The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-15
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CHATTER XIV.

Il CHATTER XIV.
7uF next morning Alan found
Il Rayburn Miller standing in
the door Of his little Office
RG-I bulGing waiting for him.
d - reckon my message surprised
.,~ vler said tentatively as he
shook hands
d ~.n. ne off ny feet" smiled Alan
ay.~ SIT. never hoped to get YOU in
..r.,t.I . that scheme. and when l
..~I YOU were actually going to At
aa. about j; l hardly knew what to
u 1aaeuM
Miller turned into his office, kicked
cs.r toward Alan and dropped into
his rra..uc rocker
1T w., aot due to you that l did get
interested" ur said. DO you know, l
can't think Of il without getting hot all
oyrrw,A shame. To tell you the truth,
there is one tllug | have always been
vain about. / didn't honestly think
there was man in Georgia that could
give he any tips about investments,
Int Lad to take bacl.water, and for a
womaM Think OF that-a woman
Knocked he off my perch as clean and
easy as She could stick a hairpin in a
M. OF hair. I'm not unfair When
anybody teaches me any tricks, l &C
5..a. d4- III. corn and take off my
a-- 1t was this way. | dropped in
Z, see Miss Dolly The other evening. l
accidentally disclosed two things in
al o-4aud sort Of way. l told her
~4n IF the y.nWs I gave you at the
dance in regard 10 marriage and love
and one thing and another, and then,
- touniMentln- YOU most highly i'll
other things, / confess l sort of polled
tM at Your railroad idea"
81 thought You had" said Alan good
@,uraly. "But 20 on."
"".L she first read me a lecture
about had empty, shallow men, whose
Very souls Were damned by their past
careers, Interfering with the pure i'm
pulses OF younger men, and III swear
felt like crawling in a hole and pull
Jig tile hole tu after me-. Well, | got
t-ioa-a that III q fashion because she
~.1l want me t. see her real heart,
anu TINT helped me. Then she took up
.~' railroad scheme. You know | had
"."i" That She advised her father in
ID. IFS business matters; but, geewhil-
hills / never dreamed she could give
-' points. but she did-she simply did.
she looked lie straight in the eve and
So''@ Ill me like a national bank ex-
s-''-ei us 81" asked me to explain why
'"@, particular road could not be built
'''- way X would not be a bonanza for
,~7 owners Of the timber land. l
'-2--.., She was an easy fish at first,
l gave her plenty of line, but she
~ I'Iaerlg nae with unanswerable
questions till lay down on the bank
weak us ID rug. The first bliff she
:, -.1 Was III wanting to know if
=, were hot many branch roads that
~ ~ ~ol own their rolling stock. She
- '"1 hLeW one in the iron belt In
,, anna that Didn't own a car or an
So. anu wouldn't have them as
t SILT She said if such a road were
~, 49,. - You plan these two main lines
o., SIMPLY fau over each other to
w.. V-- ears II be loaded for ship
+ W., al Competitive rates. By George.
T,- vas e.gEer, l found out the next
ar.., .'-' SIZE was right, and that doing
9, @',4 tie rolling stock, shops and
r,~. Nj would cut down the cost of
~, 'o4l More than half"
oo- 1-@y fact" exclaimed Alan,
.s. ~"L not thought of it,
'r,o.. stronger woman than ever
if sG 1 said Miller. by George,
mor S,g We're not on your string. Ia
tho. dead set for her. 4 wife like
So. "'-.H make a man complete.
is -, - love with you, or thinks she
e,o-. sue hasn't that will-o-the-w isp
70 t -o~f. She's business from her toes
o@'ser tips. By George, l be-
49,. -. makes a business of her love
II N~e seems to think she'll settle
lgs| " sum in algebra. But to get
H. N a.. 10 The railroad, for I've got lots
.or, ~. You. What do you reckon
+1 ''- ''L"5 day? You couldn't guess in
7s--. '''''.4 Years. 1t was a prelimi-
-.~,, survey of a railroad once planned
far.. farley right through your IA
+ 49, purchase to Morganton, n. c.
~ vas made Just before the war by
~ Colonel Wade. who. in his dav was