The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-26

They think they've got me trapped"
she said to herself. And she spent the
evening talking sweetly to Mrs. Mark
ham until her mother came out to the
piazza and asked her to run over to Il
neighbours for something. When she
came back Mrs Markham was at the
telephone in the hall, and her mother
smut the door and kept her talking I'M
I'll the other came out. Mary grinned
In the dark.
They are planning some more little
surprises, l presume" she thought.
The next morning no one seemed to
notice that she was dressed In her
pongee suit instead of her usual house
! gown, and she strolled down the street
after breakfast slowly and carelessly,
/ quite unconscious of the fact that the
two women on the porch were having
q good time at her expense.
I hope to goodness that Ben didn't
miss that train" said Mrs. Markham.
~rhat makes it twice as funny for
him to be on the same train"
| And Mary coolly entered the chair
car, settled herself with deliberate sat.
isfaction. MARY, my child. you are
too young for such deceit" she chuc.
kled as she pulled down the shade.
''But think of the eager young mans
discontinue when he finds that little
Mary has flown" Then she became
aware that the strange young man
across the aisle was regarding her with
much interest in his glance, and she
lifted her chin little and began to
read her magazine. The young man
went back to his paper, and after a
little she looked him over surreptitious-
ly. He was evidently a college man,
she decided-clean cut, big and vigor-
GUS, with clear, brown skin and gray
eyes. And presently there came to
her a haunting sense of familiarity.
She thought she must have seen him
somewhere.
The young man looked up to see her
gazing speculatively at him, and their
eyes met. Again she tilted her chin.
but 1t was too late, for she had been
caught, and the warm rosy red tingled
In her cheeks and on her forehead.
The man lifted his hat gravely, but
with an amused twinkle.
Mary felt horribly embarrassed and
Inundated. In sheer desperation she
turned to the window to put it down
1t worked more easily than she
thought and before she could pun her
arm back had caught and imprisoned
the corner of the loose sleeve of her
little pongee wrap. She could not pull
1t out without tearing 1t, and the suit
was new. She spoke softly to the old
man in front of her. but he did not
hear. And then, while she bit her lip
and flushed still more deeply, the young
man from across the aisle had reached
over her without word, and her arm
was free
''Thank you" she said icily, and then
in spite of herself she looked up and
caught the CLEAN of a pin on his soft
shirt. oh" she exclaimed and then
blushed again.
He whipped of his panama and bent
down. please don't be formal You
see I'm from your own college, only
I've been east since at a law school"
Later she asked suddenly: Didn't
you belong to the Dramatic club7
Weren't you Benedict in your class
play? That's where must have seen
you. The pictures are up In the club
room, you know"
It was three hours later that the
train pulled into the little station at
Okeboji. and she realized that she did
he
But Madge viii remember. and she
is a Dramatic club member and will
probably be able to place him." she
thought as she sat erect and wondered
what she should say to him when she
got of
When the train stopped and she rose
| to go he didn't move.
sIf you wait a moment. the aisle win
| be less crowded" he suggested, and
she waited. Neither spoke. and when
the aisle was cleared he rose, picked
up his hat, lifted his suit case from
| the seat across the aisle and followed
her 10 the door IT had never occurred
to her that he would be getting on
here too.
MadRe was waiting for her. and the
two girls embraced with sudden rip
ME of laughter. The young man step
ped to one side and waited hat IN
hand.
.sD,d YOU escape himT' he heard
Nadge say. and Mary answered: "Eas-
nv as you please. But they'll be furs
ons when they find out what I've done.
Hes there by this time. and They
tnrned around TO 60 to the waiting
tran and Madge caught sight Of the
| man.
stared AT the young man ana TON
MIN to Mary. why, you must De m
sanei Don't you know Inc man