The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-14

prOpr1ctOrS OF W attendant cut I'M
ders'' and three or four other worthless
whom business or the lack Of Il called
to that locality availed themselves Of
the shelter OF the waiting room. but the
gentlemen Of the Herald were too agi-
tatcd to be confined save by the limits
of the horizon.
They had reached the station half an
hour before train time and consumed,
the interval In pacing the platform un-
der n big cotton umbrella. addressing
each other only In monosyllablcs. Those
In the waiting room gossiped eagerly
and for the thousandth time about the
late events and particularly about the
tremendous news Of Fisbce. Judd Be-
nett looked out through the rainy door
way ut the latter with reverence and a
fine pride OF Craftsmanship. He & q
clarcd II To be his belief that Fisbec
and Parker were waiting for her now.
For all Carlow knew why Flsbee had
gone TO meet the strange lady mt the
station when she had come to visit
the Brlscocs. why he had come with
her to the lecture, why he had taken
UuIDtE 1T lut IpTlNtOtS tITet tlIlcS anu
dinner twice when she was there. Fis-
bee had told the story to Parker OH a
melancholy afternoon rs they sat to-
gether I'm the Herald office, and Parker
had told the town. 1t vas simple
enough indeed, and Fisbee's past was
q mystery no longer. 1t might have
been revealed years before had there
been anything In particular to reveal
and IL II had cvcr occurred to Fisbee
to talk of himself and his affairs.
Things had n habit of not occurring to
Eisbcc.
Mr.. Parker, very nervous himself.
felt his companions elbow trembling
against his own ms the great engine,
rocking In the mist and sending great
clouds of white vapor up to the sky.
swoopcd down the track, rushed by
them and came to n standstill beyond
the platform. Fisbcc and the foreman
made haste to the nearest vcstibule
and were gazing blankly Mt Its barred
approaches when they heard II silvery
laugh behind them and an exclamation.
upstairs and downstairs and In my
lady's chamber! Just behind you,
DEAR
Turning quickly, the foreman beheld
q blushing and smiling little vision, a
vision with light brown hair, a vision
envelopcd In n light brown rain cloak
and with brown gloves from which
the handles of Il big brown travelling
bag were let fall MS the vision dis
appeared under the cotton umbrella.
while the sLiitten Judd Bennett reeled
gasping against the station.
Dearest" the girl cried to the old
man, "you should have been looking
for me between the devil and the deep
sea, the parlor car and the smoker.
I've given up cigars, and I've begun
to study economy, so I didn't come on
eithcr!.'
The drizzlc and mist blew in under
| the top of the ''cut under" as they
| drove rapidly into town, and bright lit
| tie drops sparkled on the fair hi
| above the new editors forehead and OH
tine long lashcs above the new editors
cheeks. She shook these transient
gems off lightly as she paused In the
doorway of the office at the top OF the
| rickety stairway.
Mr.. Schofield had just added h last
touch to his decorations and managed
to slide into his coat as the party came
up the stairs, and now, perspiring,
proud, embarrassed, he assumed an at
titude at once deprecatory OF his en-
deavors and pointedly cxpectant or
| Communications for the results. (He
was a modest youth and II conscious.
After his first sight of her as she stood
In the doorway 1t was several days be-
fore he could lift his distressed eyes
under the new editors glance or, in
deed, dare to avail himself Of more
than a hasty and futtering stare ut
her when her back was turned.) As
she entered the room he sided along
the wall and laughed %sheeplshly Mt
nothing.
Every chair in the room was orna-
mentcd with one of his blue rOsettes.
tied carefully and firmly TO the middle
Stat of each chair back. There had
been several yards of ribbon left over.
and there was a hard knot of glossy
satin on each of the inkstands and on
the %duorknObs. A blue band passing
around the etovepipe lent 1t an antique
rakishness suggestive OF the charioteer.
and n number Of streamers suspended
from a nook In the ceiling encouraged
a supposition that the employees of the
Herald were contemplating the in
tricate festivities of May day. 1t need
al M ghost IN infer that these garni-