White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-03

nor q Quare4f op1oce"-
Yes. We do want . taxi"- Minet -
gan ffs
30 San Msscors cisa ths -
brsathleaiy. Gan yoa ~ - ~
b. I o'clockr'
TITO 6ay. lady,. stnmmered H.
rusttc chauffeur. that train you ~
got on Of y going to San Marco"
-Oh. no. Il sn't" Mlnot expiainsA
We know better. It's going out inAD
the country 10 lie down undsr . sha1b
tree and rest
The train b too SLOW" raid the -
Z must be In San Marco befose 4
O'Clock Can you get me-0s-theEe ~
thenf Speak quickly. pleaser'
The effect Of this request On ~
chauffeur was 20 induce even groator
confusion.
.T-to-to San Marcor' be stumbloa
"w-well. say. that's q new one on M
Never had this car out o. Sunbeam
yet"
'sPleam, Pfcasrw the girl pleaded
Lady" said the chauffeur. IRA -
anything l could within reason
'Can you get us to San Marco by 1
O'clock r. she demanded
II amt no prophet. iady"-a humcrs
GUS CLEAN came into his eye-"but ever
since I got this car l been feelIn' sort
o. reckless. II you say so I'll bid an
my family and friends goodby. and
well take a chance on San Marco to
gether."
That's the spirit!' laughed Mln0t
But forget the family and friends"
The car rolled automatically from the
little settlement and out into the sand
and heat OF a narrow road.
Eight rallies to San Marco" said
the driver out Of the corner Of his
mouth. "Sit tight. I'm going to Let
her out some"
Again Dick MinOt glanced ut the
girl beside him. Fate was In a jovial
mood today to grant him this odd ride
h the company Of one 80 charming.
Minot tried to think Of some spright-
y remark, but his usually agile tongue
remained silent. What was the mat
ter with him7 Why should this gfn
0Cokl uAuCAChls oOluCuOW, AiOhh 0h kAV
other girls he had " met? When
he looked into her eyes n flood Of
memories, a little sad. of all the happy
times he had ever known overwhelm-
ed him-memorfes Of q starlit sea, the
red and white awnings Of a yacht, the
wind whispering through the trees On
q hillside. an orchestra playing In the
| <4fotnoa rn.n.nr,nc - all opJ hor~w
faroff things, Of times when he was
even younger, even more In love with
life. Why should this be? He won
dered-
And the girl. looking ut him. won
dered toe. Wa he suddenly bereft of
his tonguef
Il haven't asked You the convention
nj question she said at last. How
10 you like Florida?'
Its wonderful. isn't IT." Minot 10
piled, coming to with a start. u a
speak OF 1t w more enthusiastically
than any of the railroad folders do.
And yet it's only recent-my discovery
Of its charms"
.ReallyT'
4Gos VhEA Il VIM buh lu6 ~ ~
that stop watch Of a train my impres-
sion Of It was quite unfavorabl Die II
seemed SO monotonousl l told myself
nothing exciting could ever happen
there"
And something has happenedf'
Yes, something certainly has hap
pened."
0h~ Blh-A HAIL 49,
Young men usually proposed to her the
first time they saw her Why shouldn't
she blush a little?
They ratified on down that road that
was so sandy. so unlntcresting, so lone
ly, with only a garage advertisement
here and there to suggest a world ont,
side.
The girl sat anxiously on the edge u
the seat, her cheeks flaming, her eye
alight. Minot watched her. And sud
denly all the happy. sad little meme
ries melted into a golden glow-the
glow of being alive on this lonesome
road-with herr Then suddenly he
knew. This was the one girl. the gin
Of all the world. the girl he should love
while the memory OF her lasted, which
would be until the eyes that looked
upon her now were dust A great ez-
ultation swept through him
What did You mean he asked.
when you said you were always do
ing things like thisr"
II meant she answered, that I'm
a silly little fool. Oh, II you could
know me WELL" and her eyes seemed
to question the future. you'd see for
yourself. Never looking ahead to cal
culate the consequences. It's the old
story of fools rushing In
"You mean Of angels rushing In.
don't your | never was good at old
saws, but
.And once more, please uur
watchw
Twenty minutes Of L"
-Oh, dear! Can we"-
A wild whoop from the driver fnfsr