The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16
FAIR
regulations.
BY w. Pelt Ridge.

protest, you'd be fdgety IL you'd
got all the responsibility I've got to
take on my shoulders to-day"
Labeller Goble, off duty and pre-
pared to conduct his young wife and
the members of his society, the
alarums and excursions of the sea-
| son over, to town on the seacoast
for days trip, ran to and fro seeing
to back doors and windows, and not
knowing whether or not he was fas-
tening these. 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 chasten the Joy of other lady
passengers on the station platform.
This was the best of possessing a
relative in service as lady's maid In
good quarter of town.
"And If I'm interduced to the gen.
eral manager" Goble called up the
stairs, "and, mind you, it's quite
possible, why, If you're very good
girl, may interduce you. And II |
lido, must ask you, for goodness gra-
cious sake, and for mine, be careful.
II you can't catch what he says to
you, don't answer back what's the
row?' as though you were talking to
me. Say Beg your pardon, SIR
An excited platform, with punches
Of folk waiting for the excursion and
l..x. - cd
shaking quite In the manner of un-
| official people, contented In dealing
for once with passengers who did
not badger them with questions con
cerning the probability of finding
room In the approaching train, state
of weather at destination, precise
time of return train. No necessity to
warn the excursionists to stand back
as the train came, no need to re-
strain impetuous lady passengers
from opening the door of the dog
box.
Goblet" cried the head-guard.
Where's Goble?"
Here l are"
General manager wants you to
travel down with him. He's in the
first-class saloon right at the back
Wants some information for his
speech
you bundle in anywheres." said
Labeller Goble to his wife hurriedly.
IF you come with me you'll be GO
ing and making some mistake in
syour grammar"
At the seaside station ring form
] ed on the platform, made up of the
railway men and the railway mems
wives, all anxious to see the great
man as he appeared when off duty.
"The wife, Goble?"
Eyes. sir. II you don't mind, sir
We've been married this two year. l
say two year, but that's lie; year
and ten months is more like it."
Very pleased to make your ac-
quaintance, Mrs. Goble; l 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 lift
ed his white top-hat Mrs. Goble
ought to have curtsied, because they
wished to discuss her, and partly be-
cause Of the wonderful hat, they left
| Mrs. Goble alone, and when the gem
| eral manager came out with his fol-
lowing and sat down on the bench,
the general manager sent a chief
clerk across to Mrs. Goble, and sig
nified his gracious 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
eye, and said there remained one
more duty to perform before the dis
| tinguished officers of the company
| were allowed to depart. When he
said duty he hoped they would un-
derstand that he did not mean duty
the word he ought to have used
was privilege" Labeller Goblc en-
| phasized non-existent points by jab-
bing dessert knife into the table
| cloth
With his wife seated close by and
steering, Goble reached his port
without further disaster. The gen
eral manager, in reply, said he had
| been delighted to meet SO many of
the stan and their wives.
IL knew the speech all right" ar
gued Goble in confidence, when they
were on the crowded yacht for an
hours voyage. I'D got every word
In my mind as pat as could be.
You're aware of that, my dear, be-
cause said II over several times to
you. But somehow"
"You pulled through"
| Thanks to you. And there's
something more. had friendly
chat with the G. MS secretary at
the station Just now, and he said II
ever applied for an inspectorship
was to send him private note at
the same time. And he told me the
G.. M. said you were one of the best
hammered women 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 impress
sion? Because, as a matter OF fact,
all could overhear you saying now
and again was. "Oh, really!'"
ANY lady. SO my sister told mo
last night when she lent me this