CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-04-21

vision with light brown hair, a vision
| cnvelopcd in light brown rain cloak
ana with brown gloves from which
! the handles of a big brown travclip4
! bag We're let fall as the vision dis
| appeared under the cotton umbrella.
1 willie the smlttcn Judd Bcuuctt reeied
[ gaspiEg against the station.
''Dcarrst,' the girl cried to tile old
I man. you should have been laoEing
! for me between The devil and the deep
/ sea, the parlnr car and the smoker,
/ I've given up cigars. ana I've begun
to study economy so didn't come on
4 either.' ...
/ The drizzlr and mist blew in under
/ the top OF the "cut UNDER as they
drove rapidly into town. and bright IL
] tie drops Spuklrd on the Ialf E"tt
! above tho new editors forehead and on
| tie long lashcs above tHe new editor S.
cheeks. she shook these transient
| gems off lightly as she paused III N"
! doorway of tie oti1ee at the TOP OF Tue
| rlckctE stairway.
Mr.. Schohcld hau JuSt auutu 'ue 'a9S
| touch TO Bis decorations ana naha-e"
to slide into his coat as tAe party c|'H'
| up the STAIRS ana now perSpiluS'
| proud. embarrassed, he RsShlhFu an at
/ tltuue at once depfecatotN OIL MS Cil-
| dcavOrs and polutedIy eNpectahI OF
commentators Tor the resuIts' Nhe
was modest youth ana conscious.
| After his first sight ot her Hs she S'ooH
in the doorway it was several days pe-
fore he could lift his distressed eyes
under the new editors glance or IN
/ lgn1 dare In avail himself of more
than a hnsty and huttering stare at
her when her back was turned) AS
She entered the room he sldled along
the wall and laughed sheepishly 81
nothing.
Every chair in the room was orna-
mented with one of his blue rosettes.
tied carefully and firmly TO the miudle
slat of each char pack. Ihere hhu
been several yards Of ribbon left over,
| and there was a hard knot OF glossy
satin on each of the lnkstands- ana on
the doorknobs. y blue band passing
around the stoyepipe lent it an antique
ralishness suggestive of the charloteer.
and a number of strcamers suspended
from hook in the ceiling encouraged
a supposition that the employees of the
Herald were contemplating the IN
tricate festivities of May day. 1t Iced
ed no ghost to infer that these garni-
! lures had not embellished the editorial
chamber during Mr.. Harkless' activity,
but, on the contrary, had been put in
place that very morning. Mr.. flsDee
had not known of the decorations, and
as his eye fell upon them faint look
of pain passed over his brow. But the
| girl examined the room with dancing
eye. and there were both tears and
laughter in her heart.
How beautiful" she cried. How
beautful!' She crossed the room and
| gave her hand to Ross. "It is Mr..
Schotield, isn't it? The ribbons are
| delightful. | didn't know Mr.. Hark.
| less room was so pretty.
Ross looked out of the window and
! laughed as he took her hand, which he
shook with a long up and down motion,
but he was set at better ease by her
apparent unconsciousness of the fact
that the decorations were for her "Oh,
it amt much, l reckon" he replied,
| and continued to look out of the win
dow and laugh.
| She went to the desk and removed
her gloves and laid her rain cloak over
chair near by. "Is this Mr.. Harkless'
chair?' she asked, and, Fisbee answer
ing that it was, she looked gravely at it
for moment. passed her hand gently
over the back of it and then. throwing
the rain cloak over another chair. said
cheerily:
do you know, think the first thing
for us to do will be to dust everything
very carefullyT
You remember. l was confident she
| would know precisely where to begin"