Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-14


eye in the manner that is always self
Gus bound with the rca lization that she
had deigncd TO honor him by recogni-
ton, IL only to call attention 70 him
because he possessed a certain coin.
Once the old gentleman asked him
the time of day and set his watch ac-
,ording to the reply. In Ohio the man.
servant scowled at him because he in
voluntarily stared after his mistress as
she paced the platform while the train
waited at station. Again, in Ohio,
they met in the vestbulc, and he was
compelled to step aside to allow her TO
pass. He did not feel particularly jul
blant over this meeting. She did not
even glance at him.
Lorry realized that his opportunities
were fast disappearing and that he did
not seem to be any nearer meeting her
than when they started. lie had hoped
20 get Uncle Caspar into a convcrsa-
ton and then use him, but Uncle Cas-
par was as distant as an iceberg. "If
there should be wreck" Grenfall
caught himself thinking. "thcn my
chance would come. but I don't see
how Providence is going to help me in
any other way"
Near the close of the day, after they
left Cincinnati the train began to wind
through the foothills of the Ale
ghanies. Beliairc, Grafton and other
towns were left behind, and they were
soon whiring up the steep mountain,
higher and higher, through tunnel aft
or tunnel, nearer and nearer to Wash
ington every minute. AS they were
pulling out of a little mining town
built on the mountain side sudden
jar stopped the train. There was some
little excitement and scramble for
information. Some part Of the engine
was disabled, and it would be nccCs-
sary TO replace it before the run"
could proceed.
Lorry strolled up the crowd of pas.
sengers who We're watching the cnei-
necr and fireman at work. \ clear,
musical voice, almost in his ear. star
tied him, for he knew to whom it be-
longed. She addressed the conductor,
who, impatient and annoyed, stood inn
medately behind him.
'IIow long are we to be delaycdt"
she asked. Just two minutes before
this same conductor had responded
most ungraciously to a simple question
Lorry had asked and had gone so far
as to instruct another inquiSitiVc trav-
clcr TO go TO Il warmer climate because
lie persisted in asking for Information
which could not he given except by a
clairvoyant But now he answered in
most alTahle tones:
well be here for thirty minutes at
least, miss perhaps longer"
She walked away after thanking
him, and Grenfall looked at his watch.
Off the main street of the town ran
little lanes leading TO the mines be-
! low. They all ended at the edge of IA
/ steep declivity. There was II drop OF
almost 400 feet straight into the valley
! below. Along the sides of this valley
were the entrances to the mines. Above,
on the ledge, was the machinery for
lifting the ore to the high ground on
which stood the town and railroad
yards.
| Down one of these streets walked the
young lady, curiously interested in all
about her. She seemed 9ad to escape
from the train and its people, and she
hurried along. the fresh spring wind
blowing her hair from beneath her cap,
the ends Of her long coat tluttcring.
l.orry stood on the platform watch
/ i,,., hon. h. 4
followed. lie bad Il vague feeling that
she ought not to he alone with all the
Workmcn. She started to come back
before he reached her, however. and he
turned again toward the station. Then
he heard sudden whistle. and min.
ute later from the end of the street he
saw the train pulling out Lorry had
rather distinguished himself in college
as runner. and instinctivcly he dash.
ed up the street. reaching the tracks
just in time to catch the railing of the
last coach. But there he stopped and
stood with thumping heart while the
coaches slid smoothly up the track
leaving him behind He remembered
he was not the only one left, and he
banted and smiled. 1t occurred to him
when it was too late that he might
have got on the train and pulled the
rope or called the conductor. but that
WAS out of the question now. After
all, ii might not be such II merry game
to stay in that filthy little town. II did
not follow that she would prove friend
ly.
a few moments later she appeared,
wholly unconscious of what had hap
pcnod. A glance down the track. and
her face was the picture of despair.
Then she saw him coming toward
her with long strides, flushed and eX-
cited. Regardless of appearances con-
ditions or consequences, she hurried TO
meet him.
"Whcrc is the train?" she gaspcd as
the distance between them grew short,
her blue eyes seeking his beseechingly,
her hands clasped.
I'll has gone
"Gone? And we've are left?"
He nodded, delighted by the word
1--WE"
1.-THE conductor said thirty minutes.
IT has been but twenty" she cried haf
tearfully, half angrily, looking at her
watch, "Oh, what shall | dot" she
went on distractedly. He had enjoyed
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