The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-06-05
PASSING FOR
A LADY
B, w. PELT RIDGE

anxiously. Goat collar all right!
Neoktie not rucked up at the back?
Just give mo another brush down,
will your Ny dear" in answer to her
protest. 'you'd be hdsety II you'd got
all the responsibility I've got to take
on my shoulders today"
LAbeller Goble, OF duty and pre-
pared to conduct his young wife and
the members OF his society. the alar-
ums and excursions OF the season
days trip. ran to and fro seeing to
back doors and windows. and not
knowing whether or not he was fas-
tening those. His young wife. cool
and self possessed. took opportunity
TO PIN at the correct angle a hat
which should presently make the
heart Of Railway terrace miss beat
and chastsn the Joy of other lady pas
sengers on the station platform. This
was the best Of possessing relative
In service as lady's maid in q good
quarter Of town.
And II I'm introduced TO the gen
eral manager" Goble called up the
stairs. land. mind you, It's quite pos
sible. why. II you're very good girl.
! may interduce you. And II / do. l
must ask you. for goodness gracious
sake. and for mine. be careful. n you
can't catch what he says % you, don't
answer back What's the row. as
though you were talking 70 me. Say
Beg your pardon, SIR"
An excited platform, with punches
Of folk waiting for the excursion and
members OF the uniformed stan shak
Ing quite In the manner of unofficial
people. eontended in dealing for once
vlth passengers who did not badger
hom with questions concerning the
OVobabllity Of finding room In the ap-
0noashang train. state Of weather at
destination. precise time Of return
6a1A- No necessity TO warn the ex-
v1sslsa1gh 10 stand back e. the train
sapAA 10 need to restrain impetuous
~ passengers from opening the
eR u a. dog box.
Vo0eOs" csled ~ hsad6uard
-WAeSsfs Goblet"
UWO I asef"
01neral manager wants you to
esavs1 down with him. He's IN the
Aptolass saloon right at the back.
WAaAs some Information for his
speech"
you bundle in anywheres." said
LAbeller 0oble to his wife hurriedly.
II you come with me you'll be going
aA1 making some mistake in your
grammar
Al the seaside station q ring formed
O. Tie platform. made up of the rail-
Wy men and the railway mems
wives, all anxious to see the great
man as he appeared when off duty
THE wife. Goble?"
yes, sir. If you don't mind. sir.
We've been married this two year. !
say two year. but that's a lie; year
and ten months is more like it."
VERY pleased to make your &C
Quaintance. Mrs. Goble; / think we
are to be favored with comparatively
speaking. good weather. considering
the period of the year. Trust We shall
meet later"
Some of the older women argued
that when the general manager lifted
his white top hat Mrs. Goble ought to
have courtesied, because they wished
to discuss her. and partly because
OF the wonderful hat, they left Mrs.
Goble alone, and when the general
manager came out with his following
and sat down on the bench. the gen
eral manager sent chief clerk across
70 Mrs. Goble, and signifled his gra-
cious desire to take her presently into
lunch.
The general manager and his suite
made feint Of leaving Immediately
after the lunch. Labeller Goble, ris-
ing, arrested them with a warning
ere. and said there remained one
more duty to perform before the dis
tinguished officers OF the company
were allowed to depart. When he
seid duty he hoped they would under
stand that he did not mean duty-the
word he ought to have used was
privilege" Labeller Goble empha-
sized non-existent points by jabbing a
dessert knife into the tablecioth.
With his wife seated close by and
teering. Gohle reached his port with
out further disaster. The general
manager. In reply. said he had been
delighted to meet so many Of the
stan and their wives.
Il knew the speech all right"
argued Goble In confidence, when
they were on the crowded yacht for
a hours voyage. I'D got every word
h my mind as pat as could be. You're
aware Of that, my dear, because /
Sid It over several times to you. But
somehow"
you pulled through"
Thanks to you. And there's some
tAtng more. had a friendly chat
With q. MS secretary at the station
3usa now. and he said II ever applied
top an inspectorship was to send
Nm Q private note at the same time.
And he told me the @. M. said you
wepe one Of the best-mannered wom-
On he had ever met. Now, what I'm
anxious to know. my dear. is this;
how in the world you managed to
give him that impression? Because,
as a matter Of fact, all could over
hear you saying now and again was.
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