Arizona republican., 1909-02-21

EEE-klE$E denim overclothes and mechanics cap CMz@SSSSX but the big-boned, thin-faced youn
 man who was jabbing the snout C tNc oi-can into the vtals of the ten-wheeler ha missed it. His overals which as much t large circumierentialy as they were lacking in length were innocent of soap and water; his jumper wa little than greasy rag and to complete th motley he was wearing cap which was the lates wrinkle in golf headgear. . .. was coupled in the of Number Five. and at th breakfast station stop three members ot the party Miss Lockhart, the vce-presdent and MT. Baln bridge Brockton, had descended to take the tresi morning air on the platform. After few turns uE and down beside the Nadia" Miss Althea had sad ''I want to the engine; don't you know alway: want to sec the engne?" And the three of them lad walked up the long platform. clear now ot the scurryng throngs of breakfast seekers to where ht big Baldwin" stood throbbing and shudderine preparatory to its plunge into the tunnellke gate Way of Gringo Canyon
 This was the way Miss Lockhart to see Or man In the ordinary course of things he woulc scarcely have had second glance of hers; but with TO such intention in mind the peppery vlSe-presiden stood his friend. Major Lockhart had been known to have fagman called down for the lack ot a button on his uniform; and Orman's ill-htting over clothes the oil the coal smut, and the part-colored golf cap aroused his ire.
 "IIa!" he snorted, Il wonder how long Hosklns las been putting roustabouts in charge ot his hrst- There was a moment of fuse-fzzing silence in which Brockton decenty reluctant to witness the sharning of q fellow man, turned away. Miss Althea stood her ground. hoping that the engineer had not heard But 1t said of the president that his r-riers were all broad-swords.
 'Yes, l mean you!' he rasped, when Orman strengthened Up and faced him. You are disgrace 10 the scrvcc-a harlequin, sir! There IS no excuse for the engineer Of a passenger train masqueradng as a round house wiper. Report to Mir. HoskinS when you get in, and say to him, with my compli' Iacns, that the auditing department will approve voucher for box ot soap and supply or wash buckets for the of the company cnginemen , "Oh. urcle!" said Althea, under her breath; and her visible distress changed the engineers scowl Of .r4O ac7or7 aCa1 cyrin
 "I'm afraid l do look rather tough, he admitted; good naturedy. And there is excuse, you say. I'll report to MT. Hoskns-and mention the box of soap"
 Althea was watching him narrowly as he spoke, with her womans heart full of sympathy She was not of those who believe that all the finer feelings monopolzcd by the leisure classes, and she was generously indignant.
 Now ii there be women whom emotion mars and their name Is multiple of all the others-there are few whose charms are heightened thereby. Miss Althea of the few; and Brockton, who had reattached himself to the group, thought he had never seen her entirely beautiful Also. it dis turbed him little to reflect that the exciting cause was an upfash of womany sympathy for un- washed workingman. As he knew to his own dis oonfture, Miss Lockhart had exaggerated re- spect for men who had work to do and did it. It clearly the moment for diversion and he made one. We arc due to leave, Major" he said, consult ing his watch Don't you think we'd best be get ting back to the car?"
 For the first few miles of the canyon n-storming
  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 cdy of small dilemma. .. The outing trip, which was now three days old, and which to pause indefinitely at Underclift Inn, Summer resort in the heart of the main range, had not been, nor did it promise to be, an unaloyed joy While her invitation to join the party had come from her uncle in his own proper person, Althea was beginning to suspect that 1t had been prompted by certain match making proclivtes on the part of the vice-presidents wife. Mrs Lockhart II. a young woman, and Bainbrdge Brockton was her cousin, once removed.
 Althca had known Brockton since his college days, ard had liked him much as she could like any ran who was content to do nothing. Left to her favor upon his woong, which was energetic as anything he ever did. But, with all its yiedings, the woman-heart has latent quality of stubbornness and when Miss Althea began to suspect that Mrs. Loclihart had planned things, she set her fine white teeth firmly upon steady resolve not to be mar kctcd," at least, not whils she was on the small match-makers own ground
 That her fortune had anything to do with the matchmaking, with Brocktons devotion she was unwilling to believe since Brockton had enough of his own to make him the most uncon- scionable of idlers Yet she remembered, with a curious little thrill of scorn that the fortune hunting instinct was in the Brockton blood Alicia, the fair haired, serene-eyed cousin who sat within arms reach, looking out upon this same backward-racing procession of peaks and cliffs, had orce-so gossip said broken engagement almost between the church steps and the altar because the had told her he had been cut out of his fathers will
 Such thoughts were 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 depth?" he said, making idle talk. as was his wont.
 Yes and no; not as much as l should if were going toward it instead of running away from il" she rcjoined s3
 "It is disappointing to catch feeting glimpses of it just 1t IS vanishing
 The vicepresident had been closeted in his state- room with Hoskins, the general manager, and the two joined the group at the observation win dows in time to hear Althea's reply
 You may ride on the engine if you'd lie to- Miss Iockhart," said the general manager. "Mr. Brock ton go with you. I'll arrange 1t at the next stop if you care to try it."
 Althea said: Thank you" ard meant it. From childhood she had lad sort of shiverng reverence for locomotives and ship engines, and for the men who made them obey. But her second thought was the recollection of mans humiliation, and the hope that the opportunity might offer for her to blunt the