Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

on the platform of the elevated rail-
get any place on time?s he mutttred. III
Insle IS would like a photograph of her"
Ian TOOK out his watch for the sixth
.,ae ana strobe gestlessly up and down
ton. ~ ' ~ ~
ON days out of the week Dean waited
mere Tor Edna Waters that they might
.lasei as far as ~Thirty-fourth street to-
Dean told himself he would not wait am
oiher minute but would board his train
h zone And as surely as he made the reso-
!u1lon he Invariably glanced up Manhat-
tan avenue TO see Edna Tripping Quickly
along to meet him. The sight OF her
triin, erect little figure always banished
tinpatlence and lingering doubts as to his
lonaless for her. Dean had been thinking
Oh iona during the last few weeks as the.
slil 10 whom he intended to offer his
heart and salary. Aside from the fact
that she was notoriouSly lacking in pune
tuality. Edna was certainly IA desirable
DIT of the feminine world.
EDNA has broken even her own limit
today, Dean muttered, and made up his
mind to take the next train to the city
and let Edna do the waiting.
Ills determination was no sooner
formed than he found himself looking into
Edna's. ~ E'' U''' "ue "o'
The girl whom he continued to gaze at
seemed to be awaiting the arrival of some
Dean found himself fascinated. by a
across q tinted cheek and played about
the anxious eyes. He very quickly and
unexpectedly changed his mind about
boarding the train that had pulled into the
station. She, the girl. was not getting on.
ra Sanoeniy her face lighted up into a
glance OF her eyes and saw IA hr~oad-shoul-
derea man coming toward them. Thu
man raised his hat in response 20 a wave
from fha .~ir1'c 1npl1yA,,lJac
Dean found himself consratulating the
approaching man on his good fortune.
In the distance, behind the man. Dean
caught sight of Edna. He, too, raised his
hat.
The girl. standing rather near him on
1ne platform cast a quick glance at him.
evidently she srasped the situation and
cast a half smile from her eyes at Dean.
1T seemed to be a race between Edna
ana the strange MAJ as to which would
reach the station first.
Dean and the girl on the platform We're
vaguely conscious of a stirring excite.
ment. Whether 1t was caused by the two
burning figures below. or merely the
knowledge that some one attractive was
within reach, neither could fathom. The
fact remained that Dean felt a greater in
terest In the girl beside him than he did
In the one hurrying toward him.
When the approaching couple had
reached the ticket chopper and passed
through the gate Dean stepped forward
to meet Edna. while the girl slipped her
- 'ANiiAA t'fAt vi l'i, itttli.
Dean piloted Edna into the same train
the preceding couple had entered and sank
into a seat opposite them.
II am SO sorry | was late"
EDNA, raising a pair of beautiful eyes to
Deans face. 1T is good of you to wait
for me-
himself wondering whether or not the
girl opposite was engaged to the big man
with her.
you deserve-well-that I should come
uptown TODAY and take Won tn lnpch and
7cient punishment for your tardiness?"
emf 1.-The punishment is harsh but aelight-
IT was not until she had left him at
"hirty-fourth street that Dean again
turned to the girl who had kept watch
with him on the station platform. The
broad-shouldered man had zone and the
girl was gazing pensively out of the win
dow.
Dean considered 1T his lucky day be-
cause the girl remained on the train until
it reached John street. Then she. too. got
off She had disappeared In that wage
earning throng before Dean could quite
During the day the girls eyes returned
occasionally to haunt his vision but 1T
was not until the next morning that he
saw her in reality.
He was waiting at the station again for
Edna and the girl, too. was waiting. 1t
was more than difficult to refrain from
smiling into her eyes when at the same
moment Edna and the road-shouldere
man came swinging around Manhattan
avenue.
Dean had found the waiting for Edna
all too short. He began to feel glad thai
some girls lacked the sense of punctu-
ality. The situation became humorous.
Every morning the two waited and ev-
cry morning went down to the city on the
same train. On one happy occasion the
girl had taken a seat next to Dean, and
she had vanished from his side. Edna
became merely a girl of his acquaintance
"a pal-while Deans life thought began
to center around the unknown one.
Then. when he had all but lost hope
OF meeting and thus winning the girl for
his own, Dean stepped into Hardy's office
to obtain some minor business informa-
ton.
There she was. sitting behind a great
desk SO that only a mass of golden hair
and a pair of questioning eyes were visi-
BILE. She raised her head and q color rich
and rare spread over her face.
AT LAST breathed Dean.
If the girls heart echoed his ejaculation
no one was the wiser save the girl her
.You-want to see Mr.. Harding?" she
questioned. with a little tremor in her
voice, and trying not to let the merry
smile replace a courteous, business like
expression.
".fter / rave seen you-for a moment"
Dean said softly. 1T seemed as II. from
would always be for Dean alone.
That is my brother whom j meet ev-
cry morning she told him, having in
lips. "tIe7s narried and it's my only way
to see him much"
The girl whom ] meets the girl |
once wanted to propose to- the man told
eyes hid themselves swiftly. ~ have lost
that desire" he added. and turned to
greet Harding. Il want a proper intro
duction to your secretary, Harding, was
his greeting. II have wanted one for the
last two months"