The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
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tickets FOR TWO
BY WILLIAM B. DOUGLAS.

thought had all the money needed TO st
Home = -.
!. Well, fortunately have plenty. said Rod.
$50 let us get the ticket . s.
sOf course he saw that 1t was In the same
car. and it was natural that they should 0c.
cupy the same seat
It was all too soon for Rod when the bertha
had to be made up, but he arranged that they
should have breakfast Together
& Rod says he will never forget that break
fast. He never did know what he ordered,
but he feasted upon q pair Of gray eyes
which took shy glances across the little table
All the time he Trying to summon UP
courage to tell how much he wanted to meet
her again.
Another hour and they would reach their
destination, the pleasant tete-a-tete would be
oyer, and he did not even know her name.
Rod was getting desperate.
By the way, do you expect any one to
meet you at the station. or may r.
30. yes; papa said he would wire SO, you
see,zI won't have to trouble you any more. Z
Trouble! ! know you don't mean that.
1t has been a great pleasure to me. and only
wish could
Don't say anything more. Mr.; Scott: am
write you when he returns
Poor Rod! He wanted to say more, but
politeness prevented him from pressing mat
ter which he felt might embarrass her.
When the train pulled into Chicago and he
saw her affectionately greeted by an elderly
lady, he awakened to the realization that his
pleasant day dream was over.
Rod was assistant freight agent on the B.
and A. road, with headquarters in Chicago,
and on his return home he found the follow
ing letter awaiting him.
Dear Sir: My daughter has given me your
card and asked me ito thank you for your
courtesy to her when she was returning hone
inclose draft for S. which will reimburse
you for the amount you expended on her.
The general freight agent OF the road Mr..
Fletcher. is very old friend Of mine. kindly
remember me to him. and whenever you are
in Chicago l will be glad TO have you call
on me-. Yours truly, John H. Mason.
1t was astonishing how much attention the
Chicago. end OF the B. and "A. road required.
Rod found it necessary to make weekly trips
there, and he never failed to call and inquire
for Mr.. Mason's health and incidentally to
accept the hospitality Of the Mason home
Alice, she OF the gray eyes, always well
coined the. guest with such winning smiles
that he thought he was in Paradise On enc
such evening she was singing an old Scotch
ballad with the refrain, .sLassfe could YOU
lo'e me2 HE stopped over her as she sat
at the4piano, and. looking into the gray eyes
that were turned toward him, he whispered,
Alice, dear, could you 10 q ne?" He read
his answer there and sealed it with kiss.
80.
Six months later carriage was being
driven toward the station. A few stray ker.
nels Of rice still chung to the steps.
The carriage stopped, and the occupants
went hurried1y to the train, which was start
ing for the east
20 Rod, you haven't got the tickets!"
Haven't /, sweetheart? When travel
with eornebody, always make up my mind
that III have to pay for couple, and SO I
get them in adva nee
That's the uaeanest thing you ever said to
me, Rod, twas the Laughing rejoinder. "but
you've got to pay for them now