Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

The ,,ounq man from Ashtabula watched
the proceeding with curiosity not unrliNeo
with awe.
How could telegram be delivered on
train lust anywhere in the heart OF Ne"
York state? How did the sender kho"
where to address it? And. above all, no"
did the smiling porter know to Wmch one
OF the well-groomed men in the smoker u
was addressed? He watched with amaze
ment and secret envy the nonchaiaht way
in which Jack Carleton, senior member Vi
the brokerage firm of Carleton d STRANGE
tore open the yellow envelope.
But If Carleton received the message Win
Indifference he did not read 1t in the SAME
spirit. The young man from Ashtapuia ~
whom a yellow envelope represented ma.
TORS of life and death, was grained 10 hote
that the keen-faced New Yorker was plain
ly disturbed. ,. f,o,,,
Carleton had expected some message from
tbe firm asking advice as to the disposition
of this or that holding of securities. III
stead, the blank read;
John Carleton. o., near
Rochester. e.,
"Dear Jack: Lucy Danforth will arrive In
town 4:2T Meet her and send her on to US
She is to spend Thanksgiving with US az a .iie
Lodge Anectionately, GhASE
Young Carleton grinned in spite OF ms an
noyance. Six cents extra for words OF SIS
terly affec;ionl How like Grace! anu
equally how like this same loving ~, oa
thoughtless sister was il to ask MIN 70 meet
in the mob at the Grand central aepot
Young woman whom he had not seen lol
four years. Four years may WORK wol W. ,
in a seventeen-year-old girl Whose iih me-
inclined to angularlty ana mex IAN " 49,
burn tints. ,t,,-
Another awkward feature of this sisterly
ARRANGEMENT was the fact thal MS o"i,
train reached New York at l:ao, ana ne iiau'
f,rp
Could he return TO the depot IN tlihe "
meet Miss Danforth. and with her take ,ile
next train bound for the Adlrondaeks,
whittier his impulsiVe SISTER hau ueNiueu 49, ~
give Thanksgiving HouSe pa - o "
hunting lodge? xo,, "a
studying il earnestly. Miss Danforth nNea
in the southern-central part OF the state
She nnst arrive at Bradford Junction in
time to take the New York central Train
twenty minutes after his was due at hTau,
ford But at the same time ms tram hau
been an hour and forty minutes late leaV-
INC Buffalo. and they were steadily losing
time The Thanksgiving traffic had added
two day coaches and sleeper to the usual
equipment.
telegram and tossed it into a corner. To
add to his mental disgust there was phys
ical discomfort at hand. A cold snap had
set in, and the car was actually chilly
Another hour was lost before Bradford
j tNtSiA
glanced carelessly through the window
upon which the wind was beating merci-
less tattoo Then he sprang up with q
sharp exclamation. Surely that was Lucy
Danforth, sturdily marching up and down
the station platform. Jacks memory for
faces was common talk on the street, and
he did not fail to recognize in this radiant
young woman with rudy chestnut hair,
blown back from a clear ivory skin, the i'm
mature beauty of his sisters school days
As he sprang from the sleeper and fol-
lowed the 1.-the, athletic figure up the plat
form he formed quick resolution. The
engagement at his office might go by the
boards He would hold Miss Danforth at
Bradford until the accommodation train
came In, which would take them over to
Centerville, where they could board a
through train for the Adirondacks. and
thus avoid the long. roundabout trip into
New York. For just an instant he hesi-
tated between plunging back upon the train
and gatheslng up his belongings or hurry
ing after Miss Danforth and trusting to
time to secure his property, now piled up