The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-12

IeIf NE d someone NiN NrIA p NNeN'
slroua hahS on his diofsten, but ~
be said was
Tickets. please.
There ensued a long search, iab
habbg hands hopplng and iunbling
Ilfonf pocket 10 pocket Once more
Elite porter vas the discoy eret
see ii. DON look mo mo Here
it Is -pp IN 20 maitland he lifted
AZ ont and chuckIed HAD II right
next his brains and couldn't renien.
BAL He took up the appropriately
huge luggage ofathe bibuIplls wan;
defef' and led him to the other end Of
the aisle. -
"Nhmba two is yours, sab. Right
heahall Lice and cosy and already
made BBp 3S U,
The zig man looked through the
,curtf ms into the cablned confinement,
and grosned: tsiGis
THAT! Haven't you got q mans
size berth?'
Sorry, sab. That's as big a bunk
AZ tAeyisg on the train
Have got to be locked up in that
pigeon.hole for-for how many days
is it to Reno?
Reno The porter greeted that
meaningtul name with a smile. Were
doc In Reno the-the-maRnin OF
the fo'thtday, sab. yassah." He put
the baggage down. and started away,
but the fat man seized his hand, with
great emotion:
Don't leave me all alone In there,
porter, for I'm arbroken.hearted man"
SIS that SO? Too pad, sah2
Were you ever q broken.hearted
man, porter?"
always, sah.'
sid you ever put your trust in a
false-hearted woman?"
"ofteni sah."
WAS she ever true to you, por'
teri"
Never, sah."
Porter, we are partners in mis-
sts-ery." H.. So ;sl c's5a.ss
And he wrung Thorough, black hand
with solemnity that embarrassed
the porter almost as much as it would
have embarrassed the passenger him
self IL he could have understood what
he was doing. The porter disengaged
himself with patient but hasty:
Elm afraid you'll have to, 'scuse7 me
/ got to hep the other passengers on
bode"
etDon't let me keep you from your
duty. Duty is the-the-" But be
could not remember what duty was,
and he would have dropped on to
sleep, II he had not been startled by
a familiar voice which the porter had
luckily escaped
"Pawtah! Pawtah! Can't you raise
this Lighter rather can't you lower
it? Pawtah! This light is so IN
formally dim can't read"
To the Englishman's intense amaze
nent bis call brought to him not the
pertery but a rising moon with the
profound query: 1,.,l
'Whass a iii thing like dim light,
when the light of your life has gone
out?"
II beg your pardon?"
Without further invitation, the
mammoth descended on the English
mans territory,
I'm a broken.hearted man, Mr.
MI didn't getiyour NAME.
"Er-ah-I dare say
'sThanks, I will sit down." He lift
ed great carry.all and airily tossed
It. INTO the aisle, set the Gladstone
Oh the lap OF, the Infatuated English
man, and squeezed into the seat op
p6site, making a sad mix-up OF knees
Amy names Wellington. Ever hear
Of III Jimmie Wellington? That's
me-"
'GNagh!", '
He no longer interested Mr.. Wedge
wood. But Mr.. Wellington was not
aware that he was being snubbed, he
went right on getting acquainted:
Are you married, Mr'-Mf'-F-
"No!%r III @as- ft
My heartfelt congratulations
Hang on to your luck, my boy. Don't
let any female take 1t away from you
He slapred the Englishman on the
elbow amlably, and his prisoner RaF
too stlaed with wrath to emit more
than. one feeble "Pawtah!"
Mr.. Wellington mused,son aloud;
"oh, I'll had only remained single
But she was so beautiful and she
swore to love, honor and obey Mrs
Wellington is a queen among women
mind YOU, and j have nothipgato say
against. her except that she, has the
temper OF a tarantula.9 He Italicized
the word with light flip OF his lei
! hand along the back of the seat. HI
did not notice that he tilliped thu
angry head OF Mr.. Iva Lathrop IN tht
next seat. He went on with his por
trait Of his wife. "She has the
Extravaganza of a sultana"-anothel
tlllip for Mr.. Lathrop-"the zhealouss
Of a cobra, the righteousness ot''
humming bird" Mr.. Lathrop was glar
| ing round like man.eating tiger, bu
Wellington talked on. she drinks
swears aud smokes cigars, otherwise
she's fne-a queen among women"
Nelther this amazing vision OF won