The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
4 Turn In the Tables

.,.... il o. is tonfide to my bosom
i. :. 4 terrible bunder for which
.h.A~ An responsible has made
9 t >Man.e in my life. | can never
- Il it Without horror. shame, NOR
varariyn. n. ni!iatiop-indeed, every
uas wi et.ufion for which there is
,.url il The English language. And
*! .ruftss that this incident has
ought LAT the most exquisite happi-
I... | have to announce to you, my
dearest. sweetest. loveliest friend, my
-ufalr!ucut Bob has won my con-
,e4I at last.
unfair advantage Of me. While I love
,,:iui AID feel that he is the one man to
lake me happy. can never forget
tnar he turned to his own account this
r.i2htfnl fatality to compel me to &C.
..epr him. True. had all along intend
I'd ~ 10 80. But you know how sweet
it. Ii for 4 woman to have a man hum
lie himself before her. tell her that
without her he will become a wreck,
inp!ore her to have mercy upon him.
Ali this | might have had were 1t not
h,r my mistake.
lid kept Bob dangling for a year
had given him but little hope. 1 con-
TESS rhat his pain was my pleasure
When he fretted I laughed at him,
VIXEN he rebelled assumed q naughty
tone End asked by what authority he
presumeu 10 dictate to me. and never
trer the slightest sign OF independ
ence on his part did l restore him to
favor except he came to me through
thw valley OF humilfa ton.
Vow, when | consider that he not
only compelled ne to desiSt from such
treatment. but assumed to make condi-
lions: when | think that he got me. so
to speak, in a hole. acted in a mean,
oonremprible. selfish, disgusting bru-
thl--
But / am forgetting that l am en-
gagged to him and love him devoredly.
It IL dangerous for me to give you this
story. for in the telling Of it l am
liable to wish that l had my lover on
4 spit roA sting him before a slow fire.
However, since | must tell somebody
aud you are my owa true. loyal friend.
l will hurry through 1t lest my indigna
ZION get the better Of me and | send
Bob about his business.
You must know that Bob and Alice
and Sue and Lille and lot of boys
and girls were together on the coast.
Well. we came home In the anne train.
making the journey IN the night. Alice
and | occupied lower berth. while
Sue and Lille did the same. The boys
bunked together, except Bob. who took
berth for himself alone. We were d
merry party on the train. talking and
laughing. ill 4 disa greea bic old man
why are old people permitted to live,
| wonder:-called out from his berth
thar the fool killer was coming through
The train. Thinking that this might
possibly be hint for US to get into
our berths. we did 50, aud the car soon
wore rhe silence Of slumber. OF course
the silence OF sIumber Il different in 4
sleeping car from 4 nursery. A num-
Der Of people snored frightfully.
In the middle OF the night l awoke
WIKI a terrible thirst. l was in my
wrapper and had my slippers on.
crawled over Alice. who slept Oh the
outside. went to the end OF the car to
the cooler. got drink and started
back
Now. these sleeping cars. when one
wishes to find ones berth. are perfect
" swful. WAS lost looked for the
porter. but he was not visible. |
peeped into several berths. in each
case seeing a stranger asleep. Then
It occurred to me that my berth was
the fourth from the rear end OF the
ear Acting on this. | made a plunge.
hgure rolled In the bedeloihes was
III the outside | climbed over it and
had one hand and knee on one side OF
it. the other hand and knee on the
ether side. when the sleeper stretched
fotth hand pulled the curtain aside.
add the horrid lamplight shone down
Oh the face Of
How shall | ever get the story told
Whist was ! doing? What frightful
fate had possession Of me? There Sc
heath me lay nlan-nOt only man,
but the man whom I had been perse-
cutting. l was getting into bed with
oh, horrors with Bob. He was look
Ing up into Kay eyes. down into his.
Mercy l cried and, rolling out into
Tho aisle, rushed back to the other end
or tie ear There l found the porter
coming in at the door. and he put me
In my berth
OF course didn't sleep*a wink. How
could |: The next morning Bob made
no reference to the matter by look or
word till we were all 1T brea kfast in
TIE Nning car Then he said:
anybody sick in the night"
l knew what was coming. flushed
crimson snd gave him an imploring
LOOK. But he kept on making all kinds
Of iHnaendoes without telling on me
III was almost frantic.
Well. when we went back into our
ar We found the bertha put away.
aud Bob took seat beside me. As
summing An Independent tone: he said
to&r hHd one more cha nee and one