The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-11
his FAvORITE PAPER
az JOHN KANE.

suburb, was standing with his back 10
the approaching train one moruing,
peacefully gazing upon the autnnnaal
landscape. with bundle of nswspa.
pers under his arm-it wac young
Whitman's habit to buy all the news
papers In order to get what he called
. broad point OF view--when be felt
b slight tug at the topmost paper In.
stlnctively he frightened, his grip.
There was another TUG. this time a
more decided one. Il was also slightly
impatient, and II was successful. Az :
the Newspaper slipped from under HE
arm young Whitman was aware that
10 coin was being pressed into his
hand. He turned just in time to catch
To- glimpse OF a pink. softly curved
cheek under an engulhng hat. and to
see the young woman deftly whip her
spoils into a shape convenient for car
ryins a. 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 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 grinning countenance Of a
neighbor.
Took you for a newsboy, did shss"
chortled the neighbor.
Once more young Whitman looked
down at the money In his hand He
held II out helplessly. Can you beat
that?" he said, daxedly.
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 do
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 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
/. rad been sitting he saw that she had
II left a parcel lying there. He seized
|, the parcel and made after the owner.
Il beg your pardon" he said. raising
= his hat. "but think you left this In
the car"
The girl looked down at the parcel,
9 1T is mine," she said. Thank you
e ever so much"
b She moved to the sidewalk and 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" among Its
8 contents she brought forth small
l. purse. She scanned its contents
q eagerly.
|. Dear me-" young Whitman heard
her murmur. II haven't thing but o
:, quarter. / suppose I'll have to give
him that"
The parcel was taken from him with
o hasty courtesy. Once more he felt a
e coin pressed into his hand. A vaguely
impersonal voice breathed, THANK
you ever so much and the owner OF
the parcel had disappeared trainward
Young Whitman stood still. ponder
. Ing. 81 bet you anything" he remarked
I presently, to homself, that that is the
very same girl. 1t is fate!"
Nimbly and shamelessly he rushed
h into the train, searched until he found
the girl in the blue serge suit, and
then seated himself directly behind
b her. He was determined that he
would at least know her next time
a, they met.
u He was so confident that another
n meeting had been arranged by fate
II 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
Il Parkinson presented him to her, In
:. forming him that the girl was Parkin
. sno's sister, and that she was going
g 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 ia
tell the story Of their early encoun,
tiers, really, the only thing | noticed
- about him each time was his shoes
\ they were shockingly rusty and worn
:. II you could have seen them He
I insists that ! said quarter was too
= much for him, but, as a matter of fact
|. ] would have gladly given him more,
o for his shoes looked as II he must be
;. hungry. I'm glad married him any.
II, way, for now | make him keep his
shoes looking respectable. Chicago
n Daily News.