Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-03-19
ROCKVTILE MARYLAND FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 10. 1909.
! JIMSIE gf THE
! TRESTLE.
By CECILY ALLEN.
Copyrighted. 1905. by Associated
Literary Press.

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Jimsie had learned to watch for her
long before she noticed him. The 7:08
was never so crowded as the %, and
Betty Larned had no trouble in getting
the same seat every morning, the next
to the last In the third car.
She liked that particular seat because
1t gave her long view Of the marshy
creek and the great bay beyond, pour
ing - restless waters into tho sen. ~
Jimsies post was on the great trestle
approaching the drawbridge At first
he had simply watched the trains as
they slowed up before passing over the
draw.
Being Il young man Of considerable
Imagination, he could picture the long
line of commuters winding to the. fer
ries and then breaking on the shores
of the big city beyond like stream
long confined to narrow banks. What
a multitude Of interests they repre-
scented! And to how many of the
great warehouses, skyscrapers and
stores they must scatter!
He felt quite sure that the girl with
the light brown hair and gentle gray
eyes worked very far uptown, for she
never missed tho 708, while most Of
the girl commuters preferred the 7:23,
which brought them into town just In
time to make offices and stores for the
8 o'clock openings.
In this Jimsle was wrong. Betty
worked quite close to the ferry, but
she was an earnest, ambitious young
person with horror Of being tardy,
so she took no chances on the 1923
being late. Drawbridges. she had
heard, were tricky.
This rumor was confirmed one morn
ing when the excursion steamer Lena
Belle turned contrary In the draw.
and the 7:0S stood on the narrow tres.
tie TIL the crew OF the Lena Belle
could bring her to time. And that was
the morning Betty noticed Jimsie for
the first time.
Jlmsie might have run along with the
rest OF the railroad boys to watch the
crew OF the Lena Belle, but he had
something more pleasant to watch-the
girlish face at the first window from
the end OF the third car on the stalled
train.
The third car stood right In front of
his little shanty, and directly Jimsie
had reported the delay Of the train to
headquarters by telephone he dashed
back to the track, gazed up and met
the soft gray eyes squarely.
Instinctively his hand went up to his
hat then dropped, and flush blazed
up under his healthy tan. The gray
eyes opened very wide. then were hid
den by long lashes
No; Betty was quite sure she had
never seen this very good looking young
man before lie did not live ut Green
port, and he had never worked in the
store.
Maybe she had met him at the single
dance she had attended at the Big
-Four Social club. But. no: he was not
the sort OF man who went to those
balls, Betty was quite sure It was be
eHubt BIlt IHu uOt lihNh hith 'h"'
she had refused all succeeding invita'
lions from the club
She raised her lashes just tiny bit
and met respectful but undenlably
admIrlng glance from Jimsies brown
eyes. She tried to look across the aisle
at the impatient passengers then down
the bay but the sun danced so madly
on the blue water that It hurt he" eyes
And as she had to look somewhere she
looked down again into the brown eyes
of the young tla<i foreman.
Then, with Jerk, the Lena Belle
plunged forward into the current, rail
way men shouted orders, there were 4
creaking and rafting of machinery and
chains, and tho 7:08 plunged on toward
town.
Jimsie waved a friendly hand after
the retreatlng Lena Belle. Good old
boatl IT had given him good chance
to study the little girl at close range
and he had not been disappointed.
What was more, he knew that she
had taken his measure and would
know him the next time they met.
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