Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

In the meantime Betty was doing
her share of thinking and planning!
and at last she wrote to Miss GwendO-
lin Graves, who conducted the Heart
and Home page of the Evening Blazer.
"When a young man is SO desperately
in love with you that it just shines
out Of his eyes and beams in his
smile, but you don't know him or any
one who does know him, but just see
him every day on your way to work,
what do you do? He might toss you
a note-but then every one on the
train would see it and think you We're
a fiirt, and not for worlds would you
toss him a note" Arl there was a
stamped and addressed envelope, and
please would Miss Gwendolin write
very soon?
And Miss Gwendolin did, for the lit
tie letter had the ring of self respect
and sincerity in it. But. alas! Miss
Gwendolin wrote that the man would
find a way if he really Io~ d her, as
his eyes proclaimed, and certain fate
was probably working this very min
ute to bring them together. Above all
things, Betty was not to worry. Things
would come out right.
Not q very satisfactory or practical
reply. Yet Betty took comfort and
carried it in her purse all day. If fate
was really at work she would try to
wait and be patient, but Jimsie's ador-
ing eyes made this very hard indeed.
That night she slept with the little
note under her pillow and the next
| morning tucked it back into her purse.
As the long train pulled on to the tres
| tie she took fresh grip on the purse.
1t somehow seemed d connecting link
between herself and the man who she
| knew would be waiting for her by the
weather beaten shanty.
Were ever eyes so brown as his or
] teeth so white and regular? Then her
thoughts came to a sudden grinding.
terrifying stop. There was something
wrong. They were not slowing up as
they approached the little shanty, but
racing on with Il madness which broke
all rules and regulations.
Then screams arose. Men rushed to
the front of the car They seemed to
be lifted into space, then horrible
noises, shrieks. curses and an awful
plunge, a blow that she hardly felt
because it was so terrific-and black
, ness.
When she woke up, she looked
straight into the brown eyes of which
she had been dreaming when the blow
fell.
Darling" he was saying, and bel
eyes went open very wide despite the
dreadful pain in her head-"darling.
thought I'd never get to you. Tell mt
you're alive! Tell me you amt bur
much! Tell me you love me"
; Betty gasped. Fate must have beer
very busy while she slept. She reached
: for her purse and touched her dress
now drenched with water. She reached
for her hat. 1t was gone, and her hal
was dripping water too. Then sh
realized that the owner of the BROW
: eyes was dripping likewise.
Something went wrong. The trail
went through the draw" he eXplainet
rapidly. There's a lot drowned, an
the ambulances are coming. They
ldhC tOi away, anu VIC SUI W -
They'll take YOU to the hospital 'caus
your head is cut, but first you tell N
!. you're all right-you're going to sc
J well. And what's your name? II
u coming to the hospital tonight. Seer'
!" MY names Betty Larned, and
guess I amt hurt much, but you can
I come to the hospital. We've neve
been introduced She felt very fain
The clatter of an ambulance tearin
y around the bank made Jimsie juml
T. and he gathered her close to his arm
u in the midst of the awful scene {
-. wreckage and death
y Say. this amt the time for bein
fussy," he murmured earnestly.
) love you. and thought was going
!, lose you. I'm coming to the hospit;
soon as l get Off Seer
!. Betty looked up into the big brow
:. eyes, and fiuttering smile 'crel
= around her white lips.
. Eyes, dear" she said and closed hi
eyes.
The ambulance surgeon bent owe
:, her.
&c I'll take care of her," he said shar]
C ly to Jimsie.
:, Jimsie laid the unconscious form b
!. side another in the ambulance. The
T he gripped the young surgeons sleev
a Say. you be careful with her She
nv girl Seer'