The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-09-11
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From The River OF Life
BY E. P. coNWELL
BY E. p. CONWELL

ABOUT mIle away" She glanced
up at MIN with a mischevious tw-
mike IN her eyes and answered,
ihank you ever so much but my
lrlend-or friends, | should say,
Will be there to meet me- He
smiled, started to speak, then hes
ltatea' bowed and passed on. Years
OF service with the Pullman Com
pany Injured him to his task. By
giancing at their tickets he could
determine the destination of his
passengers but he could never be
sure of their destiny, though he
could guess. Somehow, the girl in
lower Z had him baffled, she CO.
uidn,t be on her honeymoon with on
~ one IN the party and he had new
Ell encountered many happy people
travelling on No. 30. "Oh. we'll"
ne unused, maybe she's going home
TO see her Ma, anyhow there will
be one mighty pretty little dam
sci at Bridger when this train rea-
ches there"
Inc happiest period of human
ne IS youth; and in every youthful
breast there is little throbbing
World, rudy as the planet Mars.
ana lar more wonderful. II has
put one continent, upon whose pur-
pie shores the crimson tides of life
forever ebb and flow. measuring
OF the circling years of time We
call this little world the human
neaft. 1t is the Paradise of Love.
Inc heart of the girl in lower
was little palpitating world of
mirth and merriment untainted bv
guIe, untroubled by care. Thus
Tar IN life she had been sheltered
from every storm. Virtue and
loyalty, fidelity and purity of heart
were her precepts. What cared she
iof unlncountered trials. she was
gong back home to wed the plav-
mate of her childhood, the ideal of
her dreams and he had written he.
mat he would meet her with we.
alth of love when she came.
Often during the past few weeks
she had found herself wonderino. as
to what the future was to be but
she never doubted nor regretted the
important step she was now about
to take. True, she could not LOOK
forward to 4 life of luxury and
ease. Often he had written her
that he was investing his savings
IN Dry Creek but she never under
stood just what he meant. Dry
Greek meant nothing to her, in
TACT she had never heard of it and
she dismissed the subject from her
mind.
She sought her berth cary, not
TO sleep, but to dream. All Of
llfe,s shadows were of yesterday,
the present was perfumed with
happiness and the future was tint
ed with hope. Morning came and
Cheyenne and Wendover and Cas-
per We're far behind; Thermopolis
and Basin and Lowell were soon
passed and as the long train swung
round the curve and entered the
defile out Of Warren the porter in
trim uniform paused by her side
and called, { Next stop is East Bri-
dyer, lady, don't forget your par
GELS" Forget her parcels? I'm
possible for didn't they contain her
wedding gown. Didn't her bag
gage up ahead contain her COM
plete trousseau and wasn't Tuesday
to be her wedding day?
Emerging from Jack Creek Can
yon the train entered the beauti-
full Clark Fork valley redoIent of
the delicate tints of autumn and a
long blast of the locomotive whis-
tie told of it's approach to East
Bridger The radiant sunlight
flooded the valley in golden glow
where bountiful crops spoke only
OF hope and promise. There was
a slackening of speed, a grinding
Of brakes and it came to sud-
den stop.
CHANGING from the window the
girl in lower 7 could see no auto
mobile save the taxi to Bridger and
a new straight eight that looked
like it belonged to q millionaire as
indeed it did. Disappointment was
written on her face and her eyes
were misty as she passed slowly
Town the aisle and stepped to the
platform to greet him who had CO.
lnted minutes as hours until that
ecBtatic mbment. "But, Honey
she said when she had recovered
Ter breath, Where's the flivver?"
'Flivver nothing" he answered.
that's our new car yonder, Ohio
Ill we'll No. 2 came in at Dry Creek
asst week and we're millionaires.
She tainted in his arms.