The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-18
WAITING FOR EDNA.
BY Molly McMaster.

BY Molly MeMaster.
copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure News.
nn, paper Syndicate}
oiily Dean gazed inapatiently along Man
naetdn avenue from his exalted position
on the Platform of the elevated rail
LIS there A woman living who can ever
get any place on time ?" he Yn1tttred, III
there is I would Ike a Photograph Of her"
Lean took ont his watch for the sixth
.lhHe ana strobe restlesSly up and down
ahs one Hundred and Tenth street sta
SIX days out of the week Dean waited
mere for Edna Waters that they might
travel az far as Thirty-fourtEl street to-
gether. And on each OF the six mornings
lean told himself he would not wait am
oined minute but would board his train
LUTON ne invariably glanced up Manhat-
san avenue to see Edna tripping quickly
sa ION 70 meet him. The sight of her
impatience and lingering doubts as to his
ionnness for her. Dean had been thinking
OF EDNA during the last few weeks as the
neaTt and salary. Aside from the fact
tnat she vas VIGOROUSLY lacking IA pune
suahty, Edna was certainly a desirable
DIT OF the feminine world.
Edna has broken even her own limit
soady' Dean Enuttered, and made up his
aisd 70 take the next train to the city
ana let Edna do the waiting.
his determination was no sooner
formed than he found himself looking into
3 pair OF anxious eyes that were not
TIL girl whorn he continued to gaze at
seemed to be awaiting the arrival OF some
Dean found himself fascinated by a
wisp Of golden hair that blew daintily
across a tinted cheek and played about
tne anxious eyes, Fla very quickly and
unexpectedly changed his rn!nd about
ooafdlng the train that had pulled into the
statIon. She, the girl, was not getting on.
saadenly her face lighted up into a
rarely beautiful smile. Dean followed the
glance OF her eyes and saw a broad-shoul-
aereu man coming toward them. The
man raised his hat In response 70 a wave
from the girls handkerchief
Dean found himself congratuIating the
approaching man on his good fortune.
In the distance, behind the man. Dean
eaaght sight OF Edna He. too, raised his
The girl. standing rather near him on
me PLATFORM, cast a quick glance at him.
Svldently she grasped the situation and
sast a mar smile from her eyes at Dean.
Y seemed TO be a race between Edna
ana Fns strange man as to which would
reach the station first.
Dean and the girl on the platform were
vaguely conscious of q stirring excite.
;nent. Whether 1t was caused b. the two
harrying figures below, or merely the
Tfthin reach, neither could fathon1. The
TACT remained tina 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
snfougn the gate Dean stepped forward
arm familiarity within that of the man.
Dean plotted Edna into the same train
ne preceding couple had entered and sank
indo a seat opposite them,
81 am 20 sorry I was late" m%grmured
Edna, raising a pair Of beautiful eyes to
Dean.s face. Tt Is good Of you to walt
Dean smiled down at her and found
ninnseif wondering whether or not the
SIT opposite was engaged to the big man
sYou deserve-weii-that T should come
uptown today and take you to lunch and
ths theater,' laughed Dean. rs that SUI
ncient punishment for your tardinessg'
THE punishment is harsh but delight
1nLy acceptable" Edna told him.
e was not until she had left him at
turned to the girl who had kept watch
with him on the station platform. The
oao-snouldere man had gone and the
dr. som vas gazing psnsively out Of the win
Dean considered IT his lucky day be-
cause the girl remained on the train until
off. She had disappeared in that wage
realize 1t.
occasionally 10 haunt his vision but ii
WAS not until the next morning that he
saw her In reality.
III was waiting at the station again for
Edna and the girl. too. was Whiting. 1t
was more than difficult to refrain from
smiling into her eyes when at the same
moment Edna and the broa~d-shouidered
man came swinging around Manhattan
avenue.
Dean had found the waiting for Edna
I'll too short. He began to feel glad that
some girls lacked the sense OF punctu-
slIty. Tho situation became humorous.
Every morning the two waited and ev~
s san me ,rnin vent down to the city on the
girl rad taken a seat next to Dear. and
he felt tho thrill of her arm long after
sns had vanished from his Side. Edna
"a pai-whiie Deans life thought began
70 center around the unknown one.
Then. when he had all but lost hope
bis own, Dean stepped into Hardy's office
don.
There she was, sitting behind a great
desk 30 that only q mass of golden hair
and a.patr OF questioning eyes were visi-
bic; She raised her head and q color rich
And rare spread over her face. ,
aaAt iastFT. breathed Dean.
III the girls heart echoed his ejaculation :
no one vas the wiser save tho girl her
t~sYnu-want to sac Mr.. Harding7 she ,
questioned, with n little trernor in her
voice and trying not to let the merry
smile replace q Courteous, business like
liter 1 have seen you-for b rnomcnt.n
pean iii. sid softly. 4 seemed ~ i, from
would always be for Dean alone.
THAT is MY brother aho 4 meet ev-
tititixriy guessed the question on Deans
lips He's married and it's my only way
to see him much
The girl whom I nneet-is the girl
once wanted to propose to- the man told
her and gazed steadily at the girl who's
eyes hid themselves swiftly. ~ Rave lost
greet Harding. ~ want d proper intro
ductfor 10 yosir secretary, Harding was
his greeting. II rave wanted Uue for the
last two nontfssst
Perhaps Miss Eltfnge has no desire to
meet y0M,1 laughed Harding.
Perhaps ahe has the girl suggested. II
B0B,S CHRISTMAS LADY.