The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-03-09
ON THE JoushEf

ssii he young mar, with . ctrftes1@fs
wtve II bis Lsrd, but
All the lstes popular novsls Last
chance 10 se, your reading matter No
books sold op irsin after II sisrtt The
newtboy bswltd this 10 Amy Curtis ear,
and ,he loaf al the Young man said eI'
eepi the words "can't climb lbote bestily
ssp,
Not that abe cared. She Was quite able
to climb The little lsdder to tho upper berth,
Her hp eurltd tcorbiuily.
o., & doesh'i matter In the lcis', you
know. IL WAS the conductors idea, ! ss.
,ure you. osly Ia the stub, where !
some from, men, ~ q rule, are more OBJ
iiRirg.
She pick,d up her novel and proceeded
TO ignore kckesb's presence. He looked
st her bisnkly, then fang himself down
the sleeper to IN, smoking compartment.
We'll, do Think the'sa bit harsh He pull
ed tuts paper ard tried TO forget The
scorn In the eyes but recently lifted 10 meet
biz,
la the meantime the glrl In section
stared wrAthfully ut the letters 10 her book
xhieh fairly danced before her eyes.
bIce beginning for my trip | never want.
e 4 TO 20 TO Colorado Sprlngs suyhos. !
had much better remained at Bar HArbor
than to lie, the Car.ers iaveiale me into
coming west,
With this fpsl T, q sction she commenced
to read In earnest, but somehow her mind
went back to the very dlsagreeable young
man who had disreasrded the sltepipg car
conductors II quest that he yield the lower
oerth to the young woman, whose Pullman
ticket had been duplicated by careless
mpioyee 10 an uptown office. She could
cot forget the real regret In bis eyes nor
the nervous, embarrassed way 10 which he
had smoothed his hair while he was fer
Ing bic hating explanation. She could not
reconcile this, however, With the fact that
he had declined to Climb the little steps
In her stead. IL WAS most annoying, che
argued, that she could not 4 rget certain
fascination which his long, itm hand had
held for her ard the hair be had smooth.
ed.
She could imagine that he had spent
hours tr, ing to brush cut certain ten.
dency to crisp curls. She was very glad
there WAS something that could defeat him,
IL 1t va, nothing more than curls, and A.
Ter deciding thus she was more content.
She did not see him again until she en-
tered the diner at dusk. The only place
left for her was a single seat at q table
meaut for four. The three passengers al
ready seated were men, talking business in
rather loud tones. Amy hesitated A fg-
ure at the table opposite rose uddenly.
The very disagretable Young man who had
sentenced her to the upper berth was star d.
lug beside her.
Ike my place, he said eagerly, and
will 70 over there with the men. He had
osen tccupy ing scat at ore OF the small
ables, aad gray haired woman was sit-
ting 0pposi bin.
Amy Jaw all this at glance, and with
surprised uplifting Of her eyebrows ard
'Thabk you acc' p cd the seat
The yourg man had not yet been served,
ste realiz that the change bad not
mbuiassed him 10 the least.
Qiite willing 10 do things that do not 10
,ommude him, the thought scornfully.
The young man did not pr sumo upon lht
n ception Of this courtesy. Directly after
dinner he once more retired tu the smoking
and Amy early ordered the
porter TO make up her berth. o ce tucked
spugly away she forgot her grievance. The
.,esd, clunk.cluLk Cf the wheels wass
iugular lullaby to which she soon yield
d
II seemed as II she had not been asleep
more than three minutes when she awokt
% The most horn ible nti.es that she had
yer heard. What Lad happened, Had
the train run into circus or Jungle Of
wild beasts? No, che train was still NOV.
,ng Its unremitting clunk-clunk could b.
heard at inteiyals between the awful
.outds which now sssailed her ears II it
vas not Wild beasts, then may be some one
around her was dying
This pretty, carefully reared, ever pro-
.ecttd southern giIl had never seen any one
lie, al d in her ignorance Of this and various
oiher matters she wss working herself up
nto frenzy, A particularly deep and
lgoDlzed roar was followed by sound that
AIS cross between penny whistle and
b She could stsnd the suspense no
jnger. She pushed the tlDy button and
carefully arranging the curtains, stuck out
,er head TO meet the lock OF qulry In the
,orter's black face Up aud down the car
he gave hasty glance. Apparently 10 ,
me else realized the tfagtdy that WAS 60
ng on 10 close ct hand, for no other Cur.
aims weieswaying, no ather heads were
hrust out
sumfa you wan, mist
Wb,--wh,, don't you hear that dreadful
ole !tbe RAD. j thihk stme one 10 tne
'ei,h nex 10 me 10 dying,
Ia the dim light abe could see the dar-
y = iteth gam iver, white In sgrin that
cached from ear TO ear,
La jast the Gentleman 10 the lower berth
niss, snoring | ill wake him up. Soon |,
S be rolls over h.'.l sttp.
Amy ielk.d In Ter head ss II ,he porter !,
Ist stuck htr. S3e could feel bin switch
side The curtains below her. Two mascu.
lie voices were wsfted toward her, then
be sound OF deep grupt that WAS dscid.
div masculine and silence.
Up In her yrie Amy lay, still na'birR y
,otly with moriincs Ion. She knew tbs, a
,orer would tell everybody on the train .
sit morning. She whhed she could ,