Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-03-31
.1Y1 lIHEDLEY'S LUCK.

% his gr morning sun lay warm ana
IIch he ,a, after the rain OF Tue nlsAi'
aey In s,h,p and young Atherley, as
~. s' 9ped easily along the wide
stata ,.nn aloud for very Joy of
!. ana ss~e1pess. out here, away
lte SCI +s and crowds, how good life
ought
o her -,fn was in, and Atherley hur-
fumes ,nmd the corner, then halted
people or dazzled by the vision which
curse, AIMED him. On the lower steps
self i, near the middle Of the train
spting GIRL her fair hair blowing in
eF Of md her hands full Of pink roses,
slnted ss gazing straight into his. For
eracy sand neither moved. Then, as
the. fan within called Marion the
eFpet- fh quick flush, turned up the
= es- and AtDerley stricken with the
. the ,ngess Of his dusty chaps
SPURS and sombrero, slipped
= Tue He had quite forgotten his let
eee The engine gave a preliminary
nau the conductor yelled "All
Nd" but AtherIey still stood mo-
q & his eyes fixed on the car
san she had disappeared. AS the
|cean length of train began to move
!, !t slipped back to the platform
niles lnoment and on the ground, a.
nd q sat Atherley's feet, fell a pink
hen 70 spring forward, seize the
rDor G then swing aboard the last car
en- tIBsPd was to Atherley but the
San 4 Of another moment. Before he
ages fairly realized 1t he was on the
OF and speeding eastward as fast
Dc steam could carry him.
aoh- tactical thought forced a way, and
a1eh list act was to take account Of
eak- NJ
-. i.1 will take the horse back" he
80 saa. Its all right. Luckily, l
just about enough for my ticket
E York, Somehow he had de-
ase' that she lived in New York.
IVY llas for meals. Well, who knows
go lny turn up%' with cheerful op-
Ius, asn
- The next stop he sneaked for
- MO the smoking car and sat down
~. -nh things over She was GER
~ mighty pretty girl. Atherley,
s Tug for the rose hidden in his
A pocket, concluded that he would
S. eoF not regret his action.
8 o- I've cot to get busy on the
ea- aqueStiOn.
In aae were three or four other men
~ w car the younger ones chatting
ter s-e'' and another, rather older,
ms .-"S ii corner. All eyed him
At -'ls!' and AtherIey had an inspira-
ce Il ne worked them right, amused
he "ld them queer experiences.
81 IISnf supply him with food and
IS alu as for cigars, we'll, he must
of ,'uu nose he had carefully. In
is ~,ee Of this idea he moved near
d. s,I4 soon held the group enthralled
Is 'S breezy frankness.
va.
8 "!oa really just jumped on the
9 'aa came" asked the older man
"s0, when Billy had grown
~ " His talk and moved away,
:, wi no other reason than that
wanted to see the world?" Ather-
R .sleo rather shamefacedly.
~" Dat l told those fellows.
n, a0n I mind telling you the truth.
Ma 1t was on account of a girl"
Rnhed. 0'oef han
'El' How soy
!. @T her on the car STEM con-
s% ~ Atherley, "And-and 7 like,
B AZ N ended lamely, not even to him
ssns. Ie care TO mention the rose.
u DlsF If You have seen her?o he
~ aseriy' she had on some kind
d IA blue skirt, with a white
d h plo carried some roses. Thev
= her Marion" ~ lucy
:, % older man started.
t,noR. he exclaimed, why, that's
4ssi na unthinkingly. Then he
49, rather annoyed. A vonnp
,sn,l.'no matter how charming
smulaniy' was hardly a person
la,on "'ea TO the carefully guard
es "a But Atherley was too alb
gor sa nOuee the hesitation.
dsr a%ushter.' he cried. Really
b MIN su'er' oh, say, what luck,
and "a save NE an awful lot of
aof t "puoIe. l expected the
aev tbst 80 II, locating her. Though
lided 81 ~" should do it in the end"
% no ro"uuuenty. DO you mind
\, e Your namef"
70 and - divided between indig-
Saot" h. Hllfth, Il am James Ar
But 4t A. declared rather pompous-
NJ. 4eIley was clearly unim-
A 70. ana better" he cried. II
lucky devil" joyously.