The daily tribune., 1908-05-07

Hundreds OF
times!" cried the girl with the French
eyelet embroidery.
Goodness, yes!" exclaimed the girl
with the Mexican drawnwork.
We'll, | never spent such another
half-hour in my life as did last even
ing" pursued the girl with the tat.
ting, Il was late in getting from my
sisters home to my train and would
have been worried only that / knew
father would meet me in the city. As
/ got my bundles all spread out in
the other half of the seat | looked up
and saw the incest sort sf back and
shoulders just ahead In the aisle They
turned around while was looking and
came straight toward me. l recog-
nized the man at the same instant,
picked up the bundles and smiled my
very sweetest-and l knew In that
minute that didn't have any idea who
he was! So l smiled harder than ever
and positively gushed-for time.
AT first thought his name would
come to me after little while. So l
kept on talking as II had Just been
existing and nothing more until he
should arrive. He played right up to
his part. He had called me Miss
Beach right away. Oh. how enyied
him!
"Of course the more we talked and
told each other how glad we were to
meet again the harder 1t was for me to
think of confessing that didn't know
his name.
'Then began to rack my brains for
. way to mak- him tell me his own
name without suspecting that l was In
terested in learning 1t.
First, l tried leading the talk
around to the different people whom |
knew; very carefully. for you cannot
talk about perfect strangers to man
for very long without its seeming rath-
er odd to him. He didn't appear to
know soul that did Then | tried
sports and theaters and automobiles
and cities and colleges and climate. /
led him a merry chase through every
subject l could think of that would
be likely to give me a lead. He talked
cheerfully about them all and seemed
to be enjoying himself, but he didn't
make single admission that
helped me.
by this time l was ready to cry.
The ride was half over and could see
father in my minds eye waiting In the
railroad station to meet me. | began
to grow frantic at the thought of
having to introduce = man whose
name had forgotten.
Sometimes little glimmerings OF his
name would come to me and | would
stop breathing. but they always van
ished Just as | almost grasped them,
Finally | grew desperate. started
In to crossquestion him wildly In
five minutes there were not many
things about which l had not asked
that wretched man except the one
thing | wanted to know.
Il could have torn him into little
bits and thrown him out OF the car
window. But just then he drew out
cigar case and distinctly saw the
word Martin worked In silk on the
side.
That set me to searching madly
again IDT CIeW. MdIllu, MaTllu, hhI-
tin--who?
THE train stopped. suppose he
must have seen the perfect dismay in
my face as made out dear old IA
ther trudging through the gates to get
me, and so he put two and two to.
gether. For he began to smile and
began to blush. The more he smiled
the redder | blushed.
"Now. confess. Miss Beach, he
said. that you haven't AN idea who
am and haven't had from the first.
I've suspected II for some time and
now I'm sure. I'll wager Ave pounds
OF your favorlte kind OF chocolate
creams that I'm right
Girls. will you believe me? Just
his saying that made his name come
back TO me. could have hugged
him. But all did was to look sur.
prised.
why. how absurd laughed. I
shall take the creams to punish you.
but OF course It wouldn't be fair to
make a wager because you could not
be a winner mt this game, you know
This made him
open his eyes
bit. Father reached MB
US at that minute N
and had my tri- IL
umph. b.
Father said, SI&
7 want you TO lN