Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24

nan Her biE cycs were fur
% trars -it was AL mistake. DEAR
sc ehoEed back her trarS. and there
usa tense Eileuce. IN which Ned War
s~r stood w4rh cold eyes and folded
arrrs waiting.
oh. Ned. csa't I make you see and
und~rstandT- And therc vas = pite-
sfsa vristfuin-Ns about her. We were
al 90 happy 90 that dag % our we'd
Gins. - happy a. VIC started % our
kSnsyuoon trip! And when We stood
aJoas IN the Pullman drawing room.
surr0uudsd By our white ribooaed bag
raE-. there seemed 20 bs no eIoud IN
oar sky
Then why did y0z leave DsT- Ned
warrcr's voice was harsh
If was IN. money! Her iiP trem-
bed. -pout you remember when 1
missed my pursef The porter came In
Just thea. and you gave him a dollar.
when he went oct you gave ne $50
aad 10 just the same generous Way
ysu gave u % the negro. The differ.
enc. was So
They were All startled By the force
% the comparison. Only Giibvrt Blye
smiled. and the smile did rot escape
Ned
DO vuu remember cried and you
put my head en- Jour shoulder You
Thought I was tircd. but 1 cried from
EQUALIZATION 4 felt Ike q bvsEpr.
realized that for the rest % my life
Z Touif have 90 accept Eifts % rsouey
from you. Then I dreamed about ~
1 DREAMED that I ~. q pitSou. little
brsEar. always ho.dinx cut my palms
fls aims. that / was receiving pay Tor
being your wife just 60 mother paid
Auut ucbby and Marie. Both Aunt
pr1by and Mare suiRcd syEpatheti-
calls. And last % Az drragued that
{ was trias dusEci home from the
rifar By q rms in the rose a. The saw
r-~s % cd dragged home their brides
And when the train STOPPED and woke
use up ruutiu't stand g. threw
Down ygar money and ran from the
Jraia-
TO u~et thls tasus- Interrupted Ned
sfr=uiy. Gilbert uiys was waiting on
che station platform "a TsruvIis-- And
hr aot-d thst June locked st hin In
slrIFtss.
-iio,d sa theru.- Gilbert bye spoke
s1aruay. q vas Waitiuz. but foF =
New NdrE uuin had be~n 90 our
Iaruvflfs Ezrt0ry. I saw this besuti-
fai girl on the platform aud thought
immediately wtzt good mptipn pie
turr Subject she vgouid -. I was right
shs scrreas perfectly And he smiled
sppsoviaEly az Juns-
so you were straur~Fe." remarked
S-si. aad there Has an implied anscr In
his toa- Yea hsiped her 90 the train.
aud I saW you in The car taking with
1rrs'
-Youg- Roth tho runaway bride aud
thr dark. handsatas Bye asked thar
qu-stioa-
yes. H. this trfuraphsntiy. \
caught an express and overlook your
locai ~ 80 pulled iuto the station az
New York. aud through the car wiz
dows ! say you bending over her and
smiling. and she was smiling up az
your
There was q pause. and the listeners
looked from June 70 Bye and then at
Ned
-oh. yesr and June's brow cleared
II had soid my watch 20 n funny old
lady 90 the train 90 pay my fare. ST..
bye bought the watch from her and
very kindly offered 20 .et me repur.
chase IL whenever ! found Il conven-
t--I -" e@ 10 N-'"' $3.50
al
Nea thnnaeFed- ne ehAseo
you from the train N a TAX. ano TOT
10wea Oet = i0st y0a oo
did not Slye hsAtedy retoI'eo.
jumped IN 'AN aEa toFs strAlSht
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