The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-03
"a Change
In the Wind

lQiiHlildl.l
whats Ill this talk about George
spicerg They say he's inherited for
tune and Is going 10 marry Alice Treat
after all,
"I'll tell you the story. though don't
expect you 10 believe 1t. III admit
that If / had seen it In fiction | would
have considered the author a fool to-
write such IN improbable yarn. George
was poor ~ church mouse. He had
been more or less of a waif, having
lost his parents when lie was too
young to remember them He hardly
knew who had taken care Of him, ex.
cept an aunt who had educated him
AT eighteen lie had entered the count
ing room Of d mercantile house and
had never got more than SO a week
AS for Alice, she was dependent on her
father. who had a hard time to get on
with pitifnl income of $1,000 a year.
George and Alice We're sensible and
made up their minds that they must
give each other up or be sure of life
Of misery, for George was an orphan
with no one to help him. George went
out to the Treat home TO spend Sunday
and say goodby The lovers had a
narrowing time or ii. for there is moth
ing more dreadful than one Of these
long goodbys On Monday morning
George was Obliged to 90 back TO town
to his desk, and Alice trumped up an
excuse 70 20 To the city and buy a few
needles and pins and such things, which
she needed to patch her wornout
clothes.
George was to get off at the 3 street
station. wkile Alice was to 20 on to
the main depot You know the tunnel
Is near the 3 street station. aud the
train pulls up just as it leaves the tun-
mel George ana Alice took advantage
Of the darkness to indulge in long
embrace. Passing an air hole, George
thought Ii was the tunnels end and
preferring that the other passengers
should not witness the parting. got up
and went to the door But, seeing his
mistake, he returned to finish the kiss.
without word he sat down. put
his arm around the figure beside him,
drew her TO him and kissed her There
was a shrek. and a few moments later
the train shot out Of the tunnel George
Spicer was sitting In seat beside a
strange woman Alice sat directly be-
hind,
There was d racket and no mistake
Alice couldn't understand It. George
saw that he had made an unfortunate
mistake, ana the woman kissed was
furious. Casting q piteous appeal at
Alice for suspension Of sentence,
George was hurrying to the door when
the woman cried, stop THEIR The
passengers interposed between him ana
the door, and be was not suffered to
leave the train till the woman had
been satisfied Of his Identity and his
address.
Whether she really felt very much
outragai or was In hope that she might
bleed George | don't know. Be that
az II tl41l AlAEitb0i Il tDISlHDst
entered the counting room where be
worked and arrested him for assault |
on complaint Of Mary Stringfellow,
widow. George was taken before
magistrate and held to answer to the
charge under bail Of $1,000 He could |
not raise 500 to save his life and was
obliged 70 80 70 jail The poor fellow
was locked up, and it seemed as If the |
world had turned its back on him.
"The next morning the newspapers l
gave an account of his transgression
and its result AS soon as Alice saw
IT she went to the jail to see him and |
was perfectly satisfied with his ex-
PLANTATION. But the affair was a bad
mixture. Since Alice and George were
not engaged and didn't intend to be en-
gagged, it wasn't pleasant for her to |
come forward and explain matters.
George preferred to simply state that
he had mace mistake and had in
tended to kiss some ono else Tie re-