Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-20
COPYRIGHT ra,s BY FRANK K sp-As4Av

! i the situation and Storm with real western impulsiveness had chosen, it seemed, the most .nopportune time possible to express his gratitude. But there was his outstretched hand should she ignore it? Anger swayed her-yet something within her, and something in Storms eyes and his manner, pleaded against cutting him dead. With furiously red cheeks but sweeping aside the cost, Helen put out her hand. Tt was nothing" she said quickly. Do not think of it." Then she repaid Storms impulsive stupid ity, as she thought it deserved, by catching at something Seagrue was saying and failing to see Storm again. The engineer had come up prepared really to say how grateful he was; he found himself, in a feeting second, already well launched on the social toboggan aud shooting toward the bot tom of long hill. Seagrue, almost be- fore Storms back was turned, was laughing at Helen and pointing to her SAOhC- AAC hEA4tGE GOLL AAAA AAOn IT ~ v beyond repair the heavy, black finger prints of the engineman's hand.
 Questions and banterings from her companions contributed nothing to- ward restoring Helen's ccmposure. But as the group moved to the waiting mo tor cars, she unostentatiously drew the offending glove over her wrist and threw it away. Che pair of eyes watched the action closely; Storm, collecting his, wits after his social dis aster. noted what she had done. He was too philosophical to resent it. In stead, crossing the platform, when the party had driven away. he picked up the discarded glove and put it ill his pocket.
 Nor did he. in his turn, escape up- seen. As one of the cars whirled around a nearby corner Helen, look ing back at the scene of her annoy ance, saw Storm picking up something white; she knew it was her glove.
 On reaching home-where the ladies were taken to their various rooms and the men went to their business Helen, from Der own room overlook ing the passing track, watched the freight, bearing Storm, draw out and stop before the station for orders.
 Turning to her glass more than once to see whether her cheeks were still as flushed as they felt, she was gratified to find that traces of her hu- initiation had disappeared. Her mind, from which she had tried to dismiss the whole incident, was now assailed by a rebellious curiosity concerning what she had seen happen on the dis tant platform when Storm crossed it to pick up her glove. As his frank eyes returned again and again to her mag nation, something seemed to call her strongly, back to where he still was detained. She resisted longer; then surrendering to a sudden impulse, she ran downstairs, while her guests were disposing themselves, stepped into her racing car. drove to the station and alighting just as Storm came out Of the telegraph office, she herself began to search at the edge of the platform for something. The engineer, after an interval, deliberately joined her.
 ''You have lost something"
 Helen glanced up with affected sur prise. Nothing of moment. l missed a ring when I got home" she fabricat- ed lightly, "and one of my gloves. l thought might have dropped the one with the other here" Q
 Storms hand moved toward his blouse. then regaining his composure, he withdrew his hand, empty, and af- fectej to search along the roadway with her. It was a brief duel of wits, but one in which the railroad man was no longer at disadvantage. He was quite willing to search as long as she would finger and Helen, more than little interested, was capricious and did finger until Storms slow sentences began once more to bear too directly on the episode of the wreck and his gratefulness; then with a hasty good by she started for home and Storm, GllnDlHB lHLO nlo th6A24SS puA4SU ONN with his long train.
 General Holmes. in the meantime. with his two jealous groups of direc- tors, was striving in his drawing room to arrive with them at a mutually sat isfactory settlement of the proposed stock issue. In reserving 30.000 shares of this for himself and his friends, Holmes had allotted 10000 to Sea grue and his Wall street associates. This both Seagrue and Capelle had bluntly refused to accept, since the proposed line would work havoc with the through and local traffic Of the Colorado and Coast road. Seagrue de manded instead an equal distribution of the new stock. Holmes and Rhine lander, after a long conference. put the motion fatly 10 the eleven direc- tors. Seven of them supported Presi- dent Holmes proposal.
 Seagrue. white with anger, rose. Cancel our allotment, then. We will fight