The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-08-26

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/ A boat was about to start. and ne
rushed on board. the perspiration
/ streaming from his face He still car
/ ricd Frances yalise and his own heavy
/ suit case. Frances could not leave any
! ferry house without the ValiSe. for it
/ contained her money and her friends
address. She could NOT apply To- tho
/ old address to ind out where her
/ hostess had moved. because the house
had been torn down. She must wait
I for him.
He dashed through The exit and
through the waiting room. searching
both floors. but there was no trace Of
| the girl He WAS about to go to the
street and question The carriage agent
when the doorman, who had watched
his actions curiously, came up.
Are You the chap that lost lady,"
he demanded. If you are told her
to go back to the Jersey side and wait
for you. She followed man she
thought was you and got on The wrong
boat
Chris pressed coin into the mans
I manu- "hu Sl'IiHlet u'"n lHe sup JUST
as the boat was pulling out. He bare
ly managed to leap aboard before The
gates were closed, and he stood Oh the
forward deck to cool of.
When the boat should make the .Ier-
sey shore this worry would be at an
end. So he regarded the panorama al
river life complaccntly.
II" was the hrSt passenger off the
boat and out on to the ronc"urSr, hut
heHh"r on the conroGrSe nor in the
waning room could he md her though
ne searched h"'h. She must have
boarded the 'orllandt street ferry, 50
LOT Se'"u" illh' ne made Tor IN" slip,
car'iH| ne same boat mat had car
tieu INN across D'I"r'' 'he ~ The
ue',h hanHS regarded MN curiouSIy a
ne passed..
Nih You me Fellow what paid his
rare - me- 4" stay on the boat couple
Oh tFlPS ago: he demanded.
'hrlS nodded, and the man grinnod.
Ihn"Gh' you was, he c0ntinu j.
/ hef' was lady down her" looking
LOT you 'ilS last "trip. | remembered
you Went rlSht back. and | sent her on
10 1"eh'E-'Hih street. She didnt
nave the price or her fare, he added
me"uihgly' ana again the grateful
nrIS passed out n coin.
unhF you dldn see her. unused
Ihe man rs d" Nipped the money int"
MS pocket she was on the boat
"hen we iahheh. tod her 10 take
lDoh around an! thch make Tor III"
"ehtE-'hliH street sup
was LOOKING III the waiting room
W. he'' 'AP'dlhe" 'hrlS' guess
II II DE- al rI%ht now.
but th,hES were far from all right
heh hriS leaped from the boat at
the uptown iahulh@' the doorman VINO
uau spoken 10 MN before laughed
loudly aS ne caught S'ght OF the pant
ing ana p"rSP'FlhG Traveller.
i tod You to wait on the Jersey
SIDE he cried. The girl came back.
ana l tod her Won were down there
waiting. The man on one of the tort-
Iahdi street h"aiS sent her up mere
WhlIe was sending YOU back. told
her I" ST there IN IN" shed this time
lor an h"ur ana Il md you some
now. letter stay on this boat. The
fares ) cents, You owe ticket for
her too, She didn't have any money
chris passed over dollar. Keep
the change; IFS worth it, he said, and
he went back on the boat.
Fifteen minutes later the crowd
surScd off the boat in rush for the
trains and Chris went with the tide Of
humanity until 1t separated toward the
various gates.
As he turned to search the seats a
pair of soft arms Went about his neck,
and he looked down into Frances
crimson face.
Il didn't mean to do that" she cried,
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