La Junta tribune., 1908-07-18
Fair Means
or Foul.
B, JANE LEE
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Their may have i--en a time hen
the rain came aowB In greater auanfi
tie. bet certainly not within the mrni-
ory os The shoIlsrs on Broa.iway 90.
day early Ia February.
Some few wifhoet the saving grace
OF faith had almost persuaded rbem
selves that second food was i,liRi-
ucut. While o;ber7- pio-jded fhrcuSh the
slusIiy river, In cutters too wide To be
jumped with no feeling save dumb
misery
The. wind blew with such velocity
that II was Impossible TO hold an nm
breIls. and broken ones had t-en
thrown Into the CUTTERS giving the ap.
rearxnce Of deet OF black ships as
they ~hiriei and finally stopped q, the
corner sewer. Women who were forced
by circumstances TO lie out held their
skirts with one hand and took a firm
grip On their hats with the other.
Among the few strsxgiers the police
man noticed the ris.ure OF a yosp,g girl
who had passed him several iime- now
pe,.ring over the curb Is II faseina ted
BY rhe etb and flow OF the stream.
Her cSthes were Of a good cut y nd
material Her curly locks were much
leiraegisd. and tiny green STRAIN
was running down oBe cheek. thanks
10 the combination Of rain and green
ribbon upon her hat The uian In upi-
form and brass l.1ttons stepped To her
side as she hesitate,I at rather peril
ols crossing
lad day. miss SAIL Le As he Offer
81 Ia heip her across the street.
Bad: ! shouid say II was. And Ia
more Ways than one. You zee. have
lost nv purse. and am Wishing ia
RayyIile have not even raoney
enough 10 get hack 70 the house. ex-
plaIned the girl Ms she looked UP help
iesSiy nj the policeman.
II. eyed her ~lfspiriously. To his
ears such stories were not unccnmon
That's a good story all right. Sure
It's true. are youE~ he said.
Just then the tail hGure Of man
with his bat pulled DOWN well ever his
ey.-s. PASSED them. The Elri frightened
rs she ~aw him.
-Oh. call that man. please do she
cried n the tall figure sfroie an. Hes
from Rayriil- ton
The policeman ran over and touched
the man on the shoulder.
Lady over there wants you. sir
The man glanced back and f'l.n
with one agile leap across The gutter.
he was at her side.
Miss Merrill. can IN ~ yout WAas
on earth are yon doing ont In this I.ourS
Ing rain The questions fen thIct
and fast and withou; pause for answer
lie, us step inie this drug store. and
do tell me WHIST San do Tor you-
They entered the store and friend
" clerk offered them chairs and then
politely retired to the rear of III. store.
Helen Merrill tried 10 adjust stray
lock and turned her l,lue eyes 10 NEE;
her ~ompa anicn's Interested gaze
1t WIS awfnIIy good Of you to say
son knew me. That policeman was
hsrrid. and ] thought you'd remember
having seen me in nBcl.'s trap
How could fan to see your musesi
resumed her story
Il caiiie in town to do some shopping.
md I've lost my purse. II was only
showing this morning and ! could not
for,~ee this awfui wind and rain storm.
I dropped my purse as j WAS crossing
the street and. though I've looked and
looked the whole length Of that dirty
gutter. ] cannot find it" she explained
TO him He offered no response He
was apparently lost in studying the
depths OF the blue eyes before him
oh. won't you send me hack home.
Mr. Marshall: ! know T'ncle John
viii consider II n neighf-orly courtesy
! CLAYTON Marshall smiled and glanced
at his watch
Il am swfully serry ~ hear about
your plight. Miss Merlin. and Of course
I will take you home st once We
: have just time to .-afch the 30 train
that n unl4ss you would rather hare
bite ts eat first
Eat slse 4.ris.d Il feel Ike 4
drowned rat and must look ike one.
No restaurant would admit me. Hum
cry ms ! am. fear that hene is the
place for me- Helen replied But
she continued IF you viii pun IN. ON
the train II will lie quite sufficient.
Surely your office Is not eissel SO
early
MarSball protested and finally Won
tte day. lie called hanson. and to-
geth~r they took the train for RayriIIe.
They tel.pboned In advance. aud The
family e1riase was at the depot to
meet Hei~n.
"Uncle John can thank you Leiier
than ]" she said NJ they parted
Think sor asked Marshall And
then they both laughed.
The leading papers the next morn