The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-29

,sana. more than th Ing
alone. Though IN er11e NJ lSlg
not q lone passed "a the ing
room car tha hiFled her qeross the
prnfries on site her sat 4 young
man whose aT5pearlnce pleased her at
6rSt sIGiht. That he was a gentlenun
she Immediately decided. He made no
oDDortunity to speak to her There
were SIX OF eight other passengers. oil
more or less sociable. and, IN one way
and another. an but the young nan
came to make the acquaintance OF
Miss Lawson before the first day of
the journey ended.
After the very drst glance at the
young man the girl was puzzled. She
fs.It sure she had seen him before, and
she cudgeled her brains In vain to re
member where and when. This I'm
precision grew stronger whenever she
stole glance at him, and by and by
she was much vexed at herself for Ter
failure to recall him. II the truth
was known, she was a bit yexed with
him as we'll II he wanted an intro
duction he could have had 1t easy
enough, and that he didn't rush to Sc
cure It rather piqued her.
Next morning after breakfast
tough looking fellow, who was riding
in style for the first time in his life,
entered the car and a few minutes
later was oglIng Miss Lawson and max
ing himself obnoxious. The young
man opposite politely requested the
hashy youth to desiSt and was prompt
" consigned to a climate that Is hotter
than this. He didn't so. He simply
took the dlsturber by the neck and
dragged him into the smoking car and
flung him into seat with bang.
That was the last of the disturber.
He didn't like the atmosphere of
drawing room car. Miss Lawson would
have thanked the stranger. but he gave
her no opportunity. He simply return
ed to his seat and resumed his reading
as IL nothing had happened.
That evening as the passengers left
the eating house where they had had
twenty minutes for dinner" COW
boy with couple OF guns belted about
him and too much liquor within him
freshly halted Miss Lawson and pre-
tended to recognize her as Miss
Thompson 1t was n lamentable fail
ure. He was picked up some way,
somehow, and dropped of the platform,
and the young man who did it never
even looked back to see II there was to
he any shooting He might have been
thanked again If he hadn't been so
busy with his own affnirs.
Things were coming to head. how
ever. At midnight that night the train
was held up ut a water tank. There
were nve In the party Of ruttians, and
three of them entered the sleepers and
commanded passengers to shell out"
The command was promptly obeyed in
the first two cars, but the man who
started to work the trick in the Idaho
ran up against a snag- The reserved
young man brought out gun and did
some shooting He went outside and
did some more. In fact, led by him,
the messengers rallied and killed two
robbers and drove the others into the
woods. Miss Edith Lawson was one of
the many passengers who offered her
hand In conEratulatlon, and thus 1t
came about that the two finally intro
duced themselves When the stranger
said that his name was Benny Hope.
but that the public insisted on calling
him Tommy, the girl flushed up and
exclaimed:
"why-why. there was a Tommy
Hope at the Interstate meet Of athletes
six weeks ago"
Eyes, 1 was there"
"And you j-jumped?"
81 Jumped. Miss Lawson"
and yOu-you sprinted?"
'T sprinted. Did you happen TO be
there I'm persona
yves. and told my chum. Isabel
DAVIS. that hated athletes. II said
that an old horse could beat you all Mt
running or jumping and that you
YOU
..That ought TO be saving wood.
perhaps?'' he laughed. We'll, shan't
hold 1t against you"
And he didn't. If be had, how could
they he engaged at the present time.
Ms announced in the society columns:
It is more than likely also TINT Miss
Edith has changed her opinions and is
a warm champion of the cause"