The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16

nat Impossible. fr lOOhH Noo olH
and grave Furgus and : had such
romps together years ago. What de-
tcstable tCese he was ! remember how
furious he used TO make me, although
/ loved him dearly. Fnrgus was al
ways a-pctIing into scraps At school
and giving Cousin Tom world OF trou-
bic. but that was mostly Cousin Tom
fault he was SO ridiculOusly siTaigt-
laced ana unsympathetic Furgus
could never tell him any of his dltli-
culties FurIus was ten times the man
Cousin Tom was. All OF MS youngsters
wur,hippcd him. That man looks very
much as Furgus would II ! can imagine
furgus ten years older and facing some
biz trouble
Now think OF It, FurIus is = years
oder han when kissed him and cried
my eyes out telling him roodby, and
he laughed and told me not to be IA
silly, ard said he would give ne one
of FlOra's puppies lie was only lG
then
Laura Garfield told me last winter
all about his engagement 20 that hor-
rid Mrs. fansbaw. She said she was
sorry fr him Men are such idiots
where women are concerned thought
Iurgus would have had more sense.
Can't h" see that woman like hat
would only marry him for his money p
Hes ont in Colorado, Laura told me,
/ developing some mines
That's just like Furgus. That sort
OF life must suit him down to the
ground. | suppose Cousin Tom Is
furious lie would like Furgus 10 be
a clerk IN his bank.
The idea seemed TO amuse Cora, for
che smiled Il pretty wistful introapec-
tive smile AT the pleasant memoirs OF
( childhood days, smile caught and ap-
prupriat"d By one OF the unruly ball
/ players who smiled back
Hes a brick he commented sitting
! down on the arm Of COra's seat II
bet you lac knows how TO golf and play
tennis could see il in his face. lie
didn't mind being hit, not bit 1t
il had been that old duffer over there
OindicatinE the respectable banker
| he would have been mad and gone and
complained 10 the conductor. Bet you
he would.
Whereupun Cora and the red-hairrd
boy who had a manly frank look, in
spite OF his frcckles and broad mouth
fell into cheerful chat. irrespective of
the heat and the unhappy baby which
had wisely and determinedly gone to
sleep. in spite OF the humping process
Inflicted on 1t by its benightcd mother
In the belief that 1t was soothing and
conducive to sumbcr
Isn't she Il fool the boy said con
tcmptuously referring to the mother.
~ were that baby I'd yell just to spite
her why don't she put II down and
fan II instead Of humping 1t that way
To which Cora agreeing heartily. n
rungoEidl conversation ensucd between
them as 10 fox terriers as compared 70
other dogs He's bully" suddenly
remarked the boy, referring TO the
tail man who had gone ont to smoke in
the sleeper Il Ills" that sort of fellow
Ills name Is Grey F. Grey, and he Is
from Colorado. bot you he's seen a
grisiy Eve "A mind 70 usk him when
he comes back"
Grey? How do you know" cora
asked. catching her breath with al
acute sensation Of surprise and pleas
uIr
81 saw II on his dress suit case
knew be was game fellow by the looh
of his eyes remarked that keen oh
server You are dead game, too. aren't
YOU
Cora laughed gayly and firm friend
ship based on mutual esteem and re-
spret was established between Dick
Camden ANA herself forthwith.
Il was TO be lasting. the frcckled boy
declared or else 1t was NO good To
which Cora assented as they ate or
anEos together
Last call for dinner had been an
nounccd by the dining car waiter. Tina,
agreeable interruption was over. and
the train sped over tresto and bridge
and through rolling country which
mad" the changing noise OF the train
increase as they dashed over the back
cut through the hills and diminish
when 1t came to level land.
They were approaching the foothills
~ the mountain where Cora was going
TO spend the summer and the last
glimpses she mad through the window
out into the darkenlng night was that
Of dotting lights, like frefes. on the
hillsides IN the cottages OF the mil
hands grouped around some great mas
siyc brick cotton factory, brightly 1T
mp by electric lights shining through
nuumcrablc rows OF windows. which
made fairylike appearance on the
calm. starless background Of the blue
sky above.
Cora lay in her sleeper wide awake
thinking OF Furgus Grey
Il wonder what his trouble is? She
can't have thrown him over. Furgus
is much too important and rich a man
for that What can 1t be-"
The grave. troubled face of her one
time chum and boon companion trou-
hlrd and prcoccupied Cora. and the fact
that he had failed to notice or rec
ognize her gave her pang absurdly
keen and made her flush and grow in
dignant
Il suppose he's going on to Washing
ION where she Is. almost wish he
Will find out how shallow and selfish
and venal she is, only that would be too
mean. He's such a fine. manly fellow.
It's too bad"
Finally Cora dropped Into a restless
sleep silence having settled over the
sleeper, when suddenly an awful crash
came, frightful Earring and jolting
while calls. screams and cries rang out
on all sides among a wild and mex.
plicable confusion-then the train stood
still.
Cora bruised, and her arm bleeding,