Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-26

Inc dreams were not true n1Snt
mares, though, for at the supreme In
stant Of each period of peril white
angel fioated to him. rescuing him
from that which threatened him. And
this white anger, graceful, large.eyed
smiling and beneflcent was always
Josie Richards. As soon as she had
rescued him each time, he spoke his
speech to her, and she wept on his
shoulder.
The result of such a night of agony
was, naturally, that they slept later
IN the morning than was the Jonesville
custom. When half past eight arrived
and they had not appeared, the wife
OF the proprietor sent him upstairs to
see II they had not decamped without
paying for their rooms, or IL, per-
chance. they had not come there sui
cidally inclined.
She crept up behind her hsge lord
fearfully, and peeped across his shoul-
der as he opened each unlocked door
In turn. Finding that they were but
peacefully asleep, she was both
shocked at such unheard-of Incidence,
and cheated at the lack Of tragedy, so
she snorted, "Scandalous!" as she
crashed down each step.
/ She was very solid woman, widely
built. Wallace had noticed that the
night before when he had peeped in
through the door. Had she been aware
or that terrific episode, she would have
screamed for the village constable and
had him locked up in the calaboose.
Broadway had his high triumphant
moment when 1t became apparent that
Wallace would Of necessity 60 to the
village barber shop. Having come
away In flight from Mrs. Gerard with
out bags or luggage of whatever kind,
he had no razor with him.
my whiskers are so whitish that
they will not begin to show until the
afternoon" Broadway exulted. 'By
that time Rankin will be here with
bags"
I'll wait for him. won't see any"
you'll be sure to see the judges
daughter. All the Jonesville girls that
work at the gum factory get up at six
O'Clock. The idle, aristocratic class,
like Clara, stay in bed till seven"
We'll, where is it, then?" said Wal.
lace in an evil temper.
What? The village barber shop?
Next door," Broadway wrung his
hand. "Good-by old chap; good-by.
I'll"
Just give my love to Broadway"
Wallace begged.
Jackson Jones grew sober in an in.
>stant. 81 don't expect I'll see much
Of 1t for a while"
1T must be permanent" said Wall
lace. '1t has lasted through the long,
est night the world has ever known"
The day already was well under way
at the Jones factory. Josie had been
at her managerial desk not less than
an hour and probably an hour and q
half when Wallace started for the bar.
ber shop.
1t was a very trying morning for the
girl. The events of the night before
mad much upset her. and her sleep had
been as much disturbed as Broadway's,
although, perhaps, less physically
painful.
She had been terribly in earnest in
everything which she had said to him
about his duty to the village which had
made him rich, his duty to the family
whose name he bore, his duty to him.
self; she had been intensely worried.
still was intensely worried, lest all
which she had said might 20 for
naught. failing to impress him perma.
nently.
He had doubtless meant we'll when
he left her, but would that good inten.
ton stand the test of Wallace's ridi.
cule (she felt certain Wallace would
oppose her plan) and his own contem.
plation of the future for night?
She had a hazy notion of what the
life Of idle rich youth in New York
must be, but imagined that It must
attract with vivid power, and she could
guess that Jonesville did not Would
he hold firm in the determination
which she felt sure he had formed?
When the Judge came in he found
her wondering and worrying as she
waited for some papers she had sent a
clerk to get. Already she had almost
fnished the statement OF affairs which
she had promised to give Broadway.
Well. / just came over from the
Grand hotel" the Judge began.
Did you see the young man?r
Only for minute" The judxe
laughed indulsently. HE was eating
breakfast in his room, and his valet
had just borrowed some hot f,at-irons
and was pressing out his clothes" The
judges laughter became very hearty.
Even Josie smiled: but the fact that
they had brought valet with them
was bit Of news to her. She ex.
pressed surprise.
The Judge laughed again. "Oh. he
Just got here this morning. It seems
they both came off without any bag.
gage, so they telephoned the valet late
last night, to bring them on some
Clothes
1T must have been very late, for It
was almost eleven when they left vour
house, wasn't it?"
oh, those New York people-they
don't think thing Of sitting up till
all hours-midnight, sometimes later,"
The Judge preened himself a little