The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14

''She looks at me as cool as II was
the man come to see about the wedding
of the garden. but ! thought l saw just
mo one OF that name lives in Brich-
ton.' says she That is,' she goes on
as far as l know. Is the gentleman you
are seeking white?'
''Well. that tickled me. No Mdding.'
says I. Tn not looking for smoke. even
If do come from Pittsburg.
"'You are quite a distance from
"Id have gone a thousand miles
farther says I.
81 Not If you handnt walked up. when
the train started in Shelbyville,' says
she; and then she turned almost as red
as one of the roses on the bushes In the
yard. I remembered / had dropped OFF
TO sleep on bench In the ShelbyVtlle
station, waiting to see which train she
took, and only Just managed to wake up
In time
"And then I told her why, I had
could. And l told her everything about
myself and what / was making ana
how that all I asked was just to get
acquainted with her and try to get her
"She smiles little, and bushes
some, but her eyes never get mixed up,
They look straight at whatever shes
talking to. =,
to me before Mr. Pescud.' says she;
What did you say your name is-John?
John A. says l.
"'And you came mighty near missing
the train at Powhatan Junction, TOO.
says she, with a laugh that sounded as
good as a mileage book to me.
How did you know asked
" Men are very clumsy, SAID She.
knew you were on every train thoughl
you were going to speak TO me- and I'm
glad you didn't
''Then we had more talk. and at last
kind Of proud serious look came on her
70 Sh pointed
"'The Ailyns,' said she, have lived in
Elmcroft for hundred years. We are
a proud family, Look at that man
sion. 1t has fifty rooms. See the pillars
and porches and balconies. The cell
ings in the reception rooms and the ball
room are twenty eight feet high. MY IA,
ther Is lineal descendant OF belted
earls.' T., A.,
Duquesne hotel in Pittsburg, says
was there dividing his attentions be-
tween Monongahela whisky and heiresses.
LOT course she goes on, my father
foot in Elmcroft. II he knew that l was
talking to one over the fence he would
lock me In my room
"'would YOU let me come tnereE
says / Would you talk TO me II / was
to cail7 For goes on, If you said
might come and see you, the earls might
be belted or suspendered, or pinned up
with safety pins. as far as am con-
"T must not talk TO you she says.
because We have not been introduced.
1t is not exactly proper. So VIII say
say the name says l. You haven't
| forgotten it,.
Pescud' SAYS she. little mad.
1.-The rest OF the name! I demands.
cool could be.
John says she.
'John-what?' I says.
John A. says she. with her head
high, Are you through. now .
morrow, says
"He'll feed you 10 his fox-hounds,
says she, laughing,
ming says l. I'm something OF hunter
myself
''I must be going in now says she.
I oughtn't 10 have spoken TO YOU at all.
| I hope you'u have pleasant trip back
TO Minneapolls-or Pittsburs. was II!
Good -byel'
!" Good might SAYS I. and It WASH,
"she hesitated. Then she pulled a
leaf off bush and said;
"'My name is Jessie says she.
81 Good might. Miss Allyn says J.
The next morning AT II. sharp, I rang
the door-bell OF the Worlds Fair main
building After about three-Quarters OF
an hour hour an old niger man about so
showed UP and asked what I wanted
gave him my business card, and said
wanted to see the colonel He showed
me in
'Say. did you ever crack open a wormy
English walnut? That's what that house
was like. There wasn't enough furniture
| I'm IL TO fll an So lat. Some old horse
| hair lounges and three-legged chairs and
| some framed ancestors on the walls were
all that met the re-. But when Colonel
Allyn comes IN. the place seemed to light
| up. You could almost hear band play
| ing and see bunch OF old timers in wigs
and Whit YhA s.acklngs dancing a quad