Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-12-26
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q . fsTAere1ssonetiaag IN i" the miner

fore, StrSmg. R}> SfItJ Jana w. ~ - sTr,
= .IAerels something IN II, ~ the miner
agreed thKsgesohaVe gone down, and
/, it's, partly ttecassestheI big, fellows are
-copsalla atbngI inteletlaa.? A7dsFa amt,
, a a Ipepr1 u,a1fs1roantfy the WY It vas.
BHt M ae aiiEt TOY qAkme forothat:: He,
has to play the gxrsns the Way the
cards tsre1tasaie out. "9s'0o s',' "a 81
ia HE + skyuwasu earagaih7 Wheiha the
! Haanah1 dpewia1wtAh wharf at 'NMf9Ypses
|, Head to- dlpaaa1i frefghe7 bde the mud,
lin, fthe, rupRavsd stsepts lesdfng w. the
Business section of the lHttfp ffff98thtier
otewp oWas, jpstsn1 casp. shalahSl the
V ppSassensers h,,rr ed Iisshprs to1nhk thett
a9qst, 9fdths Av@hVuni HFo p1s Elff Ra, put
81 pair of heavy bocssoa hdo Started
N2p1IttQWyn,mba boot sh1 ayHs ''hni -,
~, the 1snde of 1.-THE owhaff' heiipassed
Miss O'Neill. She waresna aBbers and
she had -come-te- a -hs}&tt-at the begin
KGI ;Sss ai atnh t" Eh}S%ty g tss
boat. vo ..usl 20 ,
town, 4ate UAihatafsld fef he rec" Crossed,
the gangplank " thu Hannah again
with a package mIHr his qEW N Miss
etNeiR waq sisHngW on H TIE forward lSS
seak, .afh d'Amp ret e Rnls$Sp,H ,BeTsslf
oSa,eni41ndto1d aid 70 psh'A Dn n,on A
snf1a raues,pbtef tonw1afeg, Sic. SaE,99d
iifta,halnstAats1s'f1oAp pea o saa s ssWW9pH
ts,iasz. sbaIM srbepays nM7SSsee ss0c&efQn4 hIN4I
Ernbroushtcs asa6jMmen fabbbeeIs ff 1Slp p
stote uptowMld IbhgAt9ssdf 5pa!Ssq dpH
aatm shnra,adshont l}i9m. ahl,.e ~ snt a,ue,
Thg1girk Wsfs sklsHBeu Pem7fbarfassed.
She was net-ut utt certain Of the right.
thsEou daN,Nntba skI hadlOeenN
brbMh up young men did not offer
courtesiss Of ththsoEt Sa inaormauys.S
up think I oN}p Won't A0edHtaesA ta't1R
you: eoTSea TsSldea. PG SO ssstswea the
boat" she Answered shyly.
Elliot had, neyer1been accused ofsbe-
! ing a. qditter, 4, Having begunHthist He.
proposed to. see tssout. lnHe caught
sight of tie .purser, experimenting the
sdischarge Of cargo and called to him
gby name. The officer Joined them,
pad Of paper and a pencil in his hand.
g I'm trying to persuade Miss O'NeiH
thaeo She ought to 60, ashore while
weae lying here. What was it you told
me about the waterfall back Of the,
town?"n 1h7- So, rad. ..--rr
"Finest thing Of its kind in Alaska.
Everyone takes it in, We. won't get
away till night You've plenty of time
if you want to see it." ---
"Now, will you please introducee me
to Miss O'Neill forlnally2" $3.50, rq,1
The purser- went through the usual
formula OF presentation, adding that
Elliot nwas Il government official on
his way TO K,lsiak. Having done his,
duty by the young man, the busy SUI +,
1sercargo retired.
'T'm sure it-wuurd do you good to
walk up to the Ssostssll VITA ne ,AsI1lss
O'Nei1 s,bpsgasi1 Biitot. a'I'q4a ~, 'a araTao
metlat htHe' dabfo4sly' the, smile,
that weu4{hnot stay duite distinguished
sonhis goedsloekihe, dboyish face. Why
shouldn't she go-with him. since It was
the American way f9ry Ynebapsdened
youth to enjoy 'Asetf IaturallS?ozg III
v-sIf thss1}o Fl" h the, girl answered
eying thearubbels, ~ NJ pc2 1Im79q 3.
f. .Gordsns dropped to his, knees and
demonstrated that they would. nai2ijNc
sAs they walked along the muddy
street she gave him friendly little
nod of thanks. "Good Of you to take
the trouble to look out for me-"
He laughed. 1T was myself I was
looking out for. I am stranger In
the country and was awfully lone
(TO BE CONTINUED.)