The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-28

EUIYdE16 may be- sort OF artistic FITNESS, in blue
HHS-HlVfSH denim overolothcs and mechanic 5 cap,
EGSA but the big-boned, thin-iaccd young
man who Jabbing the snout oi
the oil-can into the vtals OF the tcn-whceler had
missed It. His ovcrals, which were as much to
large crcumferentiay they lacking in length
were innocent OF soap and water his jumper was
little more than greasy rag and TO complete the
motley, he wearing cap which was the latest
wrinkle in golf headgear. .
Vce-President Lockhart's private car, Nadia,
was coupled in the of Number Five. and at the
breakfast-staton stop three members of the party,
Miss Lockhart, the vec-presidcnt and Mr. BAN
bridge Brockton. had descended to take the fresh
morning air the platform; After few turns up
and down beside the Nadia Miss Althea had sa'd
81 want to see the engine don't you know now aTay' ,Ta9
had walked up the long platform clear now OF the
scurryng throngs of breakfast seekers to where the
big Baldwin" stood throbbing and shuddering
preparatory to its plunge into the tunnel-like gate
way Of Grngo Canyon
This was the way Miss Lockhart came to Or,
man. In the ordinary course OF things he would
scarcely have had a second glance OF hers, but with
such intention in mind the ,PeppeTy yee-presldent
stood his TREND MalGr LGeKnat mao b oeim il1 o
button on his uniform; and Orman's Hitting over,
clothes the oil, the coal smut, and the Partcoiored
"Hal' he snorted, az wonder how long Hoskins
has been putting roustabouts IN charge Of his hrst
class trains"
There was moment of fusc-hzzing silence in
which Brockton. dcoently reluctant to witness the
shaming of fellow man, turned away. MISS Aithea
stood her ground hoping that the engineer had not
heard But it said OF the vice president that his
rapicrs were all broad-swords.
'Yes. mean you'll" he rasped. when ,Orman
Strengthened up and faced him. you are disgrace
to the serviee-a harlequin, sirl There IS no excuse
for the engineer OF passenger tram masqqeradins
as round-honse viper Report to- to MT, IT, aosxns ssn
ments, that the auditing department will approve
voucher for box OF soap and supply OF wash
buckets for the Of the company enginemcn
1Oh, unelep said Althea, under her breath; and
her visible distress changed the engineers scowl OF
resentment into shame-faeed grin
good -uaturedly "And there is excuse, you
say. = I'll report to Mr.. Hoskins-and mention the
Althca watching him narrowly as he spoke,
with her woman's heart full Of sympathy She was
not of those who believe that all the finer feelings
monopolized by the leisure classes, and she was
generously indignant
Now. if there be whom emotion mars
and their name is multiple Of all the others-thcre
Miss Althca OF the few; and Brockton, who
had reatsched himself to the group, thought he had
turbcd him little to reflect that the exciting
was an upAash Of womany sympathy for
washed workingman. AS he knew to his own dis
oomhture, Miss Lockhart had an exaggerated re-
spect for who had work to do and did it II
clearly the moment for diversion. and he made
1--WE are due to leave, Major" he said, consult
ing his watch. Don't you think we'd best be get
ting back to the carp"
For the first few miles OF the canyon storming
Miss AIthea sat with Brocktons cousin, Alicia. be-
hind the broad windows in the observation end OF
the Nadia watching the cliffs and peaks swing
right and left with the curves and thinking point
cdly of a small dilemma
The outing trip, which three days old.
and which was to pause indefinitely at Underclih
Inn. Summer resort in the heart of the main
range, had not been. did 1t promise to be, an
unalloyed JOY While her invitation join the party
Althea beginning to suspect that it had been
prompted by certain matchmaking proclivtes
the part of the icepresdents wife. Mrs Lockhart
H. was young woman and cambridge Brockton
removed
A1thca had known Brockton since his college days,
and had liked him as much she could like any
man who was content to do nothing. Left to her
self. she might have come, in time to look with
favor upon his wooing. which as energetic as
anything he did But, with all its ycldngs, the
woman heart has latent quality OF stubbornncss;
and when Miss Althea began TO suspect that Mrs.
Iockhart had planned things she set her fine white
teeth firmly upon steady resolve not to be mar
kcted, at least while she was on the small
match-makcrs own ground
That her fortune had anything to do with the
match making with Brockton's devotion, she
was unwilling to believe. since Brockton had
enough of his own to make him the most uneon-
scionablc OF dlcrs. Yet she remembered with 4
curious little thrill OF scorn that the hunting
instinct was in the Brockton blood Alicia, the fair
haired, serenceycd cousin who sat within arms
reach, looking cut upon this backwsrd-racing
procession of peaks and cliffs, had oncc-so gossip
said-brokcn an engagement almost between tho
church steps and the altar because the man had told
her he had been cut Of his fathers will
Such thoughts not altogether pleasant and
she rather glad when Brockton flung his cigar
away and came IN from the platform to draw up a
chair beside her.
Enjoying the scenery by height and dcpth?' he
said, making idle talk was his wont
"Yes and no, not much | should If were
going toward it instead of running away from it
she rejoincd.
TT Is Disappointing to catch Aeetng gmpses of
Il just it is vanishing"
The vcr-president had been closeted in his state-
room with Hosnns. the general manager, and the
two joined the group at the obscrv:'on win
dows in time to hear Altheas reply
You may ride the engine il you'd Ii, 70. Miss
Lockhart" said the general manager. "Mr Brock
ton go with you I'll arrange il at the next
stop il you to try it,
Althea said: Thank you" and meant it From
childhood she had rad sort of shivering reverence
for locomotives and ship engines. and for the men
who made them obey. But her second thought was
the recollection Of a mans humiliation and the hope
That the opportunity might offer for her to blunt the