The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

FMA sixteen, who prded herself
S upon her ability as nurse
maid, cast her eye around in search
of further wrappings for the baby
already half mummfied,
To say she cast her eve is unfair.
Nature had already cast it for her
At any rate, she fixed it on the arch
of the station roof. and at the same
time laid her hand on her mistress's
traveling-rug, which was lying on q
trunk little behind her on the right
hand side.
In this rug she swathed the sleeping
baby, till only the expert eye Of mother
could have distinguished him from
bundle of rugs
Outside the station, two hansoms,
with gathering horses and silent wheels,
had just discharged their respective
fares. These were strangers to one
another but each told the porter to
label his luggage to C, so it was
piled on the same trolley
The porter said there was through
coach to C, and led the way with
the luggage. For two single men
there was good amount of That
boxes, gun eases, golf clubs, rugs and
pOrtmantcaux, and one had a cycle.
AfudlHt HbptT was very Tall Ntl ~
young, and very fair. Major Slmm
was SIX feet two III his socks, and at
least four feet around; and the two,
one wheeling his machine, and the
porter with the traps, made quite an
imposing procession. At any rate,
they impressed Carssa Fagg, who gaped
upon them with her mouth and brought
up in the rear admiringly.
Tho vhn lnpW
his work He found LIST smoking
for the gentlemen, and hauled the
trolley alongside then made n show
of feeling the footwarmers, and went
running down the platform in search
of hot ones.
1t was at this precise moment that
an old woman, hurrying for train,
slipped and fell with her basket of
oranges. The fruit rolled in all direc-
tons, and Clarissa, whose heart was
in the right place, however her eye
may have erred from the straight
path, popped the baby on the trolley,
while she helped the old lady to her
feet and dived after her oranges.
So it came to pass that she was out
of earshot when Charlie Soper said,
put the small things in here, porter,
and be careful of the rugs" and before
the last orange was back in the basket
the trolley had been whisked to dis
tant van, and the baby had become
the joint possession of Mr.. Soper and
Major Slimm. But the baby on the
rack was not more unconscious than
those two gentlemen.
Its a woman" said the Major,
popping his head out as Charles
came in, land she seems to be in
Mysteries"
He watched till the platform glided
out of sight, then settled into his seat
and retired behind newspaper. In
few minutes the paper dropped onto
his knee and the Major slept.
Charlie lowered his paper when he
saw the other man fairly off, and delb-
erately stepped into dreamland of
his own, along a path he had trodden
more and more frequently of late and
where wandered hand in hand with
Nellie Seymour.
Oh! these day-dreamsl Sweeter,
roster, more to our fancy than those
that come by night, but as fleeting as
elusive, and as vainl
As Charlie pulled at his pipe he won
dered how he dared to dream that his
dream might come true. He recalled
the past. The acknowledgements
day when he first made her acquaint-
ance, and her fathers, on that home
ward voyage. The long, lazy days that
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