The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-19
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~cRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
c~vp3N'sht, 1853, BY 7. 9. Mcclure

more. he mnrmured- We'll, it tan.
Dt helped. Er George. tbs a prett.
girl. Nice old lady with ilsr fo. hoi'
fis.y'H come in here"
Ncx moln..ut his hopes were feai
lied. as the Two women entered f}ss
CIR. guided by M oilse,Iuious porter
who deposited IA dress slit t-aSs. and an
ufilhreila IN the section opposite II.
btit. about ten minutes. nh am liz
sid ia answer to II question: from tn
rider; "-nt To CIT in some. shoppers als.
=. diner.
Thank yon Better sit down. Ann
EeSS.e."
but The el,ier wnInau slnok her b4n.'
Il do wish you bud soiIn. anr to =.
with you. Dorothyr.' she exclaimed i
tones Howard could not help ov.ri,ea:
ing. Il cant bear TO have .ou
alone. III Uncle. never would lEas
let you If ln Hndn't i.cn SILK IN bed
You're sure you don tnindl'
II don't mind The least bit III I!
world. nnntie. We bachelor girls lia>
To learn TO do 70, ourselves
Bachelor girls. indeed The cEd..
lady shifted. while Howard felt an m
accountable thrill of pi.aSur. pa,
through him. .Oid maids NJ. used :.
call them. A girls "A girl. nc n,ati"s
what she says, and | dou.i Xix" IL s..
one raveling alone. 1t wasn't consul
cred proper in my young days"
Il know" returned the girl softly
-Rut travelling has changed so sim,
then. even down in this dear little 81;
of the way corner of the south Why
what could harm me-
-Oh, nothing. | suppose. but | don
like it. You wouldn't even take y
lunch with YOU" she added irrelevant
~. her hospitable southern heart az
grieved. cit seems so iniiOspitable to
send any n away without something
TO eat"
YOU'RE awfully good. Aunt Bessie.
but. indeed. it wasn't worth while. I'll
get dinner and breakfast In the dining
car and be in New York for lunch."
A sudden langing made the elder
woman start. Gracious" she ex
claimed. "I1l be carried of. Goodby.
Dorothy. Write as soon as you get to
New York. I'll be anxious till I hear
The two hurried to the platform.
where the girl stood smiling and wav
ing until the train was well under way.
So well under way was it. indeed, that
IA she turned to enter the car a sud
den lurch threw her violently to one
side and made her grasp the rail to
steady herself. As she did so her
purse. hung to her belt by a chain.
flew open and sent most Of its contents
ut large through the yet Enclosed doors
OF the vestibule.
Unaware OF this, however. Miss Yer
non walked to her seat. glancing round
her just In time to see Howard watch
ing her. Both were thinking Of the
good lady's anxious hospitality. aud
before. they could recover themselves
they had smiled squarely into one an
others eyes.
With quickly stiffened lips Dorothy
sank into her seat. As h did so her
purse swung forward into her lap. ex-
posing it's emptiness to her startled
gaze. With a gasp OF dismay she seiZ-
ed and examined it. Her ticket was
safe in an n compartment. but ev
cry cent of her money was gone.
1t did not take her long to decide on
the moment Of her loss nor the hope
lessness of repairing it. Miss Vernon
was Il very Independent young woman
who OF more than one occasion in the
four years that had elapsed since she
had begun to carr her own bread had
seen her funds depleted nearly to the
vanishing point. yet never before had
h found herself entirely penniless
There was nothing to be done. how
w To telegraph TO Aunt Bessie fo,
money would be TO brighten that lad,
almost to death. and there was no on.
else on whom she felt at liberty to call
She must simply resolve to make the
best of her journey. all twepty-fout
hours of it. without money.
Meanwhile Howard had been watch
ing the girl out of the corner of his
eye. admiring her more every momenl
He had noted the look of yexation rla
froze the smile with which she bad M
intentionally favored him and hal!
promptly ayerted his eyes. as if n
hopes thai the girls wrath might glance
of Ills broad shoulders. Thus. turned
away. he had missed seeing her discov
cry Of her open purse and her conse
quenf consterna ton. When he had ven
tglIed TO look again. she was staring
straight ahead Of her with what seem
ed to him q most inscrutable express
sion. In reality she was thinking of the
luncheon she had refused and ponder
ing the great truth that ever a modern
dining car Is Of little avail unless one
had the price Of q meal.
A. the afternoon wore away Howard
hNwan n curap the eonyenffon8lifipa
Here he was within 4 few feet OF this
peerless girl. as he had already begun
10 term her. and yet to I'll practical p0r-
poses was miles and miles away He
had always been slow to scrape ac'
Quaintance. even with men. md. 20 far
a ne could remember. bad never In his
me- dome - with ! woman. Unless
Donpthy-he Ind heard her aunt call
~ Dorpthy-should give him ii oren.
0E he mid himself sadly that he should