Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-15
A LOOSE ENGINE.

for the advent Of tae Important trains
Of the ddy-one frem Anderford juno
Ition, bringing passengers from the Lon-
don express, the other from remote conns
try towns. conveying those who desired
20 catch the up-train at the Junction for
Waterloo
A man who had alighted from The
down train looked round him with i
smile Of -iawning recollection. Clatworth
again after five years Curious that
chance should have obliged him To ret
out here, on his way souUR. and return 20
the Junction to retrieve an important
package he had left behind there
feeling OF satisfaction stole over
him at the difference between his past
and present self Ia those old DAYS.
when his commercial travelling had ne.
cessltated a fortnight's soiourn at this
dead alive village be had been OF little
account, either in his own or any other
world
Then his chance had come. and he had
taken it. Five years of rough-and tum-
Die life in every quarter OF the globe,
with success at the end of it that
landed him high and dry on the level Of
prosperity, had nearly eifaced al remenl-
lrance Of Clatwortb.
AS he crossed the line to the strip &c
geraniun bordered gravel that formed
the up platform, odds ard ends OF rem
Inlscences began to piece themselves la
Kaleidoscope fashion through his brain.
There was the stretch OF dusty read chat
led 10 the pound and the mill: across the
fields rose the tower OF the old church.
cmbowered in trees.
Etc was about tn 0Vertake some recel-
lection shat evaded him. when the train
cane IN. the engine pulling up lust ap-
posite to him. and as he moved toward
the carriages he was suddenly arrested
by a face that brought back wildly. ike
q bolt from the blue, the most unpleas-
ant experience OF his career.
The engine driver, leaning a little over
has brake, was looking him null in the
lace with astonished and uneasy recoo-
milton, and, a. the traveller took in the
sunbwnt features. the dark. menaeino
eyes, the strong, brown hand that seemed
20 twitch toward him, he remembered
everything
There had been u quarrel between this
man and himself over Il girl Eppie, the
village belle. The young commercial had
Intertered with their counting had cap-
tured Eppie's truant fancy with his af-
fectlon OF superiority and town WAYS,
ard, after perslading her to throw the
either over, had played fast and loose
with her himself
tt bad been a fTtnight's interlude eft
mock sentiment and passion to him. j
llfetlme 0f desperate love and grief to
her When he said good bye to her Il
the mill lane, and she realized that 4e
had talled her, she gave one bitter erv.
and, IN answer to it. some one had run
across the adjoining field, had eaped the
intervening hedge, and had struck him
down with one swift savage blow
He had picket himself up and zone
away with curse in his heart. not dar
my to risk Il light, for the discarded lover
was mad with jealousy
And now, for the first time. they we're
taee to face again
For an instant both were silent then
the engine driver said. hoarselv. "What /
are you doing here ~ And the othe~
with conteluptuous smile, said. "How's /
Gppie2"
The drivers furious gaze aickered. ana
the Traveller ntuitivelv locked past Che
engine. across the station ward. to a
patch OF green, where. al a cottage door /
woman young and comelv stood with [
"a ehlld IN her arms
The blazing sunlight shone eull on their
JaeeS. gnntlng in the gold of their hair
enhancing the clear white and red 81 (
taer cheeks thev looked the enbodi f
ment OF spring and summer. Of child f
hood7 amt Womauhood's health. mental F
amt physical IN its perfection.
And lOnlt5utr bo.l- to@, A. I-., f
eyes the traveller read the intolerabIa /
suspicion ANA Jealous fear that flashed
INTO them. and understood what had I
happened IN those five wears. His mo.
1eht on revenge mad come. he Ind I
neither Waitod far it nor counted on II
olt ne would 1tEe advantage of it to (
tho full,
was coming along 20 the Junction .
ne sand, but I'll wait for the NEXT traip .
4eA . can have a talk with Eppie about (
ga N'hee And he deliberately turned +
ms gaze toward the cottage door on the
green.
The drivers hand fell ike a sIadre
hammer or the brake. and he seemed =
II he Wouid leap from the engine; but
@''' guar" Rad gwen the signal of depart
gre. ana he tram glj,led slowly out af (
-' VS. ''il Vitf "8l@0 NtltS% YOU. &
@noir tle alr Ike tile lash of a refhot
whip.
The trayoicr smiled. carried his bar
a.aG~ thy parcels office and STAYED mr.
a ""ri ar two 1T converse with the prr.
Ter "nlodne aim OF their acquaintance
nF, VuG~ bark
Eomemher the old place wcjI7 he
i.a 'lt locks itzt She Same as Il u-e.f
'ttt.e changed ang more than tIe
r pie"
NnD he went toward he level crossing.
Ni"f" Jhr 2ate~ stl}l barred the footwav
s""a ROAD Passengers. though no tram
WIS .uc
" has f'le mu1,er with vour boss -
-af', the station mostm mt the junction
t l'e -t8hrr at the Cltaworth train
gee seems D' have gone queer saws he
must get h,nle fen hit. and he'll be, boqg