Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-23

way of penance. he scanned his he'd.
breakfast and the morning farewells
and went to tho station tn sleon wbot
sleep there was for him on the COM
fortress cushions of the day coach.
The mail RIM was To berin for Snen.
Ger and 1919 on the following Monday
but on Friday 1OO6 broke n side rod
and was laid up for repairs. So It
came about that Harry went wcst on
his first mail run Friday noon. passed
Lone Pine In the night and doubled
back with the east bound mail two
hours late ON Saturday.
Lone Pine was not stop for the
mail, but when Won try to make lid lost
time with five heavy mail cars 1t takes
steam. and steam takes water. Harry
knew he would have to get water be-
fore reaching Arroyo. so he told the
fireman they would fill the tank ut
Lone Pine. 1t was not because lie had
any further interest in the lonely prai-
rie station save for its memories If
Miss Cartwright's plans had not mis-
carried she was at this moment trun-
ding eastward on No. 2. which train
the faster flying mail would pass Mt n
siding an hours run beyond Lone Pine.
The lolo was behaving beautifully
that morning. and she slid up to the
water tank at Lone Pine and stopped
with nee precision under the tank
spout Hurry WAS aowh III 'wlhkilhs
WIN MS OIL can anu had maze mar
'l'e lunrica1iVe circuit when there was
rustic Oh starcheu sklrts peslue nm
anu sweet VOICE said:
uood morning MI. spencer.
aarrS iooheu up anu promptly
dropped tne oil can.
"1ou!" he exclaimed. why.
thought you were on No. 3
Miss Cartwright's laugh was of cha
grin.
81 meant to be-" she said, land my
luggage is on No 2. but insisted on
telling them all goodby at the house
and walking over. So had the pleas
ure of seeing the train run away from
u.s."
But what are Won going to dop" de.
manded Harry. utterly obliyious to the
| fact that the tank was full and that he
was losing precious seconds of the
hard earned time.
"NIr Mann sovs T con On IN tho w,v
freight. she eynl,ined ~ am WAITING
for itn
"rho vov fro,oh+, WIN "a vii, Job,
Won al, dny to cot no,yhorap. Thon ha
Lod ao,;,,,, 49,, III. 80 ;,as
In t,, do.,,o 80 - ,,,a,,,,,t,,, - ..s
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..,rharo nna am,,, ,n.i, aa.i o 'r .n,, $50 80
Mic pn.s,s ~. to 80, 49,, 10 -, .'"'
- 100 ~, M
! Won can catch No MS she comes along
We mass ber this side Of Arrow,
Miss Priscilla C,rtwr;pbt vas NOT NJ
| those who dwoI, in tho valley of inde.
cision On t,,e snur of tho monent sbe
| accented his offer was lifted FIRST To
| the footboard and then tn seot on
| uarrv's box and five minutes l,ter tho
| Lone Pine station was marc b,ot nm
| the brown nloin and tho hir f,ier was
| framed camelbock can when r. 10 turn.
| ed loose under the hand of man
| whose nerve is all that II sbou,d no
For the first few heortrendinp miles
Of it Priscilla was frankly terrified.
For this couse she shut hcr Inns tight.
ly. knowing that if she opencd them if
| must he TO scream. Then by slow de.
prees the terror of IT slippel into nd.
| miration for the calm eyed Young fel.
low Mt her side. the man who was ra.
sponsible for all this pandemoninc rush
and roar and demon clatter. Just here
she had n GLIMPSE of the ideal man.
hood, the something which is above
all education and refinement and is
an,rt from e;ther tbe tb,nc which ID
able IN st,nd in ,ts own STRENGTH and
which has called woman Mt nil times
and in all tongues in commandinrs not
to he denied