The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-10
The Yelled Lady

Dick Oglethorpe Of Chicago hurried
into London railway station just IN
time for his train, jumped into one Of
the carriages, and the guard slammed
the door. In ten seconds the train
rolled out of the station. The ngure
Of a woman-the only other occupant
OF the carriage-slttlng by the opposite
window appeared at intervals IN the
dim light. The train was running on
track below the city's level, I'm tho
shadow OF stone walls, vladucts and
buildings, and for time IL was i'm.
possible for him TO tell whether she
was young or old.
Six months before he had been Tilted
at least 30 he considered it-nnd
after vainly trying to recover from
the strain that followed he had gone
abroad for the benefit of his heart
health. He was now SO far recovered
as TO feel u slight interest IN a pretty
| girl-a convalescent appetite, so to
speak, that might be coaxed into hun.
ger-and he wished the train would
run out into the open fields, where he
could get view Of his travelling COM
panion. When the full light of day
came In at the window he saw 1.-THE
| figure, clad In the habillments Of
wealth and refinement, leaning back
gracefully on the cushions: but. alas.
her face was covered by thick veil!
Oglethorpe was not only an Amerl.
can, but n native OF the west, where
cOnventionallsm Is below par. He had
no intention to remain tongue tied
shut up with a young lady and tried
the usual method of Offering reading
matter whereby to make an acquaint-
unce. His effort was successful, and
they soon fell into conversation. The
girl spoke In broken French and with
a voice that indicated an affection Of
the thront Young people Of opposite
sex must sooner or later fall to talk
Ing OF love ana marriage, and this
couple was no exception to the rule.
II judge" said the lady, that mon
sieur has had an affair. 1t Is TINT
which makes him so bitter against our
sex"
II was thrown over without the
slightest compunctlon."
"If | were to question the girl. per
hnps she would say that 1t was she
who had been thrown over"
"She couldn't say that. I'll give you
the case in q nutshell and Pm sure
you viii admit that my view is cor.
rect" With true American western
frankness he gave an account of love
spat.
"And is that what you call belng
JiltedT asked the girl ~ think II was
you who treated your hancee shame
fully"
II? Treat her shamefully2 What
could | dor
"You should have begged forgiveness
for your heartless, inhuman action"
She spoke the words warmly.
well, like thatl Sent about my
business by girl IN a freak, and !
must beg her forgiveness for sins that
she herself had committed! You won.
en- have no sense of Justice"
mo sense of justlcel You men have
no sense Of anything. You say things
to us women to torture us aud wonder
why we show our feelings If | had
been yonr fancee l would have treated
you exactly as she did think she
was very lenient with you"
"Well, upon my word! Did any one
ever hear the like of that"
At this moment the train ran into
the station at Dover. Ogethorpe ask
ed the lady IL she was going across
the channel and when she said "Yes"
escorted her on to the boat. The wa
ters were boiling, as usual, and the
couple agreed they would maintain
position on the deck to avoid seasick-
ness. So they sat down I'm chairs, |
and Oglethorpe unstrapped Il rug and
threw 1t over her,
$50 you really think that treated
my hancee badly aud she treated me
as deserved3"
"Of course"
swell. suppose / may as well go
back home and eat humble pie"
He said this fancying that II he had
made an impression she might show
BIT of pique. She did not. II he could |
have seen through her veil he would |
have noticed that with every plunge |
OF the boat she was getting whittier
about the mouth and nearer condl- |
ton in which, far from feeling any
amour propre, one doesn't even care to
live. Not knowing theicapse, her fai-,l
ure to reply irrltated him.
"I'll see her married to Mr.. McGlnty |
ut the bottom Of the sea first" he said, |
with infinite spleen.
The girl qulvered. With nm effort
she ran, tottered TO the side of the
vessel and leaned over oglethorpe
followed and held her head. She was
obliged to raise her veil to level with |
her nose, but no further. Oglethorpe |
looked and started. When she got |
back TO her seat he said;
"Pm going TO aee who you are II