Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-08


ea''eo we mustn't 10 &et east this
ism . r.aWued excursion Tor ~. its a
bnS'He>S gUp Ter MIR ladGrswrud and
we a'e here by Cur own invitation. We
must make ourselves small acroNltuS.
~ am UNt bother him Understand"
Van Lew laughed. sptcad hts long
arms nd swept them all out toward
the -, platform hut Miss Eleanor
cs,a%>: ut the door and went back
to lsG.erwood
e, now" she whispered don't
ever SAY that cam do the really
handsome thing when try. Can you
manSge 10 work at all with these chat,
terctS on the carp
She was stcadying herself against
the swing Of the car. with one shapely
hano on the edge of the desk, and he
covered it With one of his own.
Eyes | can work." he asserted. The
one thng impossible is not to love you,
Elc'ayr Its hard enough when you
are u0Nind; YOU mustn't make it hard,
or by being what you used always to
be to me"
what Il lover you are when you for
get to he self conscious" she said
softly. None the less she freed the i'm,
priSoncd hand with n hasty little jerk
Then he went on with playful auStcr
ity: Now you are to do exactly what
you We're meaning to do when you
didn't know we were coming with you.
III make them all stay away from you
just as long as can"
She kept her promise so well that
scarcely realized that he was not alone
When he came out on the rear plat.
form Miss Brewster asked him how
far II was to the canyon portal.
"Only mile or two now" was Lid
gerwood'S reioinder. civilians 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
narrow walls of the upper canyon and
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 II and Immediately
concluded that he was mistaken. Mir
lam Holcombe had the opposite corner
of the platform. and Jefferis was max
ing 1t his business to see TO II 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 n
chaperon begin to make diversion
I'm oply an apprentice, you know"
There was a small Pintsch globe in
the hollow of the umbrella roof" with
Its single burner turned down to n
mere pea OF light. Lidgerwood's an.
swer 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 wayW cried
Miss Doty, and the others echoed the
beseeching.
You'll get used to 1t in minute"
asserted Lidgerwood in good natured
sarcasm. ut Is so dark here In the
canyon that I'm afraid some of you
might fall overheard or get hit by the
rocks or something"
You can do the meanest things In
the name Of soliCitude, Howard" Ele.
amor Began. but before she could fin
gas off with snap, saying, "All right;
anything to please the children" after
which. however, he spoke authorita-
lively to Van Lew and Jefferis. Don't
let your responsibilities lean out over
the railing. you two, There are places
below here where the rocks barely
give the train room to pass"
I'm not leaning out" said Miss
Brewster, as If she resented his care
taking, then for his ear alone. But
shall If want to-"
Not while / am here to prevent
you"
"How?"
The special was rushing through the
darkest Of the high walled clefts In
the lower part of the canyon. This
way" he said, his love suddenly break
ing bounds, and he took her in his
arms
She freed herself quickly. breathless
and Indignantly rcproachful
Il am ashamed for YOU she painted.
And then. with carefully calculated
malice, What II Herbert had been
loOkiug?"
Il shouldn't care If all the world had
been looking" was the stubborn re-
joinder, then passionately. Tell me
one thing before we go any further.
Eleanor-have you given him the right
to call me outf"
How can you doubt itY' she said.
but now she was laughing at him