Putnam patriot., 1911-09-22
@ss sss-s', @ s ' z. sf.r's s''s ~ ]. SP0iLInG A ROMANCE And Turning IL Into a Com monpIace Affair.
By CLAUDE PAmAREs.

Jn in aSt6nlsbueIt as the gFlN HJlFet old broker. who was frig,dity itself hailed the visitor with.
 Well. well. Tom, but where did you spring from this morning.
 ADd Tom. who appeared to be fully as old and frigid and gray haired as the other, piled
 "Say. Jim, it's good for sore eyes to see yru The c. and $. road wants q thousand new freight ears, and I'm in flie e=sf to raisc q loan. How are yCu anyhow Tee.ing pretty gay. old boJT
 And hen the broker and the neral manager sat down for q ch8t over old days at ooileee md talked of this and that for All hour before tho broker said:
 @B} tne e'@v, Tom, I've lot boy out on your rod.
 -'Ieu d3a't sayl He hasn.t D en near r1r with q lctter."
 .'RHf he's there Ton re.namber my boy Bavet Always fas ng around Wlih aHebineHF since h. yas a ki1. want sl la HaEe broker of him. bat il couple nf Eears avn. Ifter "yHg ar usn t5a Peis tfehn.r gg=iasf mg wiss0s i fareH ne over. H. were ed to e7 raii= td7s, a11 wanted him here and s1 He h=9 a falHue out
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 Away oat west on the C. and E. railroad there was young mHa of twenty Two working as fireman on an engine drawing local Two years before, when he had applied to the su periuteadcnt of motive power for something to do. he super" had looked him over in contempt on ae- count of hIs white hands and patent leather shoes and reFded
 asN ani work. eh? Well I'll give it to you Ga up to the rouadhouse and sell sam 10 get you te worl, IL q wiper The paY vii he S2G per month, and if yea get grease spots on tiat dandy suit nf yours the company won't pay for the cleaning"
 The official turned away with grin, thinking that chat was the last of inc young man, but he was mls= taken N'htn three days had passed the boss cf the rauadheuse reported: Jay. you sent ne a i'm dandy of wiper HnGped is Ie dout secm to know something about maohincry.'
 What. Did the young fchow show upTs asked the -'stper' tn surprise.
 "Been working riqht along and he's the handiest chap Eve haI since my time here Yor'H be promoting him out of the house i1 2 month
 The young man was wtt he'd close 1y and kept track cf Uo had been put all the yer dirt'est Worl and given the poorest laY. hut he maJc no com pluints His time came when an en- zine was tclcphohcd for in B hurry and there WIS nopody to run her out of the house and up the yard He stepped into the cni and Lad the tlble turned for him aud turned the engine over without cori0cai. He was going back to his worh N hen the superintendent asked
 Did you eser fire an ensinef"
 e'No. sir
 Think N1a oou,IF"
 ..Fm reade 10 give fl q trial"
 Two wreks later he wa- RHt on q Nard e=lipe lhe ea-iueer meant ta fiud farlt with him baeauae he Nas a 'dan1r but ll opportunity occur red Ile Was teHt u lis place for >ix mouths. ae hcge vors many to ue pro. sllai-d in aaese-e of hIm, hHt he was ha8y givea place an tae lecal When tlls eHelaeer was asAed to re= peft pn l0s "euh" ha= saitl:
 Hes a peach ia hls way. bat 1 dunno how he'u pan out in che end He's ope of these hoek engineers. He thinks h. could take an engine te pieces and set her up again by the books. and I'm lookn to see his head se1 swelled until the road has to bauuce him "
 Things were in this shape when the general mauager returned from New York He had forgotten about David Holmes f,- the moment He wanted fo 70 dewu tue road for few miles, aed SD he tea& the local.
 He was accompanied hy his daughs Rr Net'ie, hut not in the ear. It was n ld of ths rieuant slrl of eighteen wears t72t shn ran tho c and x road ly ruunms her father She wanted to so down o0 the engine. and she had her way about r, and the meeting he' tween her and tho handsome fire man. as Haye was called. had eonse guenceS. uc had on his Jumper and was grlmy, but she saw beyond that Her hear1 was beating faster before she had been in the cab five minutes
 During me next monrn t,ar can rrut was repeated three or four times oi one excuse and another, bat the en gineer grinned and said nothing. Nha might be called a clandestine corre sp.,aldence followed. Perhaps ther' xverv. slandestlne meetings in the pari seheN Dave had his days of. The yer! aF n