The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22

Well Met
AMan Kindly Takes An
others Risk.
ByF. A mitchell
By F. A mitchell

station. asked the agent when the next
train to the city would pass then set
out to wuR 30 o residerGe which bore
evidence on having been shut up for
the winter. Entering he vent up
stairs Hall an hour latez be looked
ont thOngh window and saw hand
somely dressed woman emerging from
another country residence few hun
dred yilIrls distan1 She was carrying
a suit case.
The mans ftfe tpok m ths exInSs
sion ID one who had discovered some
thing interesting He kalt his EYES
ON the u1uian, who WIS approaching.
ri she Iasssd the house he was In;
then tlking up suit case he had
packed, be went downstairs and hnp
ried after tfe wunnn. Lifting his hat
politely, he said;
"win yun pernft me % gzis1 yai
With that sui c1lseY
Thank yvu very mmhI 4 h very
hight Do yuu know wtsn the next
train haves for the cttyT
In ten minutes"
"In that case shah hBce just ome
to reach the station and buy my
ticket"
The two uRflei ON toRcfrr and by
the time they neached the stntion had
established an acquaintance On board
ing the train the nan helped The wutn-
IN ON To the train, and ON seating her
self she nude room for him beside hes.
II saw yuu leaving Mr.. LawneDnes
country house, he said
The wuImn started
II supposed Mr.. LAwrennes nnniiy
IN the city and the hnnse was uDnOcnr
pied-
81 am Funny Lavrena' vR the
hsaitating reply.
"Oh-
II needed some things and CHINO out
TO get them They're In my suit chse :
MY case exactly. Ny cUuntry hooe
Is shut up and were an IN the CRY.
l needed some things and cnme Ont cor
them"
-And cley'n In your Grtt cuaeT
"Yes: they ara
There wus pause In This dialogue.
1t was evident the Indy was III ut
ease. Presently the mnn said:
The next stntim is ClOVertnn an
other mad cnsss This dne there. I'm
going To Leave this train and tahs an
other en- the other road
why DO yUu do thatY
This unin enns the cfy a the
Union sfntion. The other stnfs at sew
eral smail stathns beruue reaching the
terminal, ut one Of which I shall
leave It."
Fur wtlat purpuseT
at VII te mnre convenient fur ms
The lady was silent She seemed To
be thinking. Presently she asked Der
companion Ut what st1tion be would
stpp. He said Arlington avmua
Then. after few qtnsthns Gs To the
location OF the Arlington avvnue str
tion, she said tfnt II would he o m,rn
convenient stopping plane Con her too
The MN said that perhaps She had
hettEr leave the train there and he
wuuh be hHppy % srsrIre her a cum
wyunce. The INDY thanked him and
said she believed she would do 50.
Would yuu mind she srid afh1
period evidently devutBd to delIherb
ton, when we reach the Arlington
avenue statiml. getting u1t On the chr
platfRIn and seeing II there b any ono
apparently ln1ltng fr smre persouP
-Of cu1rse VII"
q suppose yun win cfirrs D strafHp
my asking you Do do SO think
shah have 70 give you mV cm6dema
l am engaged 10 young mnn To wtsm
my father objects"
Z see yun am entrw To efmD Vtrh
him.
Eyes.
But how 70 n c;lirt yuu expeui 30
moet him at the Arlington gyenue SOB
tioni Yn I'D not intend TO stop thas
till spoise Of doing SO myself"
''You dnI't Understand dmr en-
pect 10 inset him tbeA Yuu see, am
b1 nHvUtp lest father on my brDthR
has learned what 1 mn about 30 DO
and may stnp mo"
81 SEQ"
Shortly aftm thsse trHvu1nrs had isft
their respective country homes Indy
living oppoatts the house from which
Miss LAwrnee emerged called up N-
Ian LawBsDce IN Tho city en- the phone
and gave him BIT Of information that
produced In him suddsn activity.
When the tynin reached the crossing q
man IN q striped waistcoat was Stlnd.
ing on tho platform. He was about TO
board the train when he saw the cou-
pie step down from II, whereupon he
scrutinized them closely and let 1t go
on without him. When they boarded
a train on tho other road he got on,
too, and tooh a sent in the rear of the
car they occupied. But they failed TO
notice that he appeared TO be interest
cd In them As soon as the couple
were seated the man turned to the
lady and said:
IF you arc trying to avoid capture
BY your father It behooves you to exer-
rise your wits. Unless some one on
The watch for you knows you by sight
vou may throw him or the track. One
ooking for runaway couple viii not