Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-13
HIS FAVORITE PAPER
~ JOHN KANE.

I0noSCapeb VIII q DunQle OF nOW1p0r
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 Yiew-when he felt
. slight tug at the topmost paper. In
Stinctively he frightened his grip
There was another tug, this time q
more decided one. It waS also slightly
impatient, and It was successful. As
me 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 a pink, softly curved
cheek under an engulhng hat, and to
see the young woman deity whip her
spoils into a shape convenient for car
Tying as she ran.
Before he could recover his breath
sufficiently to call to her his assailant
had become lost in the crowd that was
boarding the train. All he could be
sure OF was the pink cheek, a hat that
looked to his bewildered masculine
eye like all the other hats that were
bobbing about the station and a blue
serge suit.
~SoAo lOOhSu dI luS GULL
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 grinning c~ountenance of a
neighbor.
Took you for a newsboy, did she?"
chortled the neighbour.
Once more young Whitman looked
down at the money in his hand. He
held 1t out ~helplessly. Can you beat
that?" he said, dazedly.
In spite Of his loss, the memory of
tina pink cheek remained pleasantly
with young Whitman for some time.
For its sake he took a decided inter
est in n~ondescript 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 a p~ink-cheeked
wearer of a blue serge suit and a 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 a parcel lying there. He seized
the parcel and made after the owner.
II beg your pardon" he said, raising
his hat, "but I think you left this in
the car"
The girl looked down at the parcel.
ut is mine," she said. Thank you
gel 30 much"
She moved to the sidewalk and a lit
tie way out Of the crowd without ia
king the parcel. Then she opened and
plunged her hand into the recesses of
an enormous handbag. After a more
or less prolonged scrabble" anon. It's
contents she brought forth a small
purse. She scanned It's contents
eagerly.
Dear me-" young Whitman heard
her murmur. II haven't a thing but a
quarter. I suppose I'll have to give
him that"
The parcel was taken from him with
hasty courtesy. Once more he felt a
coin pressed into his hand. A vaguely
impersonal voice breathed, THANK
you ever 30 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 the
very same girl. It Is fatel"
Nimbly and shamelessly he rushed
into the train, searched until he found
the girl in the blue serge suit, and
then seated himself directly behind
her. He was determined that he
would at least know her next time
they met.
He was 81 confident that another
meeting had been arranged by fate
that he felt no surprise when upon go.
Ing over to call some evenings later
upon his friends the Parkinsons he
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 going
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 to
tell the story Of their early encoun-
ters, really, the only thing I noticed
about MIN each time was his shoes
they were shockingly rusty and worn.
II you could have seen them! He
Insists that I said n quarter was too
much for him, but, as a matter Of fact.
[ would have gladly given him more,
for his shoes looked as II he must be
hungry. I'm glad I married him any
way, for now I make him keep his
shoes looking respectable."-Chicago
Daily News.
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The man who, for fear of being call
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