The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-19

As the train came to a stop Howard l
Monroe glanced out of the window of !
the Pullman. ''Twcnty-four hours |
more" he murmured. Well. it can't |
be helped. BY George. that's 4 pretty |
girl. Nice old lady with her too. Hope |
they'll come in here
Next moment his hopes were real
| lied. rs the two women entered the
| car. guided by an obScpuious porter.
who deposited a dress suit case and an
| umbrella in the section opposite. Be
here about ten minutes. ma'anI." he
said I'm answer to question from the
| elder: got to cut in some sleepers and
n diner"
Thank you. Better sit down. Aunt
| Bessie"
But the elder woman shook her head
i do wish you had some one TO go
with You. Dorothy she exclaimed I'm
tones Howard could not help overhear-
| ing. Il can't bear TO have you 20
/ alone. Your uncle never would have
let you if he hadn't been sick in bed
You're sure you don't mindT'
| Il don't mind the least blt in the
world. auntie. We bachelor girls have
TO learn 10 do for ourselves"
Bachelor girls. indced!' The elder
lady smiled while Howard felt an un
accountable thrill of pleasure pass
through him. .old maids We used to
call them. girls a girl no matter
what she says. and ! don't like To see
one travelling alone. u wasn't consid-
cred proper in my young days"
Il know returned the girl softly.
But travelling has changed so since
then. even down in this dear little out
Of the way corner Of the south. Why.
what could harm mei'
"Oh. nothing. | suppose. but don't
like II. You wouldn't even take
lunch with you.~ she added irrelevant
ly. her hoSpitablc southern heart az
erievel 1T seems so inhospitable 10
send any one away without something
10 eat
You're awfully good. Aunt Bessie;
but. indeed. il wasn't worth while. I'll
get dinner and breakfast In the dining
car and he In New York for lunch"
| \ sudden changing made the elder
woman start. Gracious" she ex-
claimed. ''I'll be carried of. Goodby.
Dorothy Write as soon as you get to
New York. I'll he anxious till hear.
The two hurried to the platform.
where the girl stood smiling and wav-
ing until the train was we'll under way.
so we'll under way was II. indeed that
"a she turned ,o enter the ear a sud
den mrch threw her violently TO one
side and made her grasp the rail to
H n al h1r
, nurse. hun= to her belt by chain
, flew open and sent most of its contents
at large through the yet uncloscd doors
of the vcStibuic.
Unaware Of this. however, Miss Yer
non walk,d to her seat. Slancing around
. her lust in time 10 see Howard watch
7 ing her Both were thinking of the
r good lady's anxious hospitality, and
{ | before they could recover themselves
r they had smiled squarely into one an
:, others eyes
With quickly stlffened lips Dorothy
sank into her seat. As she did so her
purse swung forward into her lap. eS-
L posing its emptiness to her startled
n gaze With gasp Of dismay she seiz;
;, ed and examined II. Her ticket was
IS 1 safe i'll dH liill+I compartments bNN fN
e cry cent of her money was gone,
ii II did not take her long to decide on
the moment of her loss nor the hope
lessness OF repairing IL. Miss Vernon
was very independent young woman
J, who OH more than one occasion In the
e four years that had elapsed since sh,
: had begun 10 earn her own bread haC
), seen her funds depleted nearly to IN,
o vanishing point. yet never before haC
10 she found herself entirely pennilesS
There was nothing To I've done. how
ever. To telegraph 10 Aunt Bessie 70
money would bc to frishten that lad!
ID almost To death. and there was no on
: else on whom she felt at liberty to call
Il She must simply resolve to make tn
:, best of her Journey. all twentyfOu
al hours of Il. without money.
Meanwhile Howard had been watch
a. ing the girl out OF the corner of hi
eye. admiring her more every moment
W lie had noted the look of vexation tina
froze the smile with which she had uI
lie Intentionally favored him aud ha
w promptly avrrtei his eyes. as IL /
n hopes that the girls wrath might elanc
e. 1fT his broad shoulders. Thus turne
O. away, he had missed seeing her disco,
NJ cry Of her open purse and her cons
:; Juent CONSERVATION. When be had veI
turcd tu look again. she was Starln
straight ahead NJ her With what seen
to cd tn him Il most inscruiable EXPIRE
We sion. In reality she WAS thinking OF n
p luncheon she had refused and pOnde
an ing the great truth that even u modeT
il dining car i of little avail unless OF
he had the price 0f meal.
=, A. the afternoon wore away HOwai
began tn curse the couventiOnalitle
Here he was within few feet OF ia
peerless girl. ~ hc had already besr
10 70 term her aud yet To all practical pu
III I1Srs WAS mil,-> and miles away. 1
had always hcru slow to scripe a
luuiniauer. even with men. and. So (,
~ he cnulJ r-incinhcr. had never IN i
life done 81, with woman. Cuie
~. poruthy H.. lad heard her aunt q
her Dorothy should give him an ope
Ing he told hi;nS II sadly that he shou
meyer vcnturt. To- address hcr.
After awhile waiter passed throul
ry- ,se var announcing dinner. HOwa
was hungry. but determined 10 vi
er until Dorothy should 60 In. The c
might be crowded and he might