The newspaper., 1907-04-26

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The Rajah dropped his cigar butt
in the snow and trod upon it.
Possibly you will faveh US with
your company to breakfast in the
Rosemary. Misteh Winton-you and
Misteh Adams. No? Then l bid you
a vehy good morning. gentlemen. and
hope to see you latch" And he swung
up to the steps of the private car.
Half an hour afterwards. the snow
still whirling dismally, Winton and
Adams were covering over handful
of kissing embers. drinking their COM
missary coffee and munching the camp
cooks poor excuse for a breakfast
"Jig's up pretty definitely, don't yen
think" said the Technologian, with
a glance around at the idle track
force budding for shelter under the
lee of the fats and the decapod.
winton shook his head and groaned.
I'm a ruined man, Morty."
Adams found his cigarette case.
81 guess that's So" he said, quite
heartlessly. Then: Hello! what Is
our friend the enemy up to now?"
McGrath's fireman was uncoupling
the engine from the Rosemary, and
MI Darrah. complacently lighting his
after-breakfast cigar, came across to
the kissing ember fire.
"A word with you. gentlemen. IL
you will faveh me-" he began. 81 am
about to run down to Argentine on my
engine. and l propose leaving the la
dies in your cha'ge. Misteh Winton.
Will you give me your word Of honeh,
sch. that they will not be annoyed in
my absence?"
winton sprang up. losing his tenn
per again.
"It's-well. it's blessed lucky that
you know your man. Mr.. Darrah!" he
exploded Go on about your busi-
ness-which is TO bring another army
of deputy sheriffs down on us, take
it You know well enough that no
man Of mine will lay a hand on your
car so long as the ladies are in it"
The Rajah thanked him, dismissed
the matter with a Chesterfeldian
wave OF his hand, climbed to his place
in the cab. and the engine shrilled
away around the curve and disap
peared in the snow-wreaths.
Adams rose and stretched himself.
'.By Jove! when il comes TO cheek,
pure and unadulterated. commend me
to a Virginia gentleman who has ac-
quired the proper modicum of west
ern bluff" he laughed. Then. with
a cavernous yawn dating back to the
sleepless night: "Since there is moth
| ing Immediately pressing, l believe I'll
20 and call on the ladies. Won't you
come along?"
MOI" said Winton. savagely: and
the Technologian lounged off by him
self.
Some little time afterward Winton
gloomng over his handful of splitting
embers, saw Adams and Virginia coms
JuG - stand together on the observa-
tion platform of the Rosemary. They
talked long and earnestly, and when
Winton was beginning TO add the dull
pang Of unreasoning jealousy to his
other hurtings Adams beckoned him.
He went, not unwillingly, or alto
gether willingly.
Il should think you might come and
say Good morning to me, Mr.. Win
ton. I'm not Uncle Somerville," said
Miss Carteret.
Winton said Good morning" not
too graciously, and Adams Knocked
him.
Besides being a bear with sore
head. Miss Carteret thinks you're not
much OF a hustler" he said, coolly.
"She knows the situation; knows that
you were stupid enough to promise
not to lay hands on the car when we
could have pushed 1t out OF the way
without annoying anybody. None the
less, she thinks that you might hnd
way to so on building your railroad
without breaking your word to Mr.
Darrah."
winton put his sore-heartedness far
enough behind him to smile and say:
perhaps Miss Virginia will be GOOD
enough to tell me how"
II don't know how" she rejoined,
quickly. And you'd only laugh at
me II should tell you what
thought Of
tTo'be Continued