The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
CHAPTER XII-Continued.

Also, it might have been inquired II this
parade of fashion had. no connection with
the simultaneous action of Ross Schoteld; !;
for Ross was at this hour engaged in decorat-
ing the battered chairs in the Herald editorial
room with blue satin ribbon, the purchase Of
which at the Dry Goods Emporium had been
directed by sudden inspiration of his super
ior of the composing force 1t was Ross in
tenton to garnish each chair with an elabor-
| ately tied bow, but, he was no sailor and
understood only the intricacies OF a hard
knot, he confined himself to that species of
| ornamentation. leaving. however, very long
| ends Of ribbon hanging down after the man
ner Of the pendants of rosettes.
It scarcely needs the stat ement that his
labors we're in honor of the new editor-in-
chief of the Carlow Herald. The advent and
the purposes Of this parsonage were, yet.
known certainly to only those Of the Herald
and to the Brscoes. 1t had been arranged,
however, that Minnie and her father were
not to come to the station. for the journalistic
crisis was immoderately pressing: the Herald
was to appear on the morrow, and the new
editor wished to plunge directly, ana with
out the briefest distraction, into the paper s
difficulties, now accumulated into a veritabe
sea Of troubles. The editor was to be de-
| livered to the Briscoes at eventide and re-
turned by them at dewy morn; and this was
| to be the daily program. 1t had been further
and most earnestly-stipulated that when
| the wounded proprietor Of the ailing journal
should De informed Of the addition to his
| forces. he not 70 know, or to have the
| slenderest hint Of the sex or identity of the
person in charge during his absence. 1t was
inevitable that Plattville (already gaping to
| the uttermost would buzz voluminously over
| it before night, but Judge Briscoe volunteered
| to prevent the buzz from reaching Rouen. He
undertook to interview whatever. citizens
| should visit Harkless, or write to him-when
| his illness permitted visits and letters-and
| forewarn them of the incumbent's desires
To-day, the judge stayed at home with his
| daughter, who trilled about the house foi
| happiness, and, in their place, the Herald
| deputation of two had repaired to the station
to act as a reception committee.
| Far away the whistle OF the express was
heard, muffled to sweetness in the damp, ant
the drivers, whip in hand, came out upon the
platform, and the loafers issued, also, tc
stand under the caves and lean their backs
against the drier boards, preparing to eye
the travellers with languid raillery.
Mr.. Parker, very nervous himself, felt thu
old mans elbow trembling against his owl
as the great engine. reeking in the mist, ant
| sending great clouds Of white vapor up to tht
sky rushed by them and came to a stand
still beyond the platform.
| Fisbee and the foreman made haste to tn
| nearest vestibule, and gazing blankl,
at it's barred approaches when they heart
| a tremulouS laugh Dehlnd them and an ex
| clamation
| upstairs and downstairs and in my lady
chamber! Just behind you, DEAR
Turning quickly, Parker beheld a bushin
and smiling little vision. a vision with light
brown hair, vision enveloped in a light
brown rain cloak and with brown gloves, fror
which the handles OF big brown travein
bag were let fall, as the vision disappeare
under the cotton umbrella, while the smitte
Judd Bennett reeled gaspng against the sta
ton.
Dearest" the girl cried to the old mar
you were looking for me between the dev
and deep seattle parlor car and the smoker
I've given up cigars, and I've begun to stud
economy, SO didn't come either.'
There but this one passenger fc
Plattvile-two enormous thunks thundere
, out of the baggage car onto the truck, and
was the work Of more than minute .fc
Judd to hale them to the top of the omnibu
Che we'll wished to wear them next his hear
hut their dimensions forbade the thought
and Immediately cracked his whip and drov
off furiously through the mud to deposit h
freight at the Briscoes Parker, Mr.. Fisbe
and the new editor-in-chef set forth, directl
after, in one of the waiting cut -unders. tt
, foreman in front with the driver, and holdin
, the big brown bag on his knees in much tt
same manner he would have held an alien, Y,
respected infant.