The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-25
THE GIRL AT
THE Y
bv SEWARD W. HOPKINS
CopwtGht, tao6, By z. A. VhAeheod

The up express was due to pass at
1 o'clock, but It dsd not stop. Graham
would not have been IN the Office at
ali, only b had some money in the safe
and bad received orders by wire to
s1eep tn tie station that night
He DID not know bow much there
was. It bad come IN a sealed package,
locked In q small pouch- He knew It
was Day day Oh the new branch then
building on the 1st, and this was the
81st-
why can't they send pay carr
asked Graham Of himself.
.roo confounded mean" he muttered.
The hours dragged slowly, but Gra-
ham found some soaace In thinking OF
Miss Delatne. go.
Miss Delaine was from Chicago. She
was visiting the daughter Of siIas
Jones, whom she had met at school.
Miss Jones was tall, big and strong;
Miss DeIatne' was dainty.
Miss Jooea, with the advantage Of her
boarding school years, dressed well;
Miss Deaaine dressed better.
Graham had suddenly felt peculiar
sensation when Miss Delatne got OF
the local at Naomi. he knew that stias
was going to have company. BE had
no idea the company was built more
ON the dee&1ng vision plan than any
other.
IF silas dou't feed that girl up he
will be all out Of company" Graham
had said. "Sbe's almost gone now"
Graham was husky fellow and had
been at Naomi two months when Miss
Delaine appeared As Graham board
ed with silas he had an opportunity to
study her we'll.
mo more turkey hunts while she's
here" he grumbled to himself.
Miss Delaine took the grumble out
Of him when she proposed shoot, and
the three went TO the scrubs, and Miss
Delaine brought down five to his three
and Miss Jones one.
Miss Delaine proved to have more
get up and get in her diminutive body
than Graham acknowledged In his FIVE
feet ten. She could box big Miss Jones
all over the barn floor; she could climb
a cherry tree In light summer frock
and come down as neat as she went
up; she could swim better than Miss
Jones and dive as deep as Graham.
She could play the most charming
waltzes and sing the pretiest songs.
She had not been at Naomi two weeks
before she was singing in the choir.
and Graham made the narrowing dis
covery that he sang bass.
So on this night Graham consoled
himself by thinking gloomy thoughts
about Miss Delaine.
'Id be fool to ask her and brute
to expect her to accept II I did ask"
He said this with almost a groao.
"Why couldn't It have been FAM"
Fan was Miss Jones. But, no; she'll
marry Larkins, and If Miss Delaine
was poor I'd marry her."
he knew she was rich. She had Of
ten spoken about "our railroad" James
Delaine was president Of the Q. and B.
Disconsolate, he smoked bis pipe. he
wondered how much money there was
in the safe. He knew the payroll must
be long.
BE had read last Sundays paper a
dozen times and gone of to sleep and
nearly fallen Of the chair which be had
dlted back. BE had left the door open
for air. The night was warm.
"Hello there, young feller!". came
voice. he turned toward the door and
looked into the barrel Of big revolver.
"HoM up your handsr ,
Err am agent here" stammefed
Graham.
"oh, we know that You keep yer
mouth shut Wen do the rest"
II won't submit to robbery, II that IS
what you mean," said Graham.
Robbery, eh? Won't submit eh?
Well young feller. ye don't look much
like a fool Under the circumstances
I wouldn't advise yer to be one even II
ye do know how. I've got two partners
here, and the first yawp out Of ye will
mean q game o shoohn' big. Now,
jim"
Another fellow came In and went
through Graham's pockets.
"Now, young feller," said the leader
after Jim had deposited an express re-
volver on the table, '1ust tell US the
combination to that safe"
II refuse"
What did I say about bein' fool?
Say, III give you three minutes to