Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-12-19

.rruek EnssrpSs-her lovely zympa ne :
Ir face. a. she talked earnestly III g.
little werkea In biEe- apparently u
/ epr sricus that her suesGsn Impulse haa
frxs a<rsanted and tEen kais fos5aae.
/ in kindly sympathy an entire ear %
Strangers
-By Jyys. that Was great thing 10
do" said Tom enthusiastically. Waea
the tension ct an absorbing faEefe7s
/ rad subsidized q little
Yes, never saw its equal rsa48e'i
F. Holm. After moments hssELEaEla1 Ne
added: Il should like to- know shaE
girl. Do yog suppose we esazEd nAa
out vino she Is:"
We can try his friend replied
I DO. ~hy do you Want To kh@w.
/ Well. I do. Jgk4a answered eErTly-
/ Tcs.sa glanced gEEzxiealIy at haEH 4nd
! smiled To himself This was another
I phase Of john he was just getting at'-
aaafutass with When the car reached
+ the railway station where joan aud
/ Tofs were going 10 take Tr2Il fof
/ Toms suburban home, the two women
{ also left the ear. They went str@Ignk
/ 60 the ticket window. Tom tooG o1t
/ his Communication book and passed II
l TO john
/ Yen follow them and / WILL join
| you he whispered the spirit OF nlls-
/ chief and adventure now possessing
/ him. Having bought their tickets, the
/ women turned from the window and
/ hurried TO the train. There In the
/ same car Tom found them all
/ Well. 1T this isn't luck" he e1-
+. claimed as sostn as he was seated.
I And then, @irh the air Of q boy burst
/ sn- with news, he said: ~They are
going so D..
Yes, / know H." Harding replied
/ Bat as he voached no information and
I did not seern inclined TO talk. Tom
/ took refuge in his paper and prompt
/ !y forgot the whole affair. until he
/ was abruptly called back by:
/ Tom / cannot tell you when
/ thing 50 impressed me as that did
/ as If there cvafd be but one that"
/ THAT" asked Tom little puzzled.
/ Then. "Oh, thought you did not be-
| lieve In that kind of cha-ity-sympa-
/ rhetic and sentimental. | think You
| called it, he teasFugiy reminded him.
/ remembering the crisp bill John had
| dropped In the tambourine.
| *Dh, that is altogether different"
/ John answered. half fefianliy.
/ "Yes. different because pretty girl
inside this appeal, an old man the
| Other" laughed TGfn But, tell Tie,
| fsny do you adjust your acts to the
I orieS:F
/ "Oh- theories. the dickens! What
I are they ever compared 10 acts? And
/ that act this afternoon was a spon-
| fanponS expression of the true Christ
mas spirit. from which springs the de-
| sire to help. to bring some joy to a
! lot Of poor unfortunates. because it's
/ Christmas, you Know" be quoted
| softly 1T was the real thing. and
| everybody i'm the car felt it."
And having, as it were. justified his
| position and interest. he looked across
| at the unconscious subject of their re-
l..
| though at present all he could see was
| the weli-cut profile and the glorious
| cornerish-bruwn hair turning to dull
| gold where the western syn struck it.
/ and eyes. that with her mood he knew,
| varied from hazel to brown. yerit-
| able gem Of "a girl he thought. as she
began adjusting her furs. With an
4 IT,
| he turned to Toia.
Don't mention the affair to anyone,
| NOT eren Mary. for ii would not please
| her, am sure" he added, as the train
! pulled up at D.
The station was small and John had
/ just finished greeting Mrs. Danyers,
| when Billy Grants deep voice broke
in: Hello, Harding: glad to see you."
| as they shook hands.
Grant, an old friend of both Harding
and Danvers, also lived in D..
Now. l want you to meet our
| friends, for its cold and want to get
| home
| While Tom and John were bowling
In acknowledgment to Mrs. North
! aud Miss North" their host chatted on
about Its being too bad they couldn't
| have met at the other end of the line,
as long IS they happened to be on the
same train"
Nancy North threw a quick glance
at Harding, but otherwise no outward
sign was given, as he walked with her
to the car, that they had ever seen one
| another before or that the same
| thought was in the minds Of both, but
John was so strangely elated that Miss
| North's cclor deepened each time she
looked up and met his smiling eyes.
"Now. don't you fellows keep our
bridge waiting tonight" called Grant.
as he gave the signal to start.
I'll guarantee our arrival on time.
| Grant" answered John. well satisfied
| with the arrangement. whether ii was
| chance or fate. for somewhere within
him something was thrillingly alert.
| tantalizingiy expectant, confidently
h0ppful and the FEELING NJ tho oft,-