was perched on stool up in the
lookout" or cupola, and was also
| studying the main street with eager
gaze.
II was going to catch glimpse Of
the gallant Colonel" continued the
! girl with ripple of laughter. Sub
/ tract him from Concord and the re-
suit is naught."
out looking around "Keever is the
biggest cipher in the whole layout
Everybody will know that one of these
days"
81 can't understand" went on the
girl, why more people haven't come
| down to see that the train arrives and
departs properly"
Pardon me-" put in Guy, whimsic-
! ally, hating below the young lady and
looking up at her, the people here do
not manifest the same interest in q
freight that they do in passenger.
| Besides, there are two men and a dog
behind the depot whom you have over
looked.
The large man at the side Of the car
switched around and fixed his eyes on
the speaker. The girl also turned in
her seat in a startled way and looked
down.
She was very handsome girl, her
fine, clean-cut features possessing the
charm of womanly resolution and
firmness. Symmetry was the keynote
of face and form, and the eyes, the
lips and the square dimpied chin all
! told OF underlying strength. From
| the viewpoint of physiognomist she
| delighted Guy, and it may be that the
JOY of his character study betrayed it.
] self, for the young lady suddenly as.
sumed a naughty air which became
her amazingly. She vouchsafed him
! frigid stare, tossed her head disdain.
| fully. and then.-well Just then the
train gave q terrific jerk in the I'M
| comfortable manner that all Freight
trains have, md the young lady was
| precipitated from her perch fairly and
| squarely into the young mans arms,
Guy was good sailor and able TO keep
his feet in the hardest kind of blow.
/ s1 he remained I,rp{t,ht n,a 80. ~,
to save the young lady from any Ill
effects that might have. accompanied
her fall. Undoubtedly she was CRATE
full, but she did not show It. Her face
was in flame as Guy released her, and
her white teeth closed bitinRly on her
red under lip.
Jupiter, but that was neatly
donei" exclaimed the large man,
heartily. Betty. why don't you
thank him? That drop might have
hurt you, my girl"
Had he not attracted my atten-
ton, aared Miss Betty. 81 would
not have lost my hold. These freight
trains are simply insufferable and
this is the very last time shall ever
ride on one"
ALLOW me-" said Guy.
STOPPING he picked up chain
bracelet which had become nnclasped
from Miss Betty's dainty wrist. She
took it from him. replaced it around
her glove, and then seated herself on
one of the side seats just where tho
last flicker of sunlight touched her
reddish hair into gold. A very pretty
picture she was. TOO. sitting stifay
erect in her injured dignity end Look
ing neither to right nor left. The
large man shifted his twinkltng eyes
from her and gave Guy wink.
whats your line?" he asked.
u don't understand you," returned
Guy.
Drummer, take it?" The large
man sqainted about Guys vicinity as
though searching for sample cases.
Guy was annoyed, especially as
Miss Betty's sense of the ridiculous
prevailed over ell and allowed a smile
to witch at the corners of her
mouth.
You are mistaken, SIR" said Guy.
ST am not drummer"
Been long in Concord?"
| "a few hours only"
THAT was as long as you could
stand it, 1 suppose. Well, 1 don't
blame you. If you want to make q
little money during this boom you've
got to buy lots in live town like
| Harmony. My names Vlandingham,
young man"
Guy had been on the point of say
ing that he already had more lots
than he knew what to do with, but
the large mans announcement of his
name caused him to take another
course. Here undoubtedly was the
very Vlnndingham who had the coun-
ty commissioners under his thumb
and was the ringleader of the con-
spiracy to steal the county seat
away from Concord. Guy became
wary on the instant
MY name is Herbert, Mr.. Wand
inghaul," SAID he, II am going over
to have look at Harmony"
"Mr. Herbert, my daughter, Miss
Elizabeth slandingham"
The easy familiarity of the north
west had long since claimed Wilbur
Vlandingljam for it's own and he
presented the stranger to his daugh-
| ter with cheerful disregard of the
propriebies. But if he forgot himself