White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

At the station William. descending
from the street car found that he had
six minutes 10 STARE Treasured OF
50 much h. tho gfeal clock IN the sta
ton tower. he entered the building
and, with calm ard digniiied steps.
crossed The large waiting rss1ut. Those
calm and .iienified steps were taken
by feet which litt'e betrayed the trem
ulousncss If the kaees above them.
He made slre thai the person he
sought WIS 80, IN re waiting room.
Therefore he turned 10 the doors which
gave admission IL he tracks. but be
fore he weat out IL paused for an in-
slant Of displcas1lrp. Hard by the
door stood a telephone booth. and from
inside this booth a little girl OF nine
or ten was p%eorlne eagerly out at Will
liam. Ter eyes inst above the lower
level Of the glass window In the door.
Even a prospect thus cnrtailed re-
vealed her as "A sInudged and dusty
little gil. 70 William She suggested
nothing familiar. As his glance hap
pened TO encounter hers the peering
eyes grew instantly brighter with ex-
element. She exposed her whole coun-
tenance at the window and Impulsively
made a face at him.
Three seconds later the dusty faced
little girl and her moue were sped ut
terly from Williams mind. For as
the doors swung together behind him
he saw Miss Pratt There were no
gates nor iron barriers to obscure the
view. There was no train shed to
darken the air. She was at some dis
tance, perhaps 2a0 feet. along the
tracks. where the sleeping ears Of the
long train would stop. But there she
stood, m~istakable for no other on this
wide earth.
There she stood-a glowing little fig
ure in the hazy September sunlight,
her hair an amber mist under the ador-
able little hat, a small bunch of violets
at her waist, a larger bunch Of fra
grant but less expensive sweet peas In
her right hand, half a dozen pink roses
in her left, her little dog Flopit in the
crook OF ono arm aud a one pound box
u NAhbJ III lAt AlAOh VI LIT fiEA-
~ineffable, radiant, starry, she stood!
Near her also stood her young hostess
and Wallace Banks, Johnnie Watson
and Joe Bullitt, three young gentlemen
in a condition Of solemn tensity. Miss
Parcher saw William as he emerged
from the station building. and she
waved her parasol in greeting, attract
ing the attention Of the others to him,
SO that they all turned and stared.
Seventeen sometimes finds 1t embar-
RAISING, ever in a state of deep emo
ton, to walk 200 feet or ~thereabout
toward a group of people who stead.
tasty watch the long approach. And
when the watching group contains the
lady OF all the world before whom
one wishes to appear most debonair
and contains not only her, but severa
rivals who. though fairly good hearted
might hardly be trusted to neglect
such IN opportunity to murmur some
thing jocular about one No. II can
not be said that William appeared to
be wholly without self consciousness.
In fancy he had prophesied for this
moment something utterly different
He had seen himself parting from her,
the two alone as within a cloud. He
had seen himself gently placing his
box of candy in her hands, some of
his fingers just touching some of hers
and remaining thus lightly in contact
TO the very last. He had seen himself
bending toward the sweet blond head
to murmur the few last words Of sim
pie %eloquence, while her eyes lifted in
mysterious appeal 10 his. And he had
put no other figures, not even Miss
Parcher's, into this picture.
Parting is the most dramatic moment
in young love, and If there is n time
when the lover wishes to present a
lofty but graceful appearance it is at
the last. To leave with the loved one
for recollection a final picture of man
~ dignity In sorrow-that, above all
things, is the lovers desire. And yet,
even at the beginning Of Williams 200
foot advance. later so much discussed,
he felt the heat surging over his ears,
as he took of his hat, thinking to
wave II jaunt1ly In reply to Miss Parch.
er. he made but an uncertain gesture
of 1t, so that he wished he had not
tried II. Moreover. he had covered less
than a third of the distance when he
became aware that all of the group
were staring at him with u%naccount-
able eagerness and had begun to laugh.
William felt certain that his attire
was in nc way d~isordered nor in itself
a cause for laughter. All of these peo-
pie had often seen him dressed as he
was today and had preserved their
gravity. But In spite OF himself he
took off his hat again and looked to
see II anything about it might explain
this mirth, which at his action in.
creased. Nay, the laughter began to
be shared by strangers.