The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-11

cOmpelled to eli with her at the 1sefns
table. where he might hope that tn
chances or he meat might enable him
&. address Der. But. wait asShe might
Dorothy showed no signs Of budging.
and long after THE last call for dinner
had been circulated hewae forced 10 70
In alone.
While dining he wondered over the
situation. The girl had eaten nothing
since she came on board the train. near
~ six -honrs before. She had no lunch
with her. not even = box of cahdy. She
WAS q solid healthy girl. not by any
mean ms ore OF those fragile beauties who
live on air. and should have had an ap-
petite to correspond. What the dickens
could he the matter?
The next morning was the same.
Dorothy sat nlotiolliess. looking in tue
eyes Of the by this time besotted youth
l0velieT than ever. As a matter OF fact,
the iack of her morning coffee had given
the girl u headache. while the lack Ut
other God made her savage and mis-
cradle.
; AT last came = crisis. lust as the
waiter passed through with his Last
cali fer breakfast In the dining carr
the train stopped, not at a station, but
0ut In a field. After ten minutes bad
crerf by without sign Of movement.
Howard. who had beer waiting for
breakfast MS lie had waited for dinner.
went ont to investigate. Soon he came
back and went straight up to Dorothy
with determination IN his eyes. ~ beg
your pardon" he said. with q compO
sure that astonished himself. 'but we
have been stopped by q wreck across
the track and will BIZ delayed at least
six hours They are going TO cut OH
the diner and send it back as soon ~
breakfast Is over. lf you want any
thing To eat you had better get II now.
before 1t is too late"
Six hours longer! The tears came
into I%borothy's eyes, aud her lids quiv-
cred pathcticaily. How could she beat
II? Thank you" she said as bravely
Az she could. Thank you. But I'm
not hungry
Not hungry. Howard stared at her
ipcredulousIy. 10 his certain knowl
edge she had eG3en nothing for tween
~ four hours. Not hungry! The thing
was preposteroua. BE glanced at her
white cheeks. than with sudden suspi-
cion at her pockeRbook. u haven't had
breakfast myself yet" be said. Wont
you take pity oD me and be my guest?
| cant bear to eat alone"
For an instant the girl gazed at him
while a mist swan before her eyes.
Thank you so much" b said hum
bly,. IL lost all my money over
board a few minutes after we started
yesterday, and I'm nearly starved to
death"
A year later Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Monroe In the newest OF new clothes.
were taking the same trip nOrthward.
Aunt BESSIE had just left them. and
they settled themselves for the
twenty four hour trip before them.
Howard turned to his month old
bride reiectiyely. Just to think" be
said softly, IF / hadn't spoken to you
a year ago we shouldn't have been here
| hesitated q long time before
] ventured."
"a long timei should think SO"
There was much emphasis in the
words.
Howard appeared startled. "TOO
long. WAS it?" he asked. "If I hadn't
spoken when | did what would You
have doneT'
Done? WE'LL" refectiveIy. "if you
had delayed much longer | believe I
should have asked you myself-and
you ever afterward."
Instead Of He paused question
Dorothy looked at him smilingly.
INSTEAD or"-she repeated roguishly-
'.instead of-suppose you guess!"