The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-07
HIS MFE's COUSIN

An0 Warrington MAJ no+,.
after he settled himself in his hef shorty
tram at Charlotte. bound for W seat In u.
She had the chair immea,, "ashnstoa
= n q q the Washington man m t'eas
ne mad studied the back of her h ND att,
wolfe he reached the conc,usjoa aesd toss
BACK hair was o< an uncons" mat hs
chestnut tint. nnoaly Fin,
Presently abe tried to r.,
Mt her side, the oar being the window
fosx tuck. OF course. n eaual1v The VIII.
.tn. s.on man was glsd ~ soua.
little ..pray aIna. him to exss,.st Il
Then he observed thai hu'
exceptionally fine when sha teeth wen
her eyes were Of a ha,ntin. smiled, thst
not without a twinkle In Drown taas
ner compilation was q welI-nip, and that
olive. Bor the rest he concinaassa pertes
was from twanty-six to twentssu mat sa
and 1t was plain that sha ~ nlne, say
quite alona. was ~trayeuns,
THAT does MOI make ~
does itf" be asked her solici,e,t on You
opening the window for her ty, ate,
BY no mesnR," abe ran,,os
partly wheeling her chair IN h,. aniabk
Unless It makes too m,,ch ~ Direction
you?" b added, inqusrinrlu orsezs fs
she went on, II am almost Myse!tL'
crank" Z Nesh ali
.Bettec to err In thst respect .,,-
other way, he said, WITH a pr ruaa shs
tetlpt AZ pun-and SO they rot .s ~ At.
verslng He told her that he 1ss ~ con.
A.iu one woman who was fond Of e r'a %
W ull-moss women, in his on pIas
were 100 partial TO stuffness, HsuNa
And SO. before the train wa
than ten miles away from rh n.uen nors
had her chair wheeled all the ~an she
and they were on very aeroa around
chatty terms. When first cali ~ and
was passed he very politely u1nlst
would xhe honor him by taking dInu is'
hs and, with er,cioSS 10
equaning his grandiloquence sho Nsaes'
sented to do so. 'e co.,
eueas maybe I'm an old chestn,,.
Whatsoever m a shelyed nronostaulan ana
general. II I am forty" he sa,d ~ 10
SELF. With q snort of mental nrs., ~ an'
ne led the way to the dining cor u
ne added, with q sort Of eulp. "Fort .uea
and rcsssiei 1~s-
" was very pleasant dinner 15,h ~.
.rain bounding past the restful. s,a.. N.Y.
iooktng little southern towns and ths s y
swept and fields. He suggested tss,
pernaps n would like-er-just a MN.
psnS oL the sparkhng-er-that Is to saw
II she felt that-er- say
"Oh. no." she interrupted with be, =.
ming smile that showed her nerfact v. wins
never take anything, you know a1
cept at home. and very rarely then"
The Washington man said to hrr...
that he rather admired a woman NJ.
didn't drink. "u'
women who invariably jump at IN,
chance to fmbibe champagna ara ratb0,
bore, I think" Is the way he framed n.
thought to himself. ~
A portly man and his portlier yifa and
four fat children entered the dining car
7 adore children she said to IN,
Warrington man. DO your"
Crazy over en-" he replied.
You + married." she asked him. with
a delicious uplifting of the brows,
Now. now-ba nice, be nics!" he 70.
piled, shaking an arch and warnihgtll
forefinger at her-and the subject vu
changed Oh, It takes h man Of forty
and m~arried-to put up the genuine Ar.
ticle In the way of archress!
When 1T came to paying for the dinner
sine politely but firmly insisted upon pay.
ing for her own, whereupon the man from
Washington tried. to look abused.
The remainder OF the ride was Just a
delightful az the beginning had been tf
the Washington man.
1t was just the beginning Of twilight
when the train pulled into the station ID
Washington. He bundled her traps to.
sether for her and carried them to the cal
stand outside the ladies' waiting room
"Well?" he a to her admiring the way
her brown travelling veil blew around hi
winsome face.
Well. George, you know where you live
don't your" she said to him, Laughing out
right.
"Georgey" he exclaimed. stunned and
hoarse.
George she repeated, with a rip
ping conffrmatory laugh. "Cousin-inlaa
George. Please don't look so ahswdB
surprised, or I shall become hysterical"
and h went into another peal Of musical
laughter. you know, I have at least :
dozen photographs of you and Gertrude"
He had to swallow quite a number o.
times before he was able to r ;urmul, ID
n weak. faced sort Of tone:
Then you are my wife's Chattanoosa
cousin, Helen-and I didn't know #, Mls
Sy-koot-and you knew I was Gertrudei
husband all the ti1ne-and you are on q
visit to us-how dc do, how de DO"
He looked very foolish, indeed. Old ta
Washington man.
On the way to his home in the hanson
he Cleared his throat a number OF times
and then he said to her:
"Er-by the way, Cousin Helen, II l Wet
you I wouldn't say anything to Gertraat
about-r-you know-my not recognizins
-er-say, Q played it low down on ms
you knos-I wish we had as many photo
graphs of you as you have of US ano ~
never observation-disclosures no need q
Gertrude Being told of ho~w-y'understana
don't your" n he grhaned foollsAV
again.
why, certainly I understand, COUSIN
Georse." she treasured him. but she Wem
into another peal of laughter that "@
mighty unconvincing. m.
This happened several days ago. Nv ~.
Washington man is now wondering El r
the occasion is of the half-amused' nA.
.Sproachful glances which he soinetlm y.
finds his wife bestowing upon MIN Nv u
the arrival on the same train with lim :"
his wife'S Cousin Helen. II