The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
THE Mills DRY GOODS co.
WHEN THEY MET AGAIN.
BY NJ. QUAD.)

There was feasting and merrymaking
after the marriage of George Williams
and Sarah Lee George was a brake
man on a freight train. and Sarah was
the daughter of his landlady. 1t wasn't
a marriage to interest the town to any
extent, but every one belonging to the
railroad yards who could be spared
from service on that night was there.
Numbers of the men had known and
boarded with the mother for years, and
these same men had pinched the cheeks
and patted the head of Miss Sarah
when she was a girl of twelve. There
had been many suitors for her hand
after she had arrived at the age of
sixteen There were engineers. hremen,
switchmen and brakemen anxious to
win her, and some Of them were as
steady men as the mother could desire
and had a nice little neSt-egg laid by.
1t was generally known in railroad
circles that Jim Higham, chief clerk in
the motive department, had been
struck on Sarah and proposed mar
rage but had been turned down after
a lovers quarrel. 1t was as generally
known also, that Tom Williamson, head
clerk in the freight department, had
been very sweet in that direction. until
the mother heard that he had wife
in the west from whom he was not
divorced.
I'm not looking too high for Sarah
Mrs. Lee used to observe She isn't
we'll educated and can't be lady, and
it will always be remembered that she
was the daughter of boarding house
woman. 1 simply want her to marry
good-natured, sober and industrious
man."
The brakeman seemed to fill the
bill At any rate. Sarah fell in love
with him and they were married He
had saved money enough to go to
housekeeping on, and for a year they
were happy couple Then two things
happened George was promoted to
a run on a passenger train, and the
engineer of a freight was introduced
to the wife. and was at once inter-
ested. Other people soon began to
see. but the husband was blind. Other
people soon began to hear, but the
husband was deaf. The mother had
something to say for the daughters
good, but was met with protests, tears,
and finally, with hot words OF anger.
One day it became known that the
wife and the engineer had disappeared
together. Williams came home to find
his cottage deserted. They expected
to see him fly into a fury and hear
him utter awful threats but they were
disappointed. It could easily be seen
that the iron had entered his soul, and
that he was gnawing his heart. but he
said very little. and even the mother
of the missing wife was not taken into
his confidence One day, three months
after the event. he quietly dropped
out of sight, and to this day there are
x who have heard nothing fur
Their from him.
When the deserted husband set out
on his quest he might have turned to
any point of the compass. No one
knew which way the wife had gone.
A sort of intuition took him to Chi
cago and kept him there. Under an
other name he found employment Of
4 different sort, and in his spare hours
he walked the streets. At the end of
he Cot e.
They came face to face on the street |
and before they had looked into each
others eyes he knew that the man had
abandoned her and that she had be-
come social outcast- When she
him she would have run |
AWAY. but he quietly said:
Sadie, you need have no fear of me-
am going home with you. 1 want to |
ask you a few questions"
They walked side by side for half 2 |
mile without another word. When they
reached her abiding place she asked: |
George are you going to kill me % |
Il haven't the slightest idea of it"
But you won't forgive me and take I
me back?"
Never"
Then what is ito"
only the name of the place where I /
ean find the man"
But don't know After a year he
,ast me off"
Then good day to you"
Williams did not go back to his work
put Travelled here and there for week
One day he located his enemy in a town
hundred miles away. 1t was in the I
Far West. The engineer had become a
station agent and was married. 1t was
nine o'clock in the morning and he sat
1t his desk when stranger walked in
Ind sat down opposite.
"Wen?" queried the agent.
DO you want a chance for your life,
or shall I shoot you like a dog?"
1t was the man he had wronged. He
oo1ed into a face in which there was
10 mercy. There-was not one soft line
n it. The face didn't look murder but
{ looked determination to kill The
lgent read it, and knew that the crisis
vas at hand.
IF you shoot you'll be lynched." he
inalIy said
Have you got a gum"
yves"
Then get it will not open fire IN
IL you are ready. One Of US will be In |