The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
PART IIl-Continued.

,.uDs ana SHop"Ahu0"S ~" "CiC
m 'aS and. after dreary hesitation,
n,ont in search of a pawn-shop, and
nd one. The old man who operated
,t mist have been a philanthropist, for
..h,o was so fortunate as to secure a
,.n If nine dollars upon his watch.
,Sr at this, he returned to the
cotton, and went back to the same old
bench.
little after six o'clock a changing
a connection in the train-shed out
lids attending the arrival of a
@tbrougb express" stirred him from
81. torpor. He walked heavily across
,ho room to the same ticket-window
Ss had blocked before, but there was
N oueue attached to it now. He
,os.od his elbow on the apron and his
.b,n mon his hand, and for some mo-
mpnts the clerk waited until he should
stotp his wishes. This was new
oork who had Just relieved the other.
swell! Well!" he said at last.
TIl take it now" Noble responded,
gently.
~Nhat'll you take nOw?"
THAT ticket!'
@What ticket?"
1.-THE same one 1 wanted before"
Noble sighed
The clerk gave him piercing look,
danced out of the window and saw
that there were no other clients, then
vent TO a desk at the farther end of
his compartment, and took up some
clerical work he had in hand.
Noble leaned upon the apron of the
window, waiting; and if he thought
anything, he thought the man was
serving him.
The high, resonant room became
damOrOuS with voices and with the
minging echoes Of footsteps on the
4 tiled floor, as passengers from the eX-
press hurried to the street, or more
aly struggled through, shouting to
friends who came t6 greet them; and
among these moving groups there
walked a youthful fine lady noticeably
. Mlvenlng to the dullest eye. She was
preceded by a brisk porter who car
. RED two travelling bags of rich sort,
as well as a sack of implements for
the game of golf; and she was warm
in dark furs, against which the vastly
clump of viOlets she wore showed
dewy gleamings of blue.
At sight of Noble Dill, more than
penSiye at the ticket-windOw, she hest
taed then stopped and observed him.
Here was coincidence, in mild
way, for, as it happened, she was her
self the most observed person in all
that place. She was yelled in two
wells, but she had been seen in the
train without these, and some of her
elowtravelers, though strangers to
lef, were walking near her in hypO-
critical way, hoping still not TO lose
aght Of her, even yelled. And although
me Surroundings permitted the most
meager Information of her features,
Vhat they did reveal was harmfully
plQaant; moreover, there was a sweet
less to the figure, disturbing grace;
Snd nothing DISCUSSES such an air of
wearing that many viOlets as a daily
FfquSite and matter of course.
II was Julla's fortune Though her
ialher had other ideas concerning the
uatter) to be the possessor of a per-
'Onaty distinctly pleasing to the
masculine eye, and of this the fair
'ul@ was probably aware. In any
went she was quite conscious of the
WI which her passage through the
urong created.
90 the coincidence came about that
Wy observed lady stopped and OBJ
s.''ed Noble, who In return observed
~' nOt at all, being but semiconscious.
noble" she said.
ne stared at her. His elbow sagged
Wy from the window; the whole
s'S0n OF Noble Dill seemed near col
'pSe' lie shook, and had no voice.
~, Just this minute got off the
Julia said. Are you going
% way SOmewhereY"
NO. he whispered; then obtained
,, ~'Iand of huskiness somewhat
ba..n IN volume. am just standing
al, 'u the porter to get me taxi
n a, she said. IF you're going home
q p'"ler I'll drop you at your house."
noon- I'LL /" His articulation
lss p'ereu unSurmOuntable difficult
Arona Tut Julia had been with him
uSn many such trials aforetime.
sna I0iu OrlSkly. I'm awfully hungry
Ion nv want to get home. Come on-if
hronoa walked waveringIy at her side
Dto 81 the station, and followed her
becomo NC ulm interior of the cab, which
nsnoa fragrant of violets-an ema-
SIN u once ineffable and poisonous.
laOss % glad l happened to run
. T5,! YOU" she said, as they began
be soraO lremulOuSly in unison with
vant niue engine that drove them.
IaovS ~ :" near all the news. Nobody
eleeror, nome. / didn't write or
e'epn to so,., wv,