The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25

sione. Though nnchaperoned, she was
not q lone passenger in the drawing
room car that whirled her across the
prairies. Opposite her sat a young
man whose appearance pleased her TT
first sight. That he was gentleman
she Immediately decided. He made no
opportunity to speak te her. Ihere
were six or eight other passengers. all
more or less sociable. and. In one way
and another, all but the young man
came to make the acquaintance or
Miss Lawson before the first day OF
the Journey ended.
After the very first glance at the
young man the girl was puzzled. she
felt sure she had seen him before. and
she cudgeled her brains in vain to re-
member where and when. This I'M
preston grew stronger whenever she
stole a glance at him. and by and by
she was much yexed at herself for her
failure to recall him.. II the truth
was known. she was bit vexed with
him as well. II he wanted an intro
duction he could have had 1t easy
enough. and that he didn't rush to Sc
cure 1t rather pfqued her.
Next morning after breakfast a
tough looking fellow. who was riding
In style for the first time in his life.
entered the car and few minutes
later was ogllng Miss Lawson and max
Ing himself obnoxious. The young
man opposite politely requested the
fashy youth to desist and was prompt
" consigned to climate that is hotter
than this. He didn't 80. He simply
took the disturber by the neck and
dragged him into the smoking car and
flung him into seat with a bang.
That was the last Of the disturber.
He didn't like the atmosphere Of a
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 II nothing had happened.
That evening as the passengers left
the eating house where they had had
twenty minutes for dinner cow
boy with a 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 a 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
be any shooting. He might have been
thanked again IL he hadn't been so
busy with his own affairs.
Things were coming to a head. how
ever At midnight that night the train
was held up Mt water tank. There
were five in the party of ruflans. and
three Of them entered the sieepers 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 snag. The reserved
young man brought out a gun and did
some shooting. He went outside and
did some more. In fact, led by him.
the passengers 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 congratulati0n, 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, was there"
"And you 5-jumpedf"
II jumped, Miss Lawson"
"And you-you sprinted?'
II sprinted. Did you happen to be
there in person.
yves. and l told my chum, Isabel
DAVIS, that I hated athletes. IL said
that an old horse could beat: you all at
running or jumping and that you--
you
THAT cneht to be saving wood.
perhaps7' he laughed. "Well, I shan't
hold it against you"
And he didn't. II he had. how could
they be engaged at the present time,
as announced in the society columns?
1t Is more than likely also that Miss
Edith has changed her opinions and ,is
a warm champion Of the cause"