The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-15

LeTIOO. one was CllHSln6 W hiit -
the reception room, which was against
the rules at that; but all of the case
hardened old key-swingers were let
ting the rules sprint for the end book
in that case, and turning their heads
away, because lamping a scene Ike
that wasn't just the kind of stuff they
felt they were on the city payroll
for,
AT last the two had to pry loose. !
caught her in the hall, trying to dry
her eyes with little wad of soaked
handkerchief. | told her who | was,
putting the muller on the pipes for
fear of soaring her; and says | when
she had quoted down a bit:
Little girl, nobody knows any bet
ter than the old shield-fasher now
talking to you what rough medicine
this is that you're now taking; but II
might be worse. It's in your poor lit
tie hands to make it worse,
"'How is that? she asked me In
gaspy kind of way
why, by being at the station to-
morrow, SAYS |. Don't do that. It'll
hurt all round. 1t always hurts. The
boy is all right He'll get his good
time and 1t won't be long before he'll
be back at the fiat, spick and span,
and fighting for his head to make the
new and fine start.
"'But don't be at the station tomor-
row. That never do. 1t wouldn't do
for anybody. How about 1t, little
woman
"Oh, YES, she was there. She
couldn't help it. She was sitting on
bench in the waiting room when we
brushed through the swing door,
wicked her first, and | pulled quick
play in getting the handouts OF our
wrists-for the boy and | were, OF
course coupled in the betting.
1T was against the regulation for
me to unbracelet con once Id geareo
myself to him. But knew he WASH
going to make any run for 1t; ano
somehow couldn't pipe myself
trudging up TO that girl on the bencf
with her man rugged to me like that.
When the boy saw the girl, ant
jerried up to why turned him loose
to go to her, he was there with a bl
of a choke in telling me that nee
never forget that staff in me, and al
like that. Then he Joined her
Il ached to peek in the other direc
ton. But had to keep the OF Wlcl
|. on that united con, and there wa
nothing for me to do but watch thei
get-together,
Never mind, pal 1t was the wors
/ ever ran into and I've taken a 10
of timber of that kind. Train tim
came. and | had to stake him to tn
arm-tap and watt him the eye-signa
> that time was up. ! didn't put tn
wristlets back on him and myself VI
: til after we'd got aboard.
Last saw of the girl she wa
. pressed fragile slip of thint
believe told against the bar
outside the gate arm stuck through
and waving a wet handkerchief at hin
;, and with look in her eyes that /
heap rather have one or my oW
: dead and buried than be wearing
THE young fellow didn't have muc
: Of anything to say on the way up, an
neither did |. There are times whe
you can't pull chirp out Of you
frame with derrick.
Il handed him over, got a receil
: for him, gave him the mitt-squeeze al
= the pat on the shoulder-blade, al
u blew back to town, feeling like a woI
= an what's been to see East Lynne.
Three months ago | was about
a board the roller-me and and anoth
Il bull-with three old-timers bound |
d. the stream, when the sight OF bt
D. being lifted down from the baggal
III car hitched to a train just in on Il
cross-the-way track sort of held me-
&c II knew the shape and color OF Il
1t box. 1t was the kind they ship cashe
d in Lays in, back to their folks, if the
e. folks wants them.
n And then, taking a slant down Il
'r station to pipe If anybody was going
g. be on the job to receive the box CO
10 tanning the dead lag, ! saw the 81
She was In black, and she had bal
IL in her arms.
lie "She was so blinded with the cryil
m that she would have stepped of t
a platform on to the track II hadl
done quick waddle and caught h
IN round the waist.
a. "She was about twenty-five, but s
e. looked up at me out of the eyes OF
1s old woman. The fat baby In her arr
cooed and sang that improvised ba
q stuff ard ~, it'll no EoT luC~ed
~ along, lot.crlne from one size of t
IN pla.form h the other me holding h
H. up, while my L.dtey watched our bun
d of up-lor- !4Gs.
~ hated to have her sec the box. Il
he that was SHAT she WIS there for a
d, th.re wts no / tEging her When S
IL reached the box, she lullod out thr
oy little white carnations from inside t
OF 80 &c b,r Jrose aud I.ft them