The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-18
THE TIE-uP.


this with the fact that she had $4,000 II
her own right 70 do with as she pleased
made her magnet with more than or6i
nary drawing power. Billy OrGway ans
Tom Jenkins both clerks in the sam,
bank, had come within the circle Of
James influence. and they were draw
Ike the rest.
Now. while Jane Hawkins had a mind
she didn't know it half the time. She
had settled IL in this mind of hers, how
ever, that she liked Billy Ordway anC
Tom jenkins equally well and she felt
more than half-assured within herself
that she would marry the first Of the
twain who should offer himself.
! Now If the Two bank clerks had known
this mental condition Of Miss Hawkins
! each would have broken his neck in tbs
| effort to get TO her side and on his knees
first. They didn't know it. however
( Jane had more of the arctic about he:
than of the tropics. She couldn't have
been less demonstrative if she had been
! bern on Beacon Billy Ordway and
Tom Jenkins were afraid to pop the
| question, and that's the long and short
oc it.
One nightthe two bank clerks met each
other when calling on the Lake View
heiress II was an early winter night one
year ago. When TWO rivals for the hand
/ o. 4 young woman are calling on her
there is either the liveliest kind of a time
I or else there is nothing doing. This last
/ was the case that night.
/ Billy Ordway said something about the
age Of Bessie Barnet. friend of Jane.
She's 25. said Miss Hawkins rather
| sharply though she says she's only q.
/ BY the way, my birthday is tomorrow,
/ but m not going 10 tell you how old
shall be"
Il hope you will have lots of presents"
4 ~
capacity to say anything brighter.
oh. In, of a peculiar disposition" said
Jane; I'd rather give away something
or my birthday than receive anything.
and the young woman cast look that
! had some meaning in it on both young
men.
The next day, while they bent over
their books in the big bank, both Billy
( Ordway and Tom Jenkins kept up great
thinking. They were turning over in their
minds the last remark of Jane Hawkins,
and each said TO himself Tonight the
close of her birthday is the time 10 pop
the question:. and each added mentally,
Il don't believe the other fellow Will go
two nights in succession; it's my chance.
sure enough
After banking hours Billy Ordway
struck out for his room. There he dress
ed himself until ne looked as neat as did
one of the figures which he jotted down
every day in the books of the bank.
Tom Jenkins likewise struck out for his
room and made painstaking toilet. Then
both young fellows dined and waited i'm
patiently for the hour TO come when they
could with propriety start out to make the
evening call upon which so much de-
pended Tom Jenkins turned the cor
ner Of Randolph and Dearborn streets
Just in time to see Billy Ordway with
flower in his buttonhole board a surface
car bound for Lake View. jenkins, uu-
seen himself had time TO note the eX-
IRENE care with which Billy Ordway had
attired himself from his patent leather
shoes TO his silk hat. Great Scott.
said Tom to himself hes bound on the
same errand I am; ] must get ahead of
him. The elevated win peat that car to
Bellewood avenue by ten minutes And
Tom bolted through Randolph street and
up the steps of the elevated like the old
time bolt from the cross bow. He caught
g train just as it was pulling out OF the
station and sank into seat, congratulate
ing himself on his luck.
Now for Billy away. The car in
which he sat reached a point midway in
the tunnel under the river There the
cable tied itself up in hard knots and the
car came to a staudstiil Wen be all
right in a few minutes said the con-
dCctor reassuringly, and so Billy and the
rest Of the passengers kept their seats.
Half an hour passed. and there was no
sign of an untying of the knot in the
cable Bnly's Impotence could stand It
no longer He swung off the car, crowd
cd himself through the narrow passage
between the train and the wall Of the
tunnel walked back to the street jumped
into a cab and tore no1tnward
Billy Ordway reached Jane Hawkins
house and was ushered into the parlor.
Tom and Jane were there, standing nand
in hand under the soft light and facing
the door as he entered. He took it all in
at a glance, and his heart went down
into his boots. but he put a brave face on
the matter and said; Il see that con-
gratulations are in order
They are" said Jane. speaking for
both
Billy Ordway did not stand of the order
of his going. Somehow or other when he
began TO think e matter over seriously
he didn't feel half as bad as he thought
he should Can't be very much stuff in
a girl" he unused. who'll throw out
such an obvious hint to two fellows at the
ne time that if either proposes he can
tie up. She has pot OF money though,
and that's something" and then as he
thought of the cash a brilliant idea en-
tered into Billy Ordway's brain
Tom Jenkins and Jane Hawkins were
y
ulated bride and groom with equal grace
II not with equal sincerity
4 year passed away. Tom jenkins had
given UP his place in the bank and had
taken up a small business in which he hac
been installed by Jane. People said that
Tom jenkins was changed. Tom looked
thin and sat on. He was. Curiously
enough. the gossips who said Jane Haw-
kIns was a bit Of a shrew spoke the
truth No matter to whom Tom spoke.
his tone was always semi-apologetic. so
short time does il take for a woman
with a mind and a tongue TO make her
husband know his place. Tom knew his
place and kept il. Il was way back
and Jane was as far 10 the front as she
could get without stumbling over the foot
lights.
one night Billy Ordway and Tom Jen- /
kins met on cable car Billy pulled (
newspaper from his pocket and handed Ii I
40 Tom. This paragraph was marked:
In the superior civil court yesterday +
Jury gave William Ordway. bank clerk. !
So eo0 damages IN . suit against The 4
Confederate Traction company for a tie !
uu one year ago IN the companys cable. /
The tie-up was caused BY a careless grip I
man. and the ensuing delay Of haf an .
hour lost Mr.. Ordway a fortune CT $50. 4
Coz The Jury vas sympathetic and DID 1
what II could under the law.
Tom jenkins looked az the newspaper +
naragrarh ard his eyes swan. Billy.
ne said brokeniy. 4 congratulate you.
We'll Tom said Billy. "ynu beat M 4
eat that night by taxing the elevated
Tom lifted his p.ncned face. Yes.
Pilly. h said. the elevated got me there
arst. hut ! ought TO bring slit against
that company for s. noa.er3. Edward 2
Clark.
4 CHEEKY Pair.
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