La Junta tribune., 1907-01-26
ON BOARD THE
FLIER
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Copyright. isn. by L e P.re<lls
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! We II iikt tno>r tbIc< s<HtS- j SIP
/ pose its the best you can d. Law
/ reree, you sit there No. uo-on this
/ side There's a draft ON that side
But l want To see the river said
the elderly man queruisusiy and with
Q gesture akin TO throwing aside u de
tainlnz hand. though his norid aud
overiresses. wife had not Laid 50 much
as a finger tip on his arm.
Il tell you there's a draft on that
side she said sharply.
We'll, you don't want 10 sit In a
draft either persisted her husband.
NO. Emily can sit there She Is
young Drafts won't hurt her"
David Marsron raised his paper sud
denly 10 hide the smile that would
come lie was sitting ON the drafty
side. too. right behind the chair In the
parior car which had raised the dis
csisslon. He. too. wanted TO see the
Hudson. the Palisades and other points
OF interest of which he had read and
which he was enjoying for the inst
time.
Where Is Emily?" asked the hus-
band. now settled unwiilinxIy In the
chair selected for him
shes making sure that there's a
nice man In the baggage car 10 look
after the dogs She'll he along In q
minute
BY this time David MarSfon Was not
the only passenger interested In the do
nestle drama. Every man aud woman
In the ear had laid aside paper o. book.
Ia h.
tones and dominating bearing u the
woman. The shrili speech might have
been forgiven on the pI-a that ths hus-
band WIS evidently very DEAF. The
manner Was less forxivabbe. Newly
acquired riches were stamped Ill over
rhe tightly laced. middle aeed agure-
The charncterlexs face. due % much
electric msssagine. spoke of hours
spent with beauty experts. Hss frOck.
wrap and hat shriekei. -PaTis.'
Evidently the couple were going
back 10 New York after . brief stay
At their lodge In the Catskilla. for the
limited had stopped at the small town
close to fashionable mountain fast
ne~-es ON special orders
You don't think aDything will hap
Rfii " tfo~1 hHsr RiaA-
formsf- asked the man anxiously.
ITS a vestibdied train-' shrieked
his wife. Il told her TO stay until all
three OF the dogs had been properly
chained. You remember the time We
came Oh, there she is
There was much craning OF necks as
the third member Of this interesting
party came through the narrow pas
saeewsy around the drawing -NDsm-
Her advent promised further enter.
tainneut % travel bored passenger
Only one Of the latter did not crane
his neck. lie simply sat staring az the
girl. his hands gripped hard on the
arms Of the chair.
She was slender. refined looking
girl. dressed In black from her dull
calfskin ties to her stif;,y tailored trsv-
cling hat. At her throat and wrists
were fine linen bands. Marston recall
ed with a shudder that a maid who
had opened the door for him NJ n fash
ionablc Denver home had worn just
such a black frc-k with white lands
The Girl carried bundle OF canes.
umbrellas and golf sticks. As she
Tilted them In the corner beside the
elderly man she said something 20 him
which be seemed to hear. though she
did not follow his wife's example and
raise her vOice. He settled back with
a conteufed air.
There's your chair. Emily said the
woman. waving her hand across the
aisle. The girl turned. steppe.i across
the aisle. looked at Marston. cauxht
her breath sharply and sank into her
chair. which she wheeled 30 that her
hack was turned squarely upon hln.
BY this time David had recovered
thought aud speech. He ro-e deIib-
erateiy walked In front Of the giri and
extended his hand.
.I'on't tell me that n mere triae like
Q beard makes me uurecognizable. Eu-
ily. l should have known yol even II
you had dyed your hair"
The girls hand lay Imply in his.
then she pulled herself together and
withdrew IT,
"Oh. ! knew you Mt once. But the
SHOCK
Precisely. 1t was . shock TO mo
TO ind you with them
The gesture was slight. but Emily
Hunt knew what he meant. and ~
cheeks crimsoned-
Il can explain
Let me turn your chair around -
we can talk Marston suggested. al
Q moment later they sat side by siAe.
facing the river hsnx- their hacks -
Misc EmIiys employer. who .nifed u
baniei curiosity and xaxed their wny
through a jewelei Iorgnou-
oh. the story 10 short enough saiA
Emily bitterly. Selling dasbs anh
TEACHING youngsters in Q Colorado town
and making good with your brush h
New Nork city are entirely diferen4
propositions I saw IL was starvatiss