The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-07-13

Mr.. Royce tells me you We're Grass
mates. When did o 1rof
c~ollege?"
Seven years ago.
And YOU came at once to Me-
York;"
Eyes, to take the examination for tn
Pennsylvania road
You were given a place on the roa'
at once?"
"Yes-not a very important place
but one with a chance for promotion
which was all l asked. l was stationed
at Pittsburg for three years and thel
called east to work on the division be
tween New York and Philadelphia. 4
years ago, 1 was made assistant at tn
headquarters office"
Rather a remarkable career"
commented, smiling.
Not at ALL he protested quickly
II liked the work, and l was wei
equipped"
I saw that 1 should have to revise
my opinion of him-certainly he was
not conceited.
When did you meet Miss Law
rence?" / asked.
Last December-the 10th, to be
quite accurate-just six months age
today
Again his voice trailed away into a
sort OF hoarse whisper, though he
tried desperately to control it.
Won't you tell me about it?"
rs it necessary" he questioned mis-
erably. II don't want to talk"
Il know you don't, and I don't want
to make you. But if I'm to help,
must know the whole story
Pardon me, Mr.. Lester he said,
pulling himself together by a mighty
effort, OF course you must. Only
sive me tifne l'm-I'm-.'
All the time in the world" l as
sured him, and settled back in my
chair to listen.
We had a bad grade crossing just
east of Elizabeth he began, after a
moment, in a steadier tone. 1T was
an ugly place, with a driveway coming
down a stiff hill and meeting our
tracks at an angle which prevented g.
clear view OF them. We kept a flag
man there, of course, but nevertheless
accidents happened right along. A
sEltfish horse. once started down the
hill and frightened perhaps by the
whistle and rumble of the approaching
train, would be pretty hard to stop~''
l nodded. | had seen Just such MIR
derous crossings.
; the company determined to
bu1ld a Viaduct there, and last Deem
Der sent me out 10 look over the
ground. I reached there about 9 o'clock
in the morning. and by noon had ali
my data and was ready to come back
to the city.
can you flag this train for me.
John" L asked the flagman, as 7
heard a whistle down the line.
nc: sir he answered; can't do It
sir; That's the limited. but there'll be
a local along 10 minutes after #,
"All right 1 said, and Went IN taa
bank a bit to sit down and wait for If
me limited whistled again inst
around the curve, and then I heard tho
tiagfnan give a yell and start up the
mn, waving his flag like mad,
jumped up and saw that a buggy con
da ani two women had just started
down and that the horse was hevondd
control. 1t didn't take me above q MI
TO run over, get the horse by the
prldle. and stop him. I held the tran1,
teCoru Tor everything up to the baIf
mile while was at Shelf" he addad
WIN d iittle apologize smile.
shnnId HI asain' only, l thought. T
the story. Hasihan tell
. The horse had knocked me abort
a ol1, ne went on, and kicked m neSSS,
ane iesS once or twice, so when 7 let
l'e pride was a little wohblvV
maze a fool of myself, I s1nnosa "
way, ] was bundled into the Any
ana taken back to Eliza hetb nussy
the women lived" "here
Yes" I encouraged him for T..
se aas tS HaTe come to a full stons
eit' Iii'li
Wen, they took me home with
them and fixed me up as tho WIN
were a plaster baby. The elder
an herself as Nrs -
rence and the younger as her day nam
Marcia. They made me stav I
He stopped again.
~ dont know how to tell the root
Lester" he blurted out. "6 =
Lawrence was the diyina:
woman ever met. Royce used %
AT me ior having al ideal"
We'll. l knew instantly ~ r.,
her. And she was veru 20
Q me--bettere than I knew bSW ~
l%eserve. Three months ago vh 10 I
to be my wife-we We're 4 ne t
ave peen married at noon today"
face, unable to go on. VIZ :
We were happy-she was han :
know it," he cried hercely. aftar \,
noment. There wasn't a clondWnot !!
single cloud! 1t was too perfect i
uppose-too perfect for this world !,
W iG al tIat perfect things don't f
nderstandi" a II
Mr.. Royce told me she'd disan- u
l said gently. ~
disappeared utterly" He was on n
rs f sewn no tge and roon striding madly up
~ AooHi, MS self control
one from him. There wasn't a y
loud. tell you; not the slightest
reath of suspicion or distrust or un- !,
Last night, some of her y
lends here gave a little reception for a
er. and she was the gayest of the q
rms morning, about 10 O'Clock, | n
.iied to see her; she seemed very han y
me goodbye uatil we should a a
ieet ct the church. -
"A ~convu'sive shudder shook him. p
NV hoW hear bA was TO breaking =
owo. :,