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"You poor things she said. @ Il
you II take the first road 10 the left
over there. and turn in at the secono
pigsty, You will find breakfast on Tho
table and II coflcc.pot on tho stove
And there 5 plenty of soap and water
too. Don say one word. There ism 4
Il soul there 10 SEQ YOU,
We accepted the invitation and she
hurried on toward the excitement and
the railroad. ! got up carefully ano
helped Miss West 10 her feet.
"At the second pig.sty 10 tho lett,
| repeated, "wc viii find the breakfast
| promised You seven etcrnities ago
Forward TO the pig sly!
We said very little for the remainder
of that walk. | had almost reached
the limit of endurance: with every
together. We found the farm house
without, difficulty. and rcmemhc!
wondering if | could hold out, 10 tn,
end Of The old stone walk that led
between hedges 10 the door.
Allah he praised y ! said; with
all the voice 7 could muster, Behold
the coffee pot,H And then | put down
the grip and folded up like iacb-
knife on the porch floor.
When ] came around something hot
was trickliug down my neck, and de
spairing voice was saying. ''Oh, don I
scom 10 be- ablo 10 pour IT into your
mouth. Please open your eyes.
"But | don T want il in my eyes,
replied dreamily. 81 haven't any
idea what came over nc. u was tho
shoes. think: the left one is a
rcd-hot torture. was sitting By
that time and looking across into her
face.
Never before o. since have I tainted.
but [ wopld do il ioyfully, a dozen
times n day. If ! could waken again
10 the blissful touch Of soft fingers
on my face. the hot ecstasy of coGee
spilled by those fingers down MY neck.
There was thrill in every tone Of
her voice that morning. Before long
M Loyalty 70 Mcknight would step
between me and the girl he loved:
In those carly hours after tho wreck,
full of pain as they we're there was
nothing of the suspicion and distrust
that came later. Shorn of our gauds
and baublcs. we were primitive man and
woman. together: our world for the
hour was the deserted farm house, the
slope Of wheat fields that led 10 the
road, the woodland lot, the pasture,
We brcakfaStcd together across tho
homoly table. Our chccrfulncsS. at first
sheer reaction. became less forced as
we ate great slices of bread from the
granny oven back of The house. and
drank hot fluid that snrlled like cot
fee and tasted like nothing that | have
ever swallowed We found cream in
stone Jars. sunk deep in the chill water
Of the spring house. And there were
eggs. great yellow.brown oncs,-a
basket Of them.
So. like two children awakened from
nightmare. we chattcrcd over our
food: we haunted mutual friends, We
laughed together AT my feeble witt
cisms. but we put the horror behind us
rcsolutely. After all, it was the hat
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where it rested on tho grass beside
"You must not say those things.
I cxpostulated. "Perhaps, after all,
your friends
81 had no friends on the train. y
Her voice was hard again. her tone
final. She drew her hand from under
mine, not quickly, but decisively. A
car was in sight, coming toward us.
The steel finger OF civilization, of pro.
pricty, OF visiting cards and formal
iniroductlons was beckonIng us in. Mics
West put on her shoe.
We said little on the car. Tho few
passengers stared at MS frankly, and
discussed the wreck, emphasizing Its
horrors The girl did not sccm to hear.
Once she turned to me with the quick.
unexpected movement that was ono of
her charms.
81 do not wish my mother 10 know
| was in the accident. - she said. "Will
You please not tell Richcy about hav-
ing met mc!'
gave my promise, Of course Again,
when We were almost into Baltimore,
she asked to examine the gun.metal
cigarette case. and sat silent with it in
her hands, while | told Of the early
mornings events on the Ontario.
$50 YOU see finished, "tbis grip
everything ] have on, belongs to fcl-
low named Sullivan, He probably left
the train before the wreck,-pcrhaps
Just after the murder
And so-you think he committed
thc-the crimc7' Her eyes were on
the cigarette ease.
Naturally" said ga man
doesn't Jump of n Pullman car in the
middle Of the night in another man s
clothes. unless he is irving to get away
from something. Besides the dirk,
there were the stains that you saw.
Why. I have the murdered mans pock
etbook in this valise az my feet. What
does that look likeip
l colored when I saw the ghost Of
a smile lowering around the corners
OF her mouth 9That is I finished,
elf you care TO believe that 1 am in
noccnt.i'
The sustaining chain of her small
gold bag gave way lust then. She
did not notice it. / picked it up and
slid the trinkct into my pocket for
it. Afterwards ! wished / had let il
lie unnoticcd on the floor Of that dirty
little suburban ear. and evcn now, when
| see a woman carelessly dangling a
similar feminine trinkct, L shuddcr In
voluntarily: there comes back to me
the memory Of a girls puzzled eyes
under tho brim of a Topping hat, the
HdunIlnp Suspicion OI inc SIeepleSS
nights that followed.
just then I was determined that my
companion should not stray back to
tho wreck. and TO that end L was de.
tcrminedlv facetious.
"Do you know that ii is SundayH
she asked suddenly, "and that we are
actually ragged2D
"Nevcr mind that. - | retorted. "All
Baltimore is divided on Sunday into
three parts, those who rise up and 20
to church, those who rise up and read
the newspapers. and those who don Z
rise up. The first are somewhere be,
tween the creed and tho sermon. and
we need not worry about the others. -
"You treat me like child. - she
said, almost pettishly. "Don L try Sc
hard to be cheerful. lit is almost
ghastly.n -
After that 7 subsidcd like n prcked
balloon, and the remainder of the ride
was made in silence. The information
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eve will crentc sensation, won Z
we9' she asked. ''Isn t it qucer-oI
perhaps il IS my state of miud-but
keep wishing for pair of gloves
when l. haven Z even a hat
When we reached the main road VIC
sat down for moment, and her hair
which had been coming loose for some
time, fell over her shoulders in little
waves, that were most alluriug. 1t
seemed pity TO twist il up again. but
when l suggested this, cautiously, she
said 1t was troublesome and got in her
eyes when it was loose SO she gath.
cred it up. while / held row of little
Shell combs and pins, and when il was
done IT. was vastly becoming, too.
Funny about hair: man never knows
he has 1t until he begins to lose il,
but it's different with girl. Some
thing OF the unconventional situation
began to dawn on her as she put in the
last hairpin and patted some stray locks
to place.
said, abruptly ''I forgot that because
l know who You are, You know moth
ing about me, | am Alison West, and
my home is in Richmond -
So that was it! This was the girl
bedside table The girl Mcknight cx.
pected TO see in Richmond tho next
Gay, Sunday She was on her way back
to meet him! We'll, what difference did
IL make, anyhowi We had been thrown
together by tho morest chance. In an
hour or two at the most we would be
back in civilization and she would re.
call me. if she remembered me at all
as an unshaven creature in n red cravae
and tan shoes, with a soilcd Pullman
sheet tied around my neck / drew
deep. breath.
"JuSt twingc," I said. when she
glanced np quickly. "Its very good
of You TO Let me know, Miss West
have been hearing delightful things
about you for three months.
From Richey Mcknight!n She
was frankly curious.
Eyes: From Richcy Mcknight" " |
assented. Was it any wonder Mcknight
was crazy about herr ! dug my heels
into the dust.
II have been visiting near Cresson.
in the momtains.' Miss West was
saving, ''The person you mentioned.
Mrs. Curtis. was my hostess. We've
were on our way TO Washington to-
Ecther. She spoke slowly. as if she
wished 30 give the minimum OF cx.
planation. Across her face had come
again the battling expression of per.
plexiry and tEouble | had seen be.
fore
"You were on your way home. ] sup
posc' Richcy-spoke about seeing
You, | floundcrcd. finding it neces,
sary TO say something. She looked
at me with level. direct eyes.
"No. - she returned. quietly. "I did
not intend to 90 home. I-well, it
doesn't matter; l am going homo
now,
A woman in a calico dress, with two
children. each an exact duplicate of the
other. had come quickly down the road
She took in the situation at n glance,
and WAS c1plosiycly hospitabe.
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CHAPTER TX.
The Halcyon Breakfast.

We were still dazed, T think. foI
we wandered like two troubled chill
dren, our one idea at first 10 get as
far away as we could from tho horror
behind us We were both bare'head
ed, grimy, pallid through the grit.
Now and then we met little groups
of country folk hurrying TO the truck;
they stared at US curlously, ana some
wished TO question us: But we hnr-
RED past them; we had put the wreck
behind u.s. That way lay madness. i,
Only once the girl turned and looked
behind her. Tho wreck was hidden,
but the smoke cloud hung heavy and
dense. For the first time L remembered
that my companion had not been alone
or the train. u,,
Won will sit down on the bank L VIII
90 back and make some inquiries I've
been criminally thouglhtless' Your
travelling companion"
She interrupted nc. and something of
her splendid poise was gone. Pleaso
don IT 90 back sho said. '.l-am
afraid IL would be of no use. And
don Z want TO bo left alone.
Heaven knows I did not want her
10 bo alone. | was moro than content
10 walk along beside her aimlessly,
COR any length Of time. Gradually
as she lost the exaltation of the moment
/ was gaining my normal condition OF
mind. | was beginning to realize tnal
] had lacked the morning grace or
shave, that + looked like some Iost
hope of Yesterday. and that my eII
shoe pinchcd outrageouslv. \ man ooeS
not rise triumphant above such handl,
caps The girl. for all her dlsordered
hair and the crumpled linen or heT
waist. in spite of her missing hat and
the small gold bag that hung forlornlf
from broken chain, looked exceed
inglv lovely,
E'Then j won t leave you alone.
said manfully. and we stumbled on TO
ecther. Thus far, we had seen nopouH
from the wreck, but well up the lahe
we camo across tho tall dark woman
who had occupied lower eleven. she
was lalr.crouchiu9 beside the road. her
black hair about her shoulders. ana
an ugly bTuiso over her eye. She dld
not Seem to know us. and refused TO
accompany us. We left her there al
last. babbling incohercntly and rolling
i'm her hands a dozen pebbles she had
gathered in the road.
The girl shuddcrcd as VIC went on.
Once she turned and glanced at my
bandace "Does it hurt very much?'
she asked.
..It's growing rather numb. But il
might be worse - | answered menda-
ciously. II ANYTHING III this world could
be worse. ! had never experienced IT.
And so we trudgcd on barebeadcd nm,
der The summer sun. growing parched
aud dusty and weary. doggedly. leav.
iug behind ms the pillar of smoke.
thought ! knew of a trolley limo some
where in the direction we were going.
or perhaps we could find n horse and
frap 10 take us into Baltimore, The
Girl smiled when | suggested IL
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that she would go to friends in the
city was Il shock: it meant an earlier
separation than | had planned for. But
nv arm was beginning again. In put,
ting her into a cab J struck IT and
gritted my teeth with the pain. 1t was
probably for that reason that / forgot
the gold bag.
She leaned forward and held out her
hand II NAV not have another chance
10 thank you.'o she said, "and | think
/ would better not try, anyhow. ] can
NOT tell YOU how grateful / am. L
muttcred something about the gratitude
hoino mine owing TO the knock | was
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first president of the United States,
with a friend of mine who revels in
tombstone lore. While she was gather
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fee to rest. Sitting in one of the COM
Portable old pews, inviting my soul
really taking forty winks-I was
aroused by a masculine voice saying
i'll businesslike tone, "Step a little
more briskly, please" Having thor
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not in an elevated train or trolley
car, l looked about and in the dim, re-
ligiOus light saw four stunning girls
walking slowly down the aisle, with a
rlan in front directing their steps.
Now, what on earth do you think it
was? A wedding party practicing their
PAGES? Nothing of the kind. The man
was a physical. culture instructor
teaching his class how to walk in
church.
learned from the sexton-pardon,
the beadle-that these girls had been
taught to walk correctly in the street,
in the drawing room, in the theater,
and this day they had been brought to
church for dress parade. "Great ia
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you see 1 am in a position to tell you
that the devotional gait of the smart
New York girl is subdued and digni-
fed. She is not allowed to lope, swag-
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going up the church aisle as she might
do on the avenue" 'Twixt you and
me, it's not so much the sacredness of
the occasion that she wants to be pre-
pared for as it is the impelling fear
that If she goes the usual pace her
new tight skirt will tumble her up
physically even more than the jig saw
puzzle does mentally.
I'm mighty glad played peeping
Tom at the show, for my new suit has
skirt so tight that l had serious in
tcntions of asking one Of the ushers
next Sunday TO assist me to my pew
1.-THE skirt, mean-is exactly two
yards and a half wide at the bottom
and as tight as q meal sack all the
way up, and as for sitting down-since
trying it on l have concluded to stand
up. You know it's thinning, and the
object of every woman's life nova
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