The northwestern bulletin., 1923-11-24
Dinner In q
Diner
By JANE OSBORN


8o0ooooooooooo
20. 1874. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndieAss.j
To begin with. Gregory Ives merely
knew her az the girl with the grssn
hat. She commutsd In q green hat to-
months. Then she changed to French
blue. and the nrst night Gregory psayt
ly missed his train because hs didn't
have the usual green hat to follow,
But he quickly adjusted his syss ID
the hat Of French blue.
Gregory Ives read what he found
worth while Of the evening papers and
got through q good many magazines
besides. because from the time hs lsft
his Office until he reached his hoss4
an hour and q quarter later he Rad
whenever II was possible.
He reached the station . few MIN
utes before train time and used the
few minutes reading, Occasionally hS
would give . auiok glance to -
whether the green hat-latsf tAs
bright blue hat-wAs In sight = hs
saw It moving toward the tfainshed.
then he knew Il was train TINA
One evening when orsgory Ives
was especially interested In an article
In a scientific magazine be followed
the blue hat without really thinking
that 1t boarded the train on the hight
Of the runway. whereas his train a.
ways made up on the Left, ana II va
! not until the train had drawn out q
the great shed and was already eoinS
at . pretty good rate Of speed thai ~
noticed that except for the younG
woman in the seat opposite who were
the blue hat there were no familiar
faces In the car.
Moreover the conductor a. he ap-
preached was mono Of those who usual
y punched his ticket
he Jumped up looked about and
then sat down again.
To the conductor when he readhsd
him, he handed his oommntation tiokst
with an inquiring glance
The conductor looked at the tckst
and then critically at the man.
Guess I'm on ne wrong train /" said
Gregory. This doesn't stop at Arosn,
does itf'
This Is q through express" said
the conductor I'VE make q STRAIGHT
run without stop" and he msntionsd
q city that was three hours distant
Don't you stop at Arden even u
there are passengers to get Of thsref'
came q sharp query from across the
aisle-and Gregory Ives noticed tAat
beneath tho hat there were very pfst.
y eyes and q face that somehow
looked familiar.
mo, we don't" said the conductor
with something Of contempt
you used to stop there You'll Just
have to get the engineer to stop 10
night. I've got to get Of there"
"Sorry. miss" said the oonducter.
''They may have stopped there on ~
guest once. but not foS . ysaP q twA
And Of course We can't maize apsstai
! stopA"
II think that's perfectly outrage
sus," said the gira a shs tumbled In
her purse to got the necessary oar fare
demanded by the oonductos. Thsu.
having collected fare from Gregory
also. the conductor moved on.
"You thought We stopped at Arden.
DIDN'T your saiA the GIRL
Il imagined So" said Gregory. But
II decent make any diftsrsnns-I-
Doesn't make any difrsrsncei" ss-
claimed the girl Ut certainly does
make q difference to me. I won't gse
homo till al houra It's dreadful
II only mean that u didn't maks
any great difference to me" said
Gregory.
"well, I think Il two persons could
bs mistaken like this" said he pretty
young woman, "then the railroad COM
pany must be to blame I certainly
thought this train stopped at Arden.
and you must have thought %, too. or
you wouldn't have got on It"
II got on because you did" said
Gregory quite calmly.
you followed mel" said the gixi
with low-voiced raga
II always do. It's sonvenient-ast
you, but your hat Then can 60 On
reading or thinking. You usually taks
the five-thirteen. This time for soma
reason you took the nvstsn. I have
Just looked It up In my timetable md
the conductor u right II u not
! marked to stop at Arden Il dossn't
stop again until sght-thrsa'
Il should think you were exoesAvsly
| rnde II NOT n liffdA crasY tn falk fha