The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-19

frame Of mind when he saw by y
swift glance tla lie had exactly
tortr-tive seconds T." get M the Gle.
Nat"d Steps. through the tnrnsti]o,
and upon th" approaching train. Pos
ably il The coffee had been less drab
his brain would have heen brighter
and lie would ,Dve seeu the girl In
navy hlnc sorEe rushing from the
"ppostte direction, They met Violent
" at the entrance tn tho steps. The
impact knocked his hat off and il
rolled back into TIA" gutter he had
iusi passed Ky the time .Turnhley
had resCued tt and wiped off the slush
TIA" train Wa" putting around the
curve. "" WAS angry and he Was in
u trane of mind that caused him to
feel glad that the girl had missed the
train also and WAS sitting on the
bench in a tense attitude. obviously
Indicative of irritation. Good enough
for her. reflected .Jomblny p%ettishly.
" by didn't she look where she was
going"
Ne opened his morins newspaper.
Thou he flung 1t violently over the
railing 10 tho street below. His ang
increased by about 3S per cent. If hc
itad that ucwshry that had palm"d
Oft a last weeks paper on him. he'd
throttle him. He Quit mulnbling pas.
''iunately as Il whistle announced III
approach of another train and pre-
pared Z" board it. The girl was at his
side. also Il portly lady. shopping bent,
a shabby fat man who should have
been hatlrtub bent. five gay young
''priEs with school books and cigar
cites. three giegling girls. an elderly
lady. and two ordinary men i'm blue
serge suits, .1onlbley was not q dis
courteous man. but his mind still
'lrobhcd anellt tho newsboy and, any
way. the girls blue coat Was cut along
severity tailored lines. lie vas hardly
to blame since his eyes We're turned
the other way. for thinking that the
blue coat sleeves against which his;
hung belonged TO the smaller of the
two men And even ~ courteous man
doesn't pause on an elevated platform
TO give another mar right of way es-
perIally when he is in a bad humor.
%Jonnhley pushed through the door,
heard an exclamation of angry dis
gust. felt rather than saw n blue form
yield tho way. and looked down into
the blacklist, most furious gray eyes
that he had ever beheld.
- beg YOU pardon!' snapped their
owner Her one was the concen-
trated essence of sarcasm Gentle
men lirst!" she said mcanjngly to the
port1y lady. who assertcd with. 1.-THE
nasty brutcs! They'd tralnple their
W mothers if they saw an empty
seat"
'I-I---" .Jomhlcv stammcred.
Then the portly lady. who wore d
mauve broadcloth suit but no gloves
and black trimmed finger nails. iapbed
him onward. ~ Amt got all day."
she observed coldlyy. and he per-
force advanced. Afterward lie twist
ed his head around till lie saw tho girl
in the rear of tho coach. She was
looking out Of tho window. "AnywaN."
spluttered Jombley. ~ wasn't looking.
Darn that n~ewspoy." And then he
tried to read the headlines over the
shoulder of the man in front.
When fate is lmischievous she places
no limit to the game she PLAYS. JONI
bley bumped into the girl going out.
And he didn't apologize. She wouldn't
have listened Ii he had.
He had another view Of gray eyes
~hlackened by rage: then she swung
down the street and Jon1bley turned
up another to the mems furnishing
store OF which. he was Be-
ing a very sensible young man, he
argued that the world is large, and
an accident was an accident. and