Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-05-13
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ed the man through the megaphonc as
the big electric coach rolled up Fifth
avenue.
Lik" an awkward squad obcying
left dress" the occupants of the
sightseeing coach turned in the di-
r"Ction of the great red mansion
Suppressed expressions of awe were
clearly depicted on their faces
Gcorg.ml Wintcrton, pcrched on the
end of the back seat. Smothcrcd Il
laugh and prayed that the man would
not relate the story of the late own
er'S life
young man, clearly impressed by
Georgina'S prcttincSs and the nutty
fashion in which she carried her blue
serge suit, SWOre softly to himself at
the appearance of Il few flakes of
snow on his coat He was afraid they
would multiply and drive the very at
tractire young person below with her
fellow women passengers.
'Bcforc You behold Central park"
the guide yelled. impressed with his
own importance in imparting such
startling piece of information
NO one would ever have guessed
it," commented GcorEina mentally. ty-
ing her veil more closely about her
face. The wind was turning chilly.
ON" by one the women sought the
inner rcc"sSes of the coach until
Gcorgina was the only girl on top.
Secretly the man beside her admired
her pluck in Drawing the now fast
falling SnOwtallrS. He fanCied she
must be from the west, where a SHOW
storm is common occurrence, de
serving no notice"
The 700" called the man with the
megaphone, pointing to the section of
the park inhabited by animals, birds
and waterfowl
An energetic little furry of wind and
snow blew the ends of Georglna'S veil
across the young mans face.
ooh, l beg your pardon" npologizcd
Georgina, with Il dazzling smile My
veil wants to interfere with your sight
seeing"
"Don't apologize; but won't you eX-
chang" seats with me? 1t is not so
windy here on the inside" he said. ris-
ing and proffcring "A steady hand.
"Thanll you." Georgna replied max
ing the change. with a frank smile of
relief
Through tn" mcgaphonc the man was
impnrting wonderful bits of informa-
tion about the park He told them ev-
crything they had known for years.
things they had learned in their ge-
ographlcs Mt school and things that
had been told them by every one who
had ever visited the city When they
came to anything really interesting
the man WAS silent, saving up his
breath for the next world renowned
object for in pcctIon
Miss Gcor%ina was wondering if the
young man was properly impressed
by the sight. The young man was
sperunting as to whether she was
highly entertained by the valuable in
formation bawlcd from the horn.
Finally Il negative answer to his solil-
oquy came to him intuItively.
"YOu know this park is right in the
center of the island" he said.
Yes" Gcorgina was politely inter
cStcd
1T seems truly wonderful to think
OF all this grccnm"ss-it'S green in sum
mcr. you know" laughed the man, not
ing his own brilliant statement, in
the heart of so great city as New
York"
G"orgna fcigncd enlightenment.
"Oh, do you live here" she asked.
appcaSing her conscience with the be
lief that sightseeing gave certain priv
il"gcS among fellow tourists. 1t was
for their mutual education that they
were cOnvcrSinG.
"No-PlttSburg but Eve been here
often before. My sister went to school
back there on Fifth avenue, at Mrs.
FiniShcm'S."
"Oh, no. so did |, What Geor-
gina hcSitated She had been about to
ask him the name of his sister, and
that-wcll, that was equivalent to ask
ing his own name. Even Il mutual
sightseeing expedition would not cx-
cuSe that
The man observed her hesitation and
miSconStrucd her meaning. Perhaps
she did not want to know his name.
You might have known Bess," he
said tactfully. Without directly ask
ing her he had thrown out Il lead which
she could follow if she chose
"BeSS BurruSs?" asked GeOrgina, un-
able to suppress her delight at having
found the brother of the girl whose
address she had been wanting for
days.
The same" replied the man.
"Oh, | know Il man who is dread
fully in love with her, and she would
not promise to write to him, believing
he was a-oh, Il man who said prcttily
polite things to every girl, and that he
did not mean them at all"
"Ah, ha. | believe my sister had
some lOvemaking sprinkled in with her
educational retouching," laughed the
man.
Now, how was he going to find out
her name? Perhaps his sister had
spoken of her But no. surely he would
have felt n thrill had she done so.
Surely he would have felt the proxim-
ity of his fate. How he loved snow
storms and sightseeing parties. How
jolly grateful he was for three hours to
kill before taking his train for Pitts
hTrG. He had happened along by the
Fiatiron building Just in time for the
sightseeing coach to suggest itself as
. time killer.