The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-31

made. since he had never thus made
lady's acquaintance before 1t was
natural that be should be a little SUR
prised
There was an added zest in finding
her out--plentysof difficulty In it. And
It was an adventure much TO his llls-
ing, although he rather suspected that
she might turn out to be. an adven.
turess or ladylike pickpocket she
was fairly well educated, made no slips
I'm grammar. used no slang, but he had
not been conversiRg with her an hour
before she treated him as If they had
been introduced. and at the end OF
twenty-fonr hours acquaintance like
an old friend. ~
And he was astonished at himself
for the confidence he committed to
her. He told her he had a chum llv-
ing in San Francisco who was about
to be married. He was going out
there to be his friends best man. She
asked him a great many questions
concerning the couple who were to par
ticipate as principals there
was n romance in it, how old the
groom was, the bride. Was he hand.
some? Was she pretty? Were they
rich or poor? She prattled and ratified
on till she had exhausted all he knew
about the groom and had made up all
he didn't know about the bride, which
was considerable. BY this time she
knew that his own name was Scarbor.
ough. his friends name Wolford aud
the brides Merriam. She was dlsap-
pointed that he couldn't tell her the
brides first name, though she wRs
sure It was Rosalie. When he asked
why she said IL was because that was
the name she should have. He told
her that Charlie Wolford-after this
she always spoke of him as Charlie
was not q romantic chap. so he in
ferred that there wasn't much romance
in the case. She said she didn't be-
lieve it--that she had never known n
Charlie that wasn't n good fellow and
just full of love and lovableness.
What had Charlie told him about
Rosalie's looks? He couldn't rcmem-
Der Charlie having written him about
that, but he was sure Charlie thought
her pretty.
When they reached the mountains
and the scenery became grand the girl
had become so interested I'm the man
that she did nothing but prattle to him,
leaving the canyons TO waste their eor-
geous beauty on some one else. She
treated him with MS much unrescrvc
and unconventionality as II she had
been brought up with him. He could
only understand it on the assumption
that there was something just n little
bit queer about her. However, some.
thing, he knew not what, kept him
from acting on the assumption till
they were nearing San Francisco.
Then when they we're alone on the car
platform she put her red lips so near
to his that there was nothing left for.
him but to take kiss. Instead of
blushins or drawing back, she burst
into n merry laugh. Then he was
more mystified than ever
He asked to see her TO a cab when
they should reach the station, but she
told him that she expected friends
to meet her-very straitlaced friends
who would not like to see her I'm com.
pany with man. so he must go away
tiby himself. He asked II he might call
on her. and she said he might She
would see that he got her address.
When he saw his friend Wolford he
recounted his adventure. Wolford told
him nhe could not tell anything about
the Western girls, they were so diff
fercnt'frOm eastern girls-so unconven.
tlonal. LAT tina: Scarborough stopped
short of telling about the kiss.
When Wolford took his best man to
meet his Rancee who should she be
but the girl ON the train!
Charlie" she said, her eyes dancing
with mIschief,'how came you to have
such friendly Do you know he
scraped an acquaintance with me on
the journey ana-~he actually kissed
mer' d
swell, I'll be jlnsedw said Charlie.
"And I'll never trust any girl again."
sail the best man. "
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