The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER XIX.
AT SILVER SWITCH.

of letters and papers into bis
pocket to be ground through the
IL business mill on the run to Lit
tie Butte.
1t was his surreptitious transference
of the rubber banded bunch Of letters
to the oblivion of the closed service
car desk. observed by Miss Brewster.
that gave the presidents daughter an
opportunity to make partial amends
for having turned his business trip
into a car party. Before the special
was we'll out Of the Angels yard she
was commanding silence and laFiiAs
down the law for the others.
Listen a moment, all Of YOU" she
called. We mustn't forget that this
isn't planned excursion for us: it's a
business trip for Mr.. Lidgerwood, and
we are here by our own invitation We
must make ourselves small &c ording
~ and not bother him. Understand"
/ Van Lew laughed. spread his long
arms and swept them all out toward
the rear platform. But Miss Eleanor
escaped at the door and went back
/ to Lidgerwood.
/ 'There, now" she whispered, don't
ever say that l can t do the really
handsome thing when l try. Can you
manage to work at all with these chat
/ terers on the carr
/ She was steadying herself against
| the swing Of the car, with one shapely
] hand on the edge of the desk. and he
covered it with one Of his own.
! Yes, can work." he asserted. The
! one thing impossible is not to love you,
! Eleanor. It's hard enough when you
are unkind; you mustn't make it hard
err by being what you used always to
be to me-"
I What lover you are when you for
get to be self conscious"' she said
softly. None the less she freed the i'm
prisoned hand with hasty little jerk.
| Then she went on with playful auster
ity: "Now you are to do exactly what
you were meaning to do when You
didn't know we were coming with you.
I'll make them all stay away from you
just as long as I can
She kept her promise so we'll that
for an industrious hour Lidgerwood
scarcely realized that he was not alone
When he came out on the rear plat
| form Miss Brewster asked him how
far it was to the canyon portal.
"Only a mile or two now" was Lid
gerwood's rejoinder. WILLIAMS has
been making. good time" And two
minutes later the one car train. with
the foaming torrent of the Timanyoni
for its pathfinder, plunged between the
I - Il
the race down the grade of the crook
ed water trail through the heart of
the mountains began.
Miss Carolyn chung to the platform
handrail. and once Lidgerwood thought
he surprised Van Lew with his arm
about her-thOught 1t and Immediately
concluded that he was mistaken. Mir
lam Holcombe had the opposite corner
of the platform. and Jefferis was MAX
ing it his business to see to it that she
was not entirely crushed by the gran
deurs.
Miss Brewster. steadying herself by
the knob Of the closed door, was not
overawed. She had seen Rocky noun
tain canyons at their best and their
, worst many times before. With her
|, lips to LidgerwOod's ear she said
Tell me. Howard. how soon should a
chaperon begin to make diversion
I'm only an apprentice. you know"
There was a small Pintsch globe in
the hollow Of the umbrella roof with
it's single burner turned down to q
mere pea of light Lidgerwood's an
swef was to reach up and food the
platform with a sudden glow of arti
fetal radiance. The chorus of protest
was immediate and reproachful
''Oh, Mr.. Lidgerwood, don't spoil the
perfect moonlight that way cried
Miss Doty. and the others echoed the
beseeching
You'll gee used to it in a minute,
, asserted Lidgerwood in good natureC
sarcasm. at is so dark here in the
canyon that I'm afraid some of yor
might fall overheard or get hit by the
rocks or something"
You can do the meanest things il
the name of solicitude. Howard Ele
amor began. but before she could fin
ish he had reached up and turned the
gas off with a snap saying. All right
| anything 10 I'iedSe the culiuItil III
| which. however. he spoke authorize
| lively to Van Lew and Jefferis. Don
let your responsibilities lean out owe
the railing, you two. There are place
below here where the rocks barrel,
give the train room to pass
I'm not leaning out said Mis-
Brewster, as if she resented his car
taking. then for his ear alone, Blu
l shall if l want to-
Not while l am here to proven
| you
How
The special was rushing through tn
| darkest Of the high walled clefts il
the lower part of the canyon. ''Thi
| way" he said. his love suddenly break
ing bounds. and he took her in hi
| arms
She freed herself quickly. breathles
and Indignantly reproachful.
L am ashamed for you" she painted
And then, with carefully calculate
malice What # Herbert had bee
| lookingy'
T shouldn't care If all the world ha
been looking" was the stubborn IT