The Newark journal., 1905-12-01

next door"
"Then suppose it must have leaked
through
mo doubt" he said; these car
riages are shockingly made"
The old lady was Modified. She
smiled benignly upon Trevoe and the
girl. whose name he did not know.
They certainly made pleasant cou-
pie
Il can't bear the smell of smoke ON
a journey"
ut is rather trying" said the girl.
"Of course. there are circumstances
in which it might not be unpleasant.
When / was younger l didn't mind"
She transferred the smile to the old
gentleman. Trevoe concluded with
some uneasiness, that she was a senti-
mental person and therefore given to
theorizing. He met the girls eyes.
They exchanged glances and seemed to
understand one another
Do you find these long Journeys tir-
ing?' the old lady asked Trevoe.
Sometimes. 1t depends SO much on
ones fellow travellers"
The girl had her eyes fixed dream1ly
on the passing landscape.
Yes she murmured.
There are occasions when | could
travel on and on and never realizz tE&t
time was passing" he saiG.
Yes" the girl murmured aga.n.
We can remember such time,
can't WEI" she asked
You mean, suppose. when We were
first married?"
"Of course. she said glancing
toward the girls gloved hands.
The girl understood at once that she
was being taken for young wife She
was SO much amused that she had to
make pretense of getting something
from the luggage rack. When she sat
down again she began slowly to take
The glove from her left hand The old
lady watched furtively, but with such
evident interest that even Trevoe's
masculine mind jumped to the mean
ing of it. When the hand was disclosed
II had no marriage sign upon it. but
the third finger bore a ring which
might very we'll represent engagement
The inquistive old lady sighed. as
though to suggest a kindly warning
against a long continuance of that
state of affairs.
The girl slid the ring up and down
upon her finger.
There's no risk of losing it now?'
Trevoe asked.
.Oh, no, she said, with an upward
glance that really thrilled him. She
certainly. he thought, acted uncom-
monty well.
The train shot into a tunnel
Are we going to keep this up?" he
whispered. IF we drop it now the old
lady'll think we've been fooling her"
Why should we drop it,"
"All right. My names Jack"
Mines jessie"
To Trevoe, after this compact. The
girl called Jessie appeared to enjoy it
no less. The old lady became more
and more confidential and gradually
drew her husband into the talk. She
still had the spirit of youth in her and
these apparently united lovers revived
it to bubbling confidence. She even
begged them to call upon her after
their marriage and named her address.
Trevoe noted it with shudder; it was
within stones throw of his mothers.
He eyaded the giving of his own name
with burning sense of guilt.
AT Paddington the two parted from
the old couple on the platform. AS
the girl had anticipated, there was no
one to meet her.
Are we to part, too, Trevoe asked,
without ever knowing each others,
names ?"
Yours is Jack" she laughed
eyes. But | somehow don't feel quite
sure that yours is Jessie.
ION my honor"
1T would rather spoil the romance
of the thing to know more, wouldn't
it?' asked Trevoe, doubtfully.
That's exactly what | was think
ms" she said. I'VE go; through
los journey very pleasantly, didn't
We. and made the acquaintance of
mos pleasant and kind-hearted old
lady -"