Evening journal., 1908-09-19
from her now unless they gave her

from her now unless they gave her
another.
Someone took the chair beside her.
and Dora frowned. Il was the man
who had given her his turn the second
time she had to the steamer Office. He
had been smiling at her as she left
the place, and had followed her with
out asking the clerk about tickets. She
had lodged into a drug store TO escape
him. In some way he had obtained
passage, and now he was trying to
renew his Irritation.
Miss Jennings, believer" he asked
courteously. as he raised his cap.
mo, am not" snapped Dora.
Il beg your pardon" was the smil-
ing reply. Il heard you ask for Jen-
nings' stateroom and heard you say
that you were his sister. 1 never met
his sister, but as 1 knew Steve very
well I wanted to ask her IL could be
OF service"
you can't" snapped Dora impolitely
Il suppose you mean well, but I am
not MIR. Jennings sister. and
"And you stole his stateroom," sug-
gested the stranger.
How dare you say that?" stormed
Dora.
ITS all right" was the quiet re-
sponse Il had It doped out When
you said that you were Miss Jennings
1 figured it out that you had heard
Of the reservation in some way and
had taken il up. / think l can guess
the rest. Money all gone, no chance
for a room and you must get back
Am / right?"
Dora nodded.
1T was a horrid thing to do" she
admitted. 1T was like stealing. but ]
had to do something. / could not pay
another weeks board, and l didn't have
the price of the railroad fare. So ]
waited until the clerk who told me
about the reservation went to lunch
and got it from the other clerk. DC
you suppose that it viii make it hard
for Mr. Jennings?"
Tt won't bother him in the least
assured the man. IT It had prom
ised TO / should have interfered. II
was FUNNY to stand there and sec
you walk of. with the ticket under
my very nose"
IT'S not bit funny" reproved Dora
Il don't see anything to laugh at. Il
was wicked and I'm sorry / had to dC
it, but / was desperate. My money
was all gone. 1 shall have to live OF
crackers until I get back because
cannot afford to eat in the cabin"
You are a plucky little girl" de.
clared the stranger. Don't you worry
Jennings is all right"
He saw that Dora wanted 20 cry
and, with an intuition almost femi
nine, he slipped away to let her havl
her cry out. He was back before tn
signal was given for dinner.
You slip down TO the cabin an,
battle your eyes," he commanded. "Yol
are not going to live on crackers 70
the next two days. You are goinl
TO be my guest"
Il am not in the habit OF lettinl
strange persons take me to dinner.
. said Dora, with a flash of her oil
spirit, "and I don't want you to thinl
was asking for charity. / was jus
telling you why I stole the stateroom.
', my dear child" said the man, gent
, " Il am not offering you charity
have a perfect right to take my siste
down to dinner If / want to. an
Jennings. you know. managed to ge
half room with a man I knew slight
, ly. Doesn't II make a differenceg"
) Il guess IL does" assented Dora, a
, she smiled through her tears into IN
) grave. earnest eyes. IT'S heaping coal
of fire on my head. though"
mot in the least" declared Jen
nings. Il lose a stateroom and find
a sister. The advantage is all mine.