Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-18

n bunch o. N...e roses SD wet wit
dow and so fragrant that the whole
room was fresh and sweet with their
odor, prc:tily arranged in bowl Oh
the table. and at his plate the largest
of all with n pin through the stem. lie
looked up smilingly and nodded ut the
red faced, rod haired waitress who was
waving q lon. ~ brush over his head.
"rhank you. Charm.on," he said.
That's very p-a.ty."
THAT old Mir Windy was here" she
answered. end he left word for You to
look oft. '.he whole possotucky Of
Johnsons froll the Crossroads passed
his house this mornin' comm this
way, and he SOC Bob Skillet on tho
square when he got to town. He left
them flowers. Mrs. Windy sent 'em to
re. didn't bring era"
THANK you FOR arranging them"
Size turned even redder than she al.
Ways was and answered nothing. Wig
orous,y dart.ng her brush at an mag.
mary fly or ;Ec cloth. After several
minutes Sc aid abruptly. You're well
come"
There Was II silence, finally broken
by IL long. EisD.nr sigh. 4Astonishcd.
he lool:cG 1T the sirl Her eyes were
set uufrtho,uahly upon his pink tie.
The wand haL Gforoed from her nerve
less hand, aud ;'Ae stood rapt and i'm.
movable. She started violently from
her trance. "Ain': yc goin' to finish
yer coffee:" shr asked. plying her i'll
strumont again. and. beading slightly
whispered. Say. lcvh Watts is over
there bcliud !e.'
At table IN Il far corner of the room
large gentleman III II brown frocli
coat was quiz. y eating his breakfast
cnd reading the Herald. He was of an
ornate presence. dough entirely neat.
\ sllnptuciis cNl"nsc Of linen exhibit.
ed itself between the lapcls of his low
cut wastcoIt. and an inch of bcdia-
nondcd lrcasipin glittcred there like
an ice ledge on q snowy mountain side.
IL had Il steady blue eye ana dissi-
ratcd ircn grey nluStechc. This per.
sonu.o was Mr.. Ephraim Watts. who,
following Il calling more fashionable in
the eighteenth century than in the lat
ter decades Of the nineteenth, had
shaken the dust OF Carlow from his
feet some th:oc years previously 1t the
strong request Of the authorities. The
Herald had been particularly insistent
upon his deportation. In the local
phrase. Harlslrss hnd run him out o.
town." Perhaps it was because the
Herald's opposition. as the editor had
explained Mt III" time had been mere
~ moral and mpcrsonal." and the ed
itor had confessed to Il liking for the
unprofcssional qualities CT Mr. Watts,
that there wds but Il slight embarra So
mcnt when In" two gentlemen met to-
day. His breakfast finished, lIarkless
went over to the other and extended
his hand. cynthia, the waitress. held
hcr breath AMI clut he'd the back of a
chair. However, Mr.. Watts made no
motion toward His well known hip
pocket. Instead he rose. flushing slight
~, and accepted the hand offered him.
'l'n glad to see you. Mr.. Watts
said the journalist cordially. And
also, if you are running With the cir
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