The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-05


sas as returning e the Long isiaui
1h q the evening eommlteFs
tan she Waa eradns into hs
train a hen ahe
sftle1 aE MINIS voice in haf aal
and - ths same time a strong arm
aaarcied hsf waist ander cover ~ tAs
many persons boarding the train
Caught Hith the goodsl7 tha iaugh
iHe voice ohited her.
Wren ierked anerily avay and
turned to fare the second man who
bad thus insulted Her -HoH dare
yoaf7 she cgied beside herself with
rAga Bat the man more stunned
than che Fas drew back. while 4
crimson stain flashed into tie br8nze
q his cheeks.
Il beg your pardon. he manaeed to
stammer T thought you we're my
wife,
Thoroughly unstrang Wren F0t
qrtekly into the train and secured a
scat beside a comfortable motheFlr
woman with baby. and kept close
beside her untl the car stopped at
her station.
She lad several blocks to 70 befors
reaching the home At which che vas
visiting. and during her swift wax
she knew that the man who had put
hia arm about her waa iusf behind.
Hysterical and trembling with fear
she reaehed the house and Jean
Muller was there TO welcome her
+Wren, daarl What's the uafferss
Jeans startled eyes scanned the girrs
face. But before you tell mel
have good newsi George win Be
here to night Isn't that dandy,
Now tell me what happened and al
about the shopping"
AQh, It's nothing, except that eEary
man In town insults youi" cried
Wgen beginning to get her dimpIes
into place now that she was with
Jean again. This morning on he
train man pulled my-0r rather
your-gold tassel and said. Ding
ding to mel"
"H&w perfectly abominable. And
On your first visit to me. Wren you
meet George I want ysu to tell him
your experience and see if he cant
do something to protect womea-oh
here he IL nowl" Jean turned To
fling herself into the arms sf the
man who had come in with a suit
case In hand.
Wren gaspedl Il waa the man
she had Just seen On the train.
She turned from white to red and
In gn attempt to gain time turned to
take OF her outdoor garments.
Great Scott Jean" the man
whispered hoarsely. 4 nistook her
Tor you on the train and"
Wren turned a laughing. dimpled
lace to Jean Muller and her excited
husband 1T is all Jeans fault." she
explained, and extended a friendly
hand to Jeans husband; @she in
sisted on lending me her new Faster
bonnet because she said I looked too
hayseedy' in my own eidyille
clothes. I also had on Jeans tweed
soat" Wren's laugh was Infectious
She liked Jeans husband now that
she had met him, and with a sudden
ltart she realized that she liked him
because he looked like-yes-like the
person who had sat behind her and |
pulled her golden tassel
Jean stopped laughing long enough |
o inquire as to the appearance Of her
.arIier admirer
Wren blushed and q whimsical
light dawned in her eyes Il only re-
member that he was very good look
ng--much like your husband She I
,owed in mock nattery. "His eyes /
gere laughing and brown and he had |
black mustache and his cheeks were |
Ike the sunny side Of an apple"
"John!" exclaimed Jean and George
n one breath Then Jean continued:
I showed Georges brother my new /
Caster bonnet yesterday and he has
made the same mistake that George I
i'd"
Wren blushed happily, and a half
vIstfuI smile played upon her lips.
I wonder If he viii forgive me?"
"He ss coming To dinner tonight
,ou know, Wren" Jean reminded the
sirl.
Later in the evening. when Wren
md John had abandoned the house
or the cool Of the hammock under
he apple trees. Jean cast a triumph
mt glarce at her husband.
matchmaker" he admon4shea,
nd pulled her down into the chair
ieside him.
Couldn't Help Il.
Simeon Ford was talking to a New