Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-04-13
Holiday Manners
By JANE OSBORN
g by Mcclure Newspa per Syndicate.

tom MASON had worked and pros
4 pered In the big city for seven
years. He considered himself as much
a New Yorker-as any of his associates
and was thoroughly acclmated save
In one respect. He couldn't enduresto
travel In the subway because. In order
to gel into the trains at all during rush
hours. he had to push his way ahead
OF girls anf women. Rather than yield
single point of his code of chivalry,
he had stood one night for half hour
CALAMITY stepping back for every wom-
an who came crowding near him to
board q train.
| Finally he had hurried away In dis"
gust and had travelled an hour by sur
face car to his destination. For years
now he had had a small bachelors
apartment within easy walking dis
lance of his office and never having
married, he consoled himself that at
least he didn't have to use the sub
way. Men who married apparently
found more spacious apartments up
town or In Brooklyn or Joined the army
of commuters to New Jersey or Long
Island. where the crowds al closing
time were Just as bad.
| Then came Wednesday afternoon
before a holiday. By taking six
o'clock train south he could make
connection with another train that,
sometime around dawn the next day.
would bring him to the out-of-the-way
village Nesting among southern hills
which. faithful to old traditions. he
called home. II he missed that SIX
o'clock train he couldn't hope to get
home for the holiday dinner.
Tom was delayed on important busi-
ness In his office, took taxi for the
five blocks to his Washington square
apartment to get bis suitcase and
found that the only way he could hope
to catch his train from the Grand Cen
trail station was via the hated subway.
And even then there would be little
time to spare
Crowds. hordes of people, were pour
Ing Into the subway station. With
firm grip of his suitcase, Tom forged
forward with the horde A girl headed
for the gates seemed to stand between
him and his chance OF getting the train
and Tom rushed rudely BY her-so
rudely tim as be did SO he heard
little gasT and surprised H0f all
thfngsr There was something In the
softness of the yoice-1ust q sugges-
ton of draWl-that set his con-
science pricking. 1t was as II his own
mother had gently reproved him. Tom
looked back, saw the girl clearly and
saw that at another entrance OF the
same train she was bravely trying to
gain admission. She, too, carried a
suitcase.
The satisfaction of having caught
tie train was married by Toms con-
tinued self-reproof. Then, looking up
as porte. escorted passenger to the
section just opposite his, he saw face
that was familiar and heard voice
saying THANK you to the porter, that
1t seemed to him he had heard hum
dred times before.
For just a minute Tom racked his
brain and then he knew 1t was the
girl he had jostled In the subway. Tom
knew that she recognized him. Now
at least she could see that he had had
to catch a train, but then SO had she
and he had very nearly prevented her
from doing so.
Hnr
she said, catching up to him in the
vestibule OF the train on the way to
the diner. you're Tom Mason--and
I'm Caroline Dare used to spend
my summers In Hastings when was q
little girl and you used to be home
from college. Once you took me out
In your car. was only about ten and
don't believe I'd ever had such 9
good time"
So Tom asked for the privilege Of
: taking Caroline to dinner-an invita-
ton which she accepted. Caroline was
working In the city--just for lark
and now she was going back for -four
days holiday to join her family. She
8 hadn't been there for ever 80 long, but
= 1t was the place In all the world thai
@ seemed most like home to her.
d People from that part OF the coun
G try" she explained to Tom, always
0 seem so much more considerable ant
0 well bred than the people you meet IL
a the Cities
!, Tom told Caroline how delighted h'
J, was that they might go on their jour
s ney together and made her promise
e that she would do bit of exploring
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