The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-12-28
HIS FAvoRITE PAPER
BY JOHN KANE.

Young whitman, VINO lives IN .
suburb, was standing with his back to
the approaching train one morning.
| peacefully gazing upon the autumnal
landscape, with a bundle of newspa-
pers under his arm-it was young
Whitman's habit to buy all the news
papers in order to get what he called
broad point of view-when he felt
q slight tug at the topmost paper. In
stinctively he frightened his grip.
| There was another tug, this time .
more decided one. 1t was also slightly
impatient, and II was successful. Az
the newspaper slipped from under his
arm young Whitman was aware that
Q coin was being pressed into his
hand. He turned just In time to catch
q glimpse Of pink. softly curved
cheek under an engulfing hat. and to
$see the young woman deftly whip her
spoils into shape convenient for car
rying as she ran.
Before he could recover his breath
sufficiently to call to her his assailant
had become lost In the crowd that was
4 boarding the train. All he could be
sure of was the pink cheek. hat that
looked to his bewildered masculine
eye like all the other hats that were
bobbing about the station and blue
serge suit
Young Whitman looked at the coin
In his hand; then he looked at the
newspapers that remained under his
arm. She had taken his favorite, the
one that he really depended upon for
his literary meal. Then he looked up
into the grinnins countenance of q
} neighbor.
Took you for newsboy, did she?"
chortled the neighbor.
Once more young Whitman looked
down at the money IN his hand. He
, held 1t out helplessly. Can you beat
thatT he said, dazedly.
In spite of his loss, the memory OF
: that pink cheek remained pleasantly
, with young Whitman for some time.
. For its sake he took decided inter
: est In nondescript hats and blue
, serge suits for several weeks after.
ward. Probably 1t was this newly de-
veloped interest that made him notice
one evening in the street car which
was bearing him and a number OF
, others over to his station that directly
. In front Of him sat pink-cheeked
wearer of q blue serge suit and hat
Of the kind already inadeQuately de.
scribed.
He was some little distance behind
the young woman and when on getting
out he passed the seat In which she
had been sitting he saw that she had
left . parcel lying there. He seized
: the parcel and made after the owner.
II beg your pardon" he said. raising
his hat, but l think you left this In
the car"
: The girl looked down at the parcel
1T is mine," she said. Thank you
ever SO much"
She moved to the sidewalk and lit
tie way out Of the crowd without t.
king the parcel. Then she opened and
plunged her hand into the recesses OF
an enormous handbag. After more
or less prolonged scrabble" among ita
contents she brought forth small
purse. She scanned its contents
eagerly.
DtdT yOunB w hitthah hSoA
her murmur. 81 haven't thing but
quarter. l suppose I'll have to give
him that"
The parcel was taken from him with
hasty courtesy Once more he felt .
coin pressed into his hand. A vaguely
impersonal voice breathed, "Thanl
you ever so much" and the owner Of
the parcel had disappeared trainward
Young Whitman stood still, ponder
ing. II bet you anything" he remarked
presently, to homself, that that Is thu
very same girl. II is fate!" d
Nimbly and shamelessly he rushet
into the train, searched until he fount
the girl in the blue serge suit ant
then seated himself directly behint
her. He was determined that HI
would at least know her next time
they met
He was so confident that anothe
meeting had been arranged by fat
that he felt no surprise when upon go
ing over to call some evenings late
upon his friends the Parkinsons h
found there the girl Of the tips. Mrs
Parkinson presented him to her. In
forming him that the girl was Parkin
sno's sister, and that she was goini
to pass the winter with them.
The rest followed naturally enough
They are married now.
my dear" young Mrs. Whitman
says whenever her husband starts t.
tell the story of their early encoun
tiers. really, the only thing I noticed
: about him each time was his shoes
they we're shockingly rusty and worn
II you could have seen theml He
insists that said a quarter was toe
much for him. but. as a matter Of fact
I would have gladly given him more
for his shoes looked as II he must b.
hungry. I'm glad married him any
way, for now I make him keep his
shoes looking respectable. "-Chicagc
Daily News.