The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-30
BY OSCAR cox
Its all over between u.s."
"But. sweetheartp

not know. Where Is my hat?"
.eYou shall know. shall punish yot
by telling you. Answer me. Weren'
you and Dick Trimmingham riding IL
q trolley yesterday on College streetT
IL was"
"And who was the third person Of
the partyT'
1--WE had skeleton with us. We
were taking 1t to our rooms
And who was the person you called
Billy?"
"why, that was what we called the
skeleton"
$50, indeed, you called 1t Billy7 And
who put the cigarette between its jaws
and said, Don't smoke, Billy; 1t isn't
allowedT"
''Oh, you must have been told this
yarn by some mean, contemptible"-
mot a bit of It. No one told me-"
"Then how did you get on to it?''
"Never mind that. Was 1t necessary
that you should put a nickel between
the horrid things finger bones and say,
Here, Billy. pay your fare like a
mann"
did we do thatT
Eyes, you did"
"You mean Dick did It."
"It doesn't matter which Of you did
1t. You were both acting like ghouls
And If you didn't do it you did some
thing equally frightful,"
what was thatT'
"You said: Billy, you ought to have
worn your overcoat. You'll catch
cold"
II was thinking of the real person
the skeleton was before he died"
"Oh, you were! Then why did you
laugh when Dick said, He slipped out
the back door and got away from his
poor old mother, who was chasing him
with his rubbers?"
Ibid laugh at that?"
. "You know very well you laughed at
''It wasn't funny at all. was it."
Funny! 1t was shocking!"
"Well, Dick, he"
ooh, yes; it's always Dick, he
That's the way you crawl out Of every
thing. Whose hat was on the things
headws
II put my hat on it, but only for
minute"
And said, There's too much draft
for bald head"
THAT wasn't funny either"
"It was revolving
A pause.
81 wish you'd tell me how you got
on to all this"
Perhaps you don't remember a girl
who got into the car with thick veil
over her face to protect her from the
storm and hung on to strap. The
thing was sitting on your lap
"Oh, my
"And you said-what did you sayT'
II don't remember"
Don't remember! You said, Get up,
Billy, and give the lady your seat"
A pause-a dreadful pause.
What did you doY
What did I do? / know what I
wanted to do. i wanted to tell the
conductor to let me get OF, but just
then a gentleman-a real gentleman,
such as always supposed you to be-
arose and gave me his seat l shut my
eyes to keep from looking at the grin
ming ghost opposite"
A pause, In which the young man
looks at the ceiling the floor, the
walls, anything, everything except the
yirl; then he gulps sorrowfully:
II suppose it's all over between us?"
II should think So"
This evening I'll not have you by
ne, as usual. You'll not sit on my lap:
ny hearth not beat against yours. I'll
Dit alone In my room. with no one to ,
comfort me except
Who'll comfort your"
"None but Billy"
You don't deserve any one-I mean /,
It'll be awful lonesome sitting there
hat way"
What wayr
with nobody but Billy"
An ominous pause.
Suppose promise never to do so '
ny moreT :
No answer.
You know I've always loved you.
ever any one else In the world. It's
retty hard TO have no real person to
,ve, only a.
No encouragement.
-Goodby."
He takes her hand. and she makes a
sint At Withdrawing It.
Just one kiss before we part"
Not a single one"
TIL never. never do anything TO Of
md you again"
Silence
Won't you forgive met II 20 to
rat awful room with that awful thing
here do believe III blow out my
rains"
He draws Der down into his lap.
Curtain
Killed By Train Wheels.
n. H, July 3O.-John r.
tile Of Pike, y. H, assistant station
snt at that village, slipped under the
leels Of the paper train yesterday
ming and two coaches passed over his
iy. He was brought to the Cottage \
spitsl here on the same train and died 1