The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-05-10


handbags and see that they got a cat
II they wanted one.
"Sure | will" says l. THAT is, II
the lady's husband ISN'T there to meet
them Her suit ease has her name,
Mrs. Sheila Macrae. on It."
The bass has way Of making two
up-and-down wrinkles and little
curved horseshoe line come betweea
his eyes when he is going TO reach
for you.
There are times. Jimmie. when you
see altogether too much" he said.
sort of gruff.
"'Macrae.' you say: that Is Scotch.
And so is 'Sheila.' Most likely thu
names. both of them, are only hand
downs. She looks straight American
TO me-"
''She IL pretty enough to look any
thing" | threw In. just TO see how he
would take Il.
fright you are. Jimmie" he sgreed.
i've been looking at the back VI her
neck all day. There are so many
women who don't measure up to the
promises they make when you see 'em
from behind. You catch glimpse OF
pretty neck. and when you get
around to the face you find out that
the neck was only bit of blum"
II had been eating anything In the
world but Ice cream ] believe II would
have choked me. What he said led
up to the admission that he had been
making these face-and.neck conipari,
sons for goodness knows how long,
and couldn't surround that. all al
once. You see. he was such picture
Of mans man In every sense OF the
word: fighter and hard.hllter.
right from the jump, And TO man
Of that sort women are usually no
more than fluffy little side-lssne.'. as
Eve said when they told her she was
made out of Adams rib.
That ended the dinlng-car pat Of
IT, The surcenough, Knockout round
was fought at the rear end Of our
Pullman, which happened to be- the
last car In the train. As we walked
hack after dinner Mr.. Norcross gave
me cigar and said we'd go out to
the observation platform TO smoke
When we reached the door we found
the young lady and the girl standing
at the rear railing to watch the track
unroll itself under the trucks. The
young lady was wearing coat with
storm collar. but the girl had fur
thing around her neck, and her stocky.
chunky little arms were elbow deem In
biz pillow NUT 10 match. though the
April night wasn't even halfway
chilly.
The boss stepped out on the plat
form to close the side trap door which.
with The railing gate on that side, had
been lett open by a careless rear flag
man. .IrSt then the big Pacific type"
that was pulling us let out a whistle
screech that would have walked the
dead. and the air brakes went on
with Jerk that showed how beauti-
fully reckless the railroadlng was on
the Pioneer Short Line.
Mr. Norcross was reaching for the
catch on the floor trap and the Jerk
didn't throw him. But It snapped the
Young woman and the girl away from
the railing so suddenly that the little
one had to grab for hand-holds and
when she did that, of course the big
nun went overheard.
At this. a bunch OF things happened.
all In an eye-wink. The train ground
and jlggled to stop; the girl sQuealed,
"Oh. my mum" and skipped down
the steps to disappear In the general
direction OF the Pacific coast; the
young woman shrieked after her,
"Maisle Ann come back here.-you'll
be left" and then took her turn at
disappearing by the same route; and.
on top Of II all. the boss jumped OF
and sprinted after beth of them. leav-
ing string Of large. man.slzed com
ments on the foollshness Of women
as sex trailing along behind him as
he few.
Right then II was my golden moment
TO play safe and sane. With three Of
them on and lost In the gathering
night. somebody with at least grain
Of sense ought to have stood by to
pull the emergency cord II the train
should start. But, OF course. | had TO
take chance and spill the gravy all
over the tablecloth. The stop was at
a blind siding In the edge Of noun.
tain desert. and when ] squinted up
ahead and saw that the engine was
taking water. II looked rs II there
were going to be plenty Of time for
Bit Of promenade under the stars. SO
swung on and went to join the mufY
hunt.
Amongst them. they had found the
pillow thing before had a chance 10
horn In. The, were coming up the
track. and the boss had each Of the
two by an arm and was telling them
that they'd be left to dead moral
certainty II they didn't run. They
couldn't run because their skirts were
700 fashionably narrow. and there were