Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-10-20

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se-.s -c-e viii ere-y breath. and.
A;e- keeping ,As Listener sense with
s1s@c.atse1. ends With AZ explosion
~: tears she vsry a.- I rss more
al Eo.e irritable sal o. ,se eel 90
d tie berth aad ho7-d .Ae sno-er
would choke 70 dsa.A
Is had eoasidsraoss vitality. how
sye- Il x';hstocs. e-e saook ate.
another AID survived 10 start again
ssia lew y.go- Il desperation
'o1-d some cigarettes ard one match,
siisa ~ blankets ove. ny grip. ard
drawing sas curtains together az
though The oe-th we're sill occupied. /
1ads ~ wy 70 the vest.blls o. the
car
vas Tot ca. for dress parade. Is
II because ths mails is 50 restricted TO
gloom IN his everyday attire that he
blossoms into gav6: colo,s il his pa.
:anas and dressing gowns. I, would
take Turk 70 feel q, home before an
audience IN mr. red and yellow bath
.oo=. Christmas remembrance from
Ms. klopton. with slippers &c. match.
So. naturally. When saw feni
Asne figure OF ;he platform. my nrst
iIst.nc. was 70 dodge The woman.
however, vas quicker than 7. she gave
ne startled glance. wheeled and dis
appeared, with & fash OF teo bronze
coioTed 5raids. into the rex. car.
Cigarette box in one hand, match
the other. l leaned agains, the I'M
5 certain frame OF thu door and gazed
after her vanished figure The noun
Tain air tapped NY bath robe around
I my bare ankles my ore match burned
70 the end and went out, and still
/ stared For had seen on her express
+ sive face haunting look that was
horror. nothing less Heaven knows,
am no, psychological Emotions
have 70 be written large before can
read them. But woman in trouble
always appeals 70 ne. and this woman
was more than that She vas in dead
Il fear
If had not been afraid of being
ridiculous would have followed her.
But fancied that the apparition Of a
man in a red and yellow bath robe,
with an unkempt thatch OF hair, walk
ing up 70 her and assuring her that
he would protect her would probably
put her into Mysteries | had done
that once before when burglars had
tried to break into the house, and had
startled the parlor maid into bed for
a week So l tried to assure myself
that had imagined the lady's distress
or caused IL, perhaps-and TO dis
miss her from my mind Perhaps she
was merely anxious about the un-
pleasant gentleman of the restaurant.
thought smugly that | could have
told her all about him: That he was
sleeping the sleep of the just and the
intoxicated in berth that ought, by
all that was fair and right, to have
been mine. and that if were tied to
man who snored like that should
have him anaesthetized and soft pal
ate put where il would never again
flap like loose sail in the wind.
4 We passed Harrisburg as | stood
there. 1t was starlight, and the great
crests Of the Alleghanies had given
way to low hills. AT intervals we
passed smudges of gray white, no
doubt in daytime comfortable farms.
which Mcknight says is a good way
Of putting it, the farms being a lot
.lore comfortable than the people on
them.
was growing drowsy. the woman
with the bronze hair and the Mortified
face was fading IN retrospect. II was
colder, 100. and turned with a shiver
to go in
AS did 50, bit of paper fluttered
into the air and settled on my sleeve
Ike butterfly ON gorgeous red and
yellow Blossom. | picked it up curl
ously and glanced at it, 1t WAS part
of a telegram that had been torn into
!. Its
There were only parts of four wordt
on the scrap. but it left me puzzled
and thoughtful 1t read. over ten
!, car sieve Lower ten, car seven.
a was my berth-the one had bough'
aud found pre.empted