Kelly
By GRACE THOMSON
Copyright. bv 11. Sutolitle
No doubt he had another name, but
when the gray haired old cashier had
asked what his first name was he had
explained that Kelly was enough.
"If I tell you the rest, you'll be callin'
me some kid name, an' I'm a man
uow," he announced. "I'm goin't' earn
my own livin'." The cashier whimsi
cally entered him upon the payroll as
"Mr. Kelly," and so it had stood.
Kelly had graduated to the dignity of
long trousers and considered himself a
veteran In the service of Edge & Lut
ton when Kathleen came, a dainty, sen
sitive little woman, f-esh from business
school and yet very much unversed In
the ways of business.
She won Kelly's heart by calling him
"Mr. Kelly." and thereafter any of the
boys who dared play a trick on the new
typewriter Invariably turned up at the
office the next day with a bruised lip or
d blackened optic. Few of them played
more than one trick, for when he was
but six Kelly could thrash any eight
year-old youngster on the block.
Kathleen, all unmindful of his cham
pionship. merely noticed that the boys
were lietter behaved, and told ber
mother that life in a business office
was not as hard as she had supposed it
would be. "It's so very different from
what we thought I should have togo
through with," she explained, "and the
little Kelly boy Is Just a dear."
Later on, when Lutton began to take
notice of the pretty typewriter, Kath
leen changed her mind, but she did not
tell her mother of the Invitations to
drives and the theater. It was hard
enough that Mrs. Lansing should be
compelled to do without the luxuries to
which she had been accustomed during
her husband's life without having to
know that the money that procured
their bare livelihood was earned at the
cost of keeping silent under covert In
sult.
Lutton was careful not to make his
overtures too patent, and only Kelly
saw the little things which made Kath
leen's work so hard. She put aside his
Invitations with a quiet dignity that
admitted of no argument, and Lutton,
tiring at last of a campaign of courte
sy. begau to find fault.
It was he who dictated most of the
correspondence, and there were letters
to be copied over because of some triv
ial mistake. Night after night Kath
leen had to remain copying letters, with
only Kelly for company. And when at
last she sought the street she never
knew that only Kelly's presence saved
her from further attention from Lut
ton. waiting hi the cafe across the way.
She thought it merely one of Kelly's
little courtesies, never suspecting that
Kelly. Idling at the window, had seen
Lnttou crossing the street and had di
vined his intentions.
But while Kelly's presence saved her
from trouble iu one way it Increased
her burden In another, for Lutton,
smarting under his rebuff, grew more
vindictive. The firm was in a pool in
Y. and M. G.. and the operations were
conducted from the office. Somehow in
spite of caution some facts leaked out
prematurely, and the whole ojieration
resulted in a crash from which the firm
barely escaped with a whole credit.
The whole office was uneasy. That
there was a suspicion that some of the
clerks were believed to be guilty of
treachery was apparent, but John Edge
would not have any one discharged un
til his guilt was proven.
"We must be careful for awhile," he
had said to Lutton, when the latter
urged wholesale dismissals, "but if we
let every one out we could never again
command the confidence of our em-
ployees."
Lutton let the matter drop, but when
It was decided to make a raid ou Mem
phis preferred and the news reached
the exchange almost before the confer
ence was broken up. even the senior
partner was forced to admit that some
thine must be done.
Lutton very promptly discovered that
Kathleen had access to all correspond
ence of the firm and that It must have
been she who in some manner had
gained the knowledge that had resulted
In a gain of thousands to some one on
Use outside.
Even then Edge did not want to work
on circumstantial evidence.
"Take it easy, George," he urged.
"Watch her carefully, but do not dis
miss her." And Lutton had smiled un
der his heavy mustache. He had an
Idea that he could kill two birds with
a single stone.
"That red ueaded kid seems pretty
thick with the typewriter," he said. "I
ahouldn't be surprised if they worked
together. You remember he brought a
telegram In Just as that Memphis deal
wan put through."
"Kelly V" said Edge. "Why, he's a
part of the office."
"All the same, I could show you"—
Edge waved a protesting hand. He
rouUl 11»' believe In the guilt of any
• ne in t!;.'* office
%'e.y well," he said wearily, "I
leave the matter to you."
That afternoon Kathleen waited aft
er closing time to finish off her book.
Kelly, as usual, constituted himself her
escort, but he could not resist the temp
tation to steal across the street to get
the baseball scores.
Lutton was there when he came
back Kelly beard him before he open
ed the door and stood for a moment In
the hall.
"So yon see." I Ait ton was saying, "I
ran dismiss you. aud you will leave un
der suspicion of having betrayed your
•mployers. You can't K»'t a Job after
that. I fancy. Now you say you'll fake
lu the lieacti tins . i.m.g or I'll let
you out tomorrow on ;::id that brick
"trpp-d Uid. Now. give uie a kiss aud
suy you'll g.>.
There was a sound of a struggle, aud
K .'!!}* burst int > the room.
"Yon <juit that!" he said hotly. "I'm
wise to you. ail right, and you make
trouble and I'll tell on you."
"Mr. Edge won't believe you," sneer
ed Luttou.
"NJ." but >"iir wife will," was the
retort. Lutton made a dive for Kelly,
and the boy dodged. There was a
chase around the table until Lutton,
realizing that he was cutting no digni
fied figure, stalked out. At the door he
paused for an instant.
"I was just Joking about dismissing
j-ou, Miss Lansing." he said. "I beg
that you will pardon me. We will say
nothing more about it."
The door slammed and Kelly gravely
executed a double shuffle. "To a stand
still," he eried Joyously. "You come
on home. I guess Lut won't kick if
those letters don't out tonight. If
he says anything I'll fix It."
There was a conference the following
afternoon, aud Kelly, as his work took
him in and out of the room, seemed
bursting avitti ascllaamL Several
times he eyed Lutton with a glitter of |
triumph in his eye, and Lutton felt un- j
comfortable.
At last a decision was reached, and !
Sears, the head of the pool, looked
around the table. "Then it is agreed
that we run Tennessee Southeastern up
to !M!V" he said. There was a murmur
of assent. "We should make a twenty- j
point profit," lie continued, "unless
there is a leakage."
There was a crash front the window, j
and Lutton. who had gone over to ad
just the shade, turned toward them
with the cord in his band.
"There ain't no leakage this time,"
announce*! Kelly Jubilantly. 1 tacked
the shade down."
"What do you mean," demanded
Edge. For answer Kelly led him to
the window.
"See Cunningham's windows across
the way?" he asked. "Mr. Lutton sig
nals with the curtain. I got it out of .
one of Cunningham's clerks. Cunning
ham buys or sells according to bow Lut
ton tells him, and they divide. They j
made twenty thou, apiece out o' that
Memphis deal. I hen he tried to blame
Miss Kathleen for it."
Half an hour later the discredited
Lutton was leaving the office in which
he was no longer a partner. He met ;
Kelly coming in.
"I suppose you think Miss Lansing
will marry you now?" he answered.
"No such luck," said Kelly placidly.
"She's g «in' to be hitched to a lawyer
chap uptown. The best I get 112 r mine
is best man: but. say. I.ain't kickiu';
I ain't no hog."
A Jadffnietit of Solomon.
The ancient and tamous Holy rood
Sanctuary For Debtors fell into disuse
when imprisonment for debt was abol- j
Ished in Scotland. The most famous
worthy who took advantage ot It was
Thomas DeQuincey. author of "Confes
sions of an English Opium Eater." The
sanctuary boundary at the foot of the
Canongate was marked by a row of
stones in the roadway, which was
known as the Abbey strand.
There is a most humorous story con
nected with the institution, says the
London News. A reckless debtor left
the retreat and strolled up the Canon
gate. lie was espied by a vigilant
sheriff's officer, who promptly gave
chase. The debtor turned and ran like
a hare sanctuary ward. lie tripped and
fell at the Abbey strand, but with his
head within the protected area. All the
same, he was arrested by the minion of
the law and immured in the debtors
quarters In Carlton jail.
He sued the sheriff's officer for illegal
arrest, and the court of sessions judge
who tried the case gave a decision in
his favor. His lordship held that the
head, the Intelligent part of the man's
anatomy, which contracted the debt,
was within the sanctuary and thus se
cure from capture. The trunk and
limbs were undoubtedly liable to ar
rest, but they could not be* detached
from the head without fatal injury to
the subject, which was contrary to the
spirit of the humane law of Scotland.
The Orininnl I'nnl Pry.
Thomas Hill, familiarly called Tom
my Hill, was.says Dr. Brewer, the
original I'aul I'ry. It was from him
ulso that Theodore Hook drew his char
acter of Gilbert Gurney. Blanche in
his "Recollections" says of Ilill: "His
specialty was the accurate information
he could impart on all rite petty de
tails of the domestic economy of his
friends, the contents *f their ward
rolws, their pantries, the number of
pots of preserves in their store closets
and of the table napkins in their linen
presses, the dates of their births and
marriages, the amounts of their trades
men's bills and whether paid weekly or
quarterly. He luul been on the press
and was connected with the Morning
Chronicle, lie used to drive Matthews
crazy by ferreting out his whereabouts
when he left London and popping the
information in some paper."
Etiquette of Bygone Days.
An old manual of etiquette shows
that the people of bygone days were
not so different from those of the pres
ent. for the treatise thinks it necessary
to state that one should never ask a
friend where she bought her gown aud
the uttermost farthing of its cost. To
this rule, however, an astonishing ex
ception is made. One might ask these
things. it seem-, if one really wanted
to get a go'vn exactly like the one In
question and were therefore asking sin
cerely for information. Evidently in
these days, when sisters thought it
smart to dross exactly alike, it was
considered a uompliment to copy a
friend's gown. Another interesting
statement of this precious manual is
that no lady looks worse than when
"gnawing a bone."
roe Term "O. K."
The term "O. K." does not spring
from an easy spelling of "all correct."
It Is Choctaw. There is in that lan
guage a word, "okeh," which meaus
"it is correct." or "I agree or approve."
It Is often used alone to give assent
or approval to a suggestion or proposal.
I "Okeh" was in common use among
! whites who had dealiugs with the
, Choctaws more than thirty years be-
I fore the Van Buren campaign. It was
a convenient expression where parties
\ understood each other's language im
perfectly and was used to mean, "I un
derstand you and approve of what you
I eay," or "I understand your statement
1 and vouch for its correctness."—Bos
j ton Herald.
I>oii*f ll<- u Cbouae.
The word chouse was formerly writ
ten chiaus and is of Turkish origin.
A Turkish interpreter, or chiaus, iu
London in 1»u n> swindled some mer
chants with whom be had dealings out j
of a larg'- sum of money, aud thence
forth a chiaus became the popular
nume for a thief.
Ben Jonson in the "AJchymist" makes
use of tbe word in its original form
Dapper-What do you think of me—
that I am a chiaus?
Face- What's that?
Dapper The Turk who was here— ;
as one would say, do you think I am
a Turk? —Loudon Standard
Monkey Willi Siifi'laolM.
In tin* Itreslau Zoological garden
there is a spider monkey which was
operated upon for cataract and now
wears glasses. For more than a year i
after it v. .is received at the too it was
very healthy and lively; then it became!
very <|tiict. ceased to play and crouched
In a corner, it was examined and
found to be suffering from cataract, so
was immediately taken to the eye hos
pital and operated upon. In less than
a month it was litted with a pair of
spectacles, which it wears with becom
ing gravity.
.«<ii.itnia oinl Fteuh Killing.
Arguing against the eating of meat,
an English writer remarks: "Alino<
any animal can be made to eat fles:h.
The kangaroo has canine teeth. Horsec.
oxen and sheep may be taught to eat
flesh. Norwegian cows have been
known to eat flesh Goldsmith saw »
sheep eat rt<~sh. A canilvor sheep Is
now in London. Spallanzanl ha?
shown that a pigeon may be made to
lire on tiesh and an eagle on bread."
General Barry
Versus
"General Orders'
By M. J. PHILLIPS
Copyright, 1905, by Ruby IXmglas
The colonel's daughter was paying
her lirst visit to a national guard en
campment and had voted it the Jolliest
affair imaginable.
Everything's so knowing aud swag
ger," communed the girl with herself
as iie lay in her cot the morning after
her arrival. "The officers all talk so
licr<- l\ to the others when they're
mur<'hiug! They say T'ort arrins!' in
a regular 'Tremble, villain," tone. And
some of those common soldiers are nice
lo (king too."
Fearing to miss something of the pic
turesque camp routine, she arose and
dressed noiselessly. Her parents were
still sleeping.
The sun was just rising over the hills
to the right as she stepped to the tent
opening. In front of her, his back
turned, a sentry stood at right shoul
der, looking down at the canvas city.
Some distance to the left, at brigade
headquarter#, a group of men in khaki
clustered about the fieldpieee aud the
tail flagstaff. A trumpeter stepped out
from among them. The suu glinted on
his instrument as he raised it to his
iips. Then sharp and true, a little mel
lowed by the distance, came the rol
licking notes of the reveille. "1 can't
get 'em up! I can't get 'em up!" called
the bugle merrily.
The group about the gun fell into or
derly lines. A huge puff of smoke
gleamed like silver as it swept across
the grass. Boom! While the echoes
were still resounding over the lake the
regimental band struck up a quickstep.
The gun crew uncovered reverently, the
stars and stripes slowly mounted the
staff and another day of camp life had
begun.
This little tableau over, the girl's
eyes turned to the sentry In front of
her with a good deal of approval in
their depths. His shoulders were
broad, his campaign hat had the angle
of a true soldier, and the back Hung
capo of his overcoat reminded the colo
nel's daughter of a picture of I'aul Re
vere. Stealing through the dewy grass
until she was scarcely a yard away,
she said softly, "Good morning, Mr.
Soldier."
The sentry turned so quickly that he
nearly dropped his gun. "(.race!" he
cried ecstatically. The tone of liis voice
and the light in his eyes caused the
girl to recoil a step while she blushed
adorably.
"Just one little kiss, sweetheart,"
went on the young man. He had not
forgotten his drill regulations in the
presence of this most distracting bit of
femininity. His ritle was at "port," as
the book says it shall be when the sen
try is holding conversation with anoth
er person.
"Why, Tom, the very Idea," came the
saucy answer. "Right here on this hill
top in plain sight'/ I don't believe 1
would even under the tent tly." Still,
there was no suggestion of panic in her
leisurely retreat.
But the sentry did not, as expected,
pursue her to the friendly fly. "I can't
leave this path," he gloomed.
"Oh. indeed! And why?"
"According to general orders I am
'to quit my post only when properly
relieved,' " he quoted.
The girl tossed her head and pursed :
her tempting red lips. "All right. Tom
Kennedy, if any old general is more to
you than I"
There was a thud of horse's hoofs up
the parade ground, and General Barry
rode up. He was commander of the
Second brigade, and as lie swung
gracefully from his horse lie looked the
part thoroughly. The general was
young, handsome and unmarried. It
could be seen that officer and enlisted
man had one point in common. Both
loved the colonel's daughter.
"Good morning. Miss Grace. You're
up with the birds." Then to the sentry,
who. having presented arms, started to
resume his l>eat, "Hold my horse, or
derly."
The sentry was an astute young man.
He knew that the general had divined
something from the manner of the in
terrupted conversation. The request
was merely to humiliate him before
the girl. Yet his manner was respect
ful, even meek, as he came to port
arms again and replied, "I'm not the
orderly, sir; I'm sentinel on this post."
"Well, hold the horse, anyway."
"The regulations don't require me
to,"was the composed reply.
General Barry's anger arose as a
gleam of merriment kindled In the
girl's eyes. "Nevertheless I command
you to do It."
The sentry apparently was deeply re
gretful. "General orders say that I
shall receive, transmit and obey all or
ders from and allow myself to be re
lieved by the commanding officer, the
officer of the day, officers aud noncom
missioned officers of the guard only.
You're not any of those, sir."
"Indeed!" was the sarcastic response.
"And if you know your general orders
fo well, how al>out the one which says
'to hold conversation with no one ex
cept in the proper discharge of my
duty?' Hold this horse or I'll put you
in the guardhouse!"
The sentry's reply was to resume his
bent. Almost bursting with rape, the
general took a stop or two toward Ken i
nedy, but as the relief came plodding
up the hill he decided, a smile of trl- |
umph on his fa<e, to await its arrival, j
"Corporal," he said sharply to the
noncommissioned officer In charge,
"place, that man nnder arrest."
The corporal saluted. "Why. sir?"
"He was impudent, and he refused
1 to hold my horse when asked."
"If he wns dlsre.<i>ectfiil yon can pre
f. r ch.irnes, sir You're uot of our brt- |
! gade, are ,\ on, generalV"
"No; l>m what of it?"
"Then you had no right to ask him
jto act as orderly General orders say, j
I 'To receive'
"Han}; general orders!" was the of
j Beer's explosive Interruption. "You re
| fuse to obey toi»V I'll have you re
| du< e<l to ranks!"
"All ' v'ht, sir," " line the cheerful re
! pl\. '-1* in * orpond Kelly of It com
! jcin.v. Second infantry, if you don't
happen to l;n >w ine. Fall in. Kennedy.
Uelief, forwanl. niari'h!" And the grin
| <iij;g til- s si-.-aggled down the hill.
-l'aivoii l ie, but 'General Orders' |
»eems i> 1. e defeated General Harry |
this in >ni;. ." smiled the girl.
"And General Harry will do bis best
l(» turn defeat into victory," was the
grim ro-p-m-e as the man climbed Into
the saddie.
The general cursed himself for a fool
«she galkvt d l»a''k to his tent. Ade
sire to punish the sentry for his pre
sumption i.i speaking to an officer's
daughter h ■ 1 not caused his outbreak
I as much as a desire to appear well be
, fore the ;8r!.
• He had met her the winter before
I while she wax viaUtuw iu hi* bouie
I town. The general iu private life was
■ a successful young attorney who bad
j believed himself too busy to fall lu
love, but at sight of Grace he had
capitulated, During the fortnight of
her stay he had made anient love and
did not doubt that in time his suit
would be favorably received. The girl
liked him, for he was frank and hand
some and not quite spoiled by success.
Yet there was a l>arrier to her heart
which he could 11 >t pass. She would
not allow him to visit her at the little
city where she lived, and he was forced
to be content with the half promise that
they might meet at eamp, and straight
way Kandolph H irry began to count
the days which must elapse before the
encampment.
Yet their meeting 011 the evening of
the tirst day had not been encourag
ing. The colonel's daughter had greet
ed him as she did her other friends.
And this second interview! He ground
his teetli as he thought of his folly. An
hour later he laid his version of the
encounter with the sentry before Major
General Goodwin, commander of the
two brigades in camp.
"Have a drink, liarry," urged bis su
perior when he had finished, "and you'll
probably feel better. I can't order
those boys under arrest for that."
'tThis confounded young Kennedy was
Impudent, I tell y< i." snarled Harry,
"lie s a pretty soldier, quoting general
orders to me when lie was disobeying
one when I rode up! I want him in
the guardhouse Just t•» square myself
with (irace Van Tuyl." He clicked his
spurs viciously.
"Can't make regulars out of these
fellows In ten days." was the conciliat
lug reply. "Discipline is all right, in
moderation. We can't shut down on
'em real hard. Why. this man Ken
nedy owns a factory down in Trenton.
He's got dead loads of money. I'm sur
prised he was as decent as you admit
lie was,"and the general's eyes twin
kled.
"Jim," returned Harry very earnest
ly, "I've got to see him court martialed.
I know Miss Van Tuyl well, and.and"
—he hesitated a moment—"lt makes a
difference what she thinks of me. You
understand?"
General Goodwin was silent a mo
ment. When he spoke, he had dropped
the half bantering manner which had
marked the intervii won his part. His
tone was kindly an I sincere: "I under
stand, and I'm sorry—sorry I can't ac
commodate you, and for another rea
son. Tom Kennedy's my nephew, my
sister's kid, and I've got to see him
through. I told him he could have a
place on my staff, but he wanted to be
a real soldier, he said. So he enlisted
In H company, an 1 in view of what
you've said I have to tell the rest of it.
but he's engaged t> Miss Van Tuyl.
They're to be married in September."
The younger man rose and walked
to the front of the tent before he re
plied. "I believe I'll take that drink,
general." he said, with an assumption
of his old gay maun \ "I seem to have
bvM-n routed with Ins by "General Or
ders' and his aid. < leneral Cupid. I
drink" he removed his hat gallantly
and clinked glasses with his superior—
"to the future Mrs. Kennedy, God bless
her"*
Wnieh tin- Tliuiul>».
A i»li;. siii.in ii < liarge of a well
known asylum l"<>r the care of the In
sane said: "There is utii* infallible test
either 112 >r the appr >ach <>r presence of
lunacy. If the person whose case is
being examined is seen to make no use
of his thumb, if In* l< ts it staiul out at
right angles front tin* hand atul em
ploys it neither In salutation. writlug
nor any other manual exercise, you
may set it down as a fact that that per
son's mental balance is gone. He or
she may converse intelligibly, may In
every respect be guarding the secret
of a mind diseased with the utmost
care -ami cunning, but the telltale
thumb will infallibly betray the lurk
ing madness which is concealed behind
a plausible demean
Crai••yard Marrlaeea.
A strange custom prevails among a
certain tribe In the < aucasus. When a
single young man dies, some one calls
upon a bereaved parent who has car
ried to the grave a mr ignnble daugh
ter in the course of a year and says:
"Your son is sure to want a wife. I'll
give you my daught r. and you shall de
liver to me the mat; ,: "-»• portion in re
turn." A friendly oflVr of this descrip
tion is never rejectc I n I the two par
flcs som come to li mis as to the
amount of the dowry. whi< - h varies ac
cording 1 > 'he ad'. Itages possessed
by the girl in her lifct : t:n». cases have
been kn >••. ri w' ere *!i • y >"r ; mail's fa
lh"r !n - givin as i . s cows
to secure a dead wi.'e 112 hi-; dead *0:1.
I>»K Tried, ConvioU-d nnil Handed.
William Chambers, the famous Eng
llsh publisher, once related au extraor
uinary story of a >h -cp thief hanged
at Peebles and buried at crossroads
with a stake through his body. The
remarkable feature of the case was
that the thief's dog was tried for aid
ing and abetting in the crime, convict
ed, hanged and buried al >ng with its
master. It was proved at the trial that
the man when out with the animal
used to tiKU« ..n- to it . ..nue particular |
flock of --lie. i> Uf Avin:After reach
ing home tli" dog rd wined io tlio place,
rounded up tlie sliee;> and by devious
ways, and only after dark, drove them
home. There they were kept for some
days and their owners' marks destroy
ed or "faked." They wore then grad
ed with others legitimately purchased
ami driven to the 1 Im;!i-ii ninrketn
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That Keswick, after a college course,
should return to Vaudon and take a
place as mot trman on the Yaudou and
Arverne trolley line was a little more
than a nine days" wonder in Yaudon,
where the Kcswicks had lived for half
a century.
<;'-e;:t promises had been made on
Kenton Keswick's behalf when he de
cided to take a p >rti >n of his father's
insurance money and complete his col
li go course, and it was eonlideutly pre
dicted that he would make a name for
himself in the city beyond when his
four years should be up. Instead lie
had quietly returned to his old home
and had applied for and obtained a
place as motorman on the new line just
completed t > Arverne.
Even Horace Custis had been some
what surprised at Hen's request to be
put on a car. "We could use you here
in the office. Hen," he suggested as he
swung ar nm.l in his <>t!ice chair.
"No, thank you," was Itenton's quiet
rejoinder. "I want to know something
about trolleying before I sit in front of
a roll top desk, and I guess the front
platform of a car Is as good a place as
any from which to study."
So Custis had let him go, and that
•'veiling when Dorothy Custis remon
strated with him for not doing better
by the son of his old friend he laid a
hand on her shoulder.
"Dot." he said kindly, "for your sake
as well as for the sake of poor Tom
Keswick 1 would have been glad to put
the boy to work in the office, but a col
lege education has not spoiled him. and
I gave him the place for which he
asked."
Dorothy, blushing to find that her
secret was known to her father. lied
to her room, and after that, the subject
was dropped so far as the Custis
household was concerned.
Yaudon was more interested, how
ever, and tii.'re wre many who freely
remarked t!,: t If Ken Keswick could
not do betti-; than a motorman's job
after all tlui schooling it v uiild have
been better had he lo.d himself in the
city.
Meanwhile I. n stuck to the motor
man's box, and in a short time he was
reg.uVc 1 as the host operator on the
road. He knew every curve and grade
on the eighteen miles of track, and his
car was never late, because no matter
what the delay he knew how to favor
the work an I come up to the Vaudon
station on time.
Once when there had been a break
at the power house which shut off the
power from the line for twenty min
utes he had laced the accommodation
from the brook crossing to the station
and had beaten it bv three minutes. It
was an eight mile run from the cross
ing to the station by trolley, but the
railroad took a curve to avoid cross
ing Arverne creek twice and had four
miles farther to go.
Dorothy was a frequent passenger on
the car. and il was natural that she
should avail herself of her privilege as
daughter of the president of the road
to ride on the front seat with the mo
torn.an. If she happened to take the
car oil which Ken was the motorman It
certainly had the appearance of an ao
cldent. and not even Vaudon talked
about it which was surprising.
Those rides were precious times to
Kenton as he stood at the controller
ami nursed the heavy car over the
tracks. Once when he had been late
and was hutr;. ing to make up his time
she had looUed up with glowing eyes
as lie helped her down the step.
"I'd just love to be with you sotra
time when you are making a real fast
run." she smiled, ami he, smiling back
into the eager eyes, had replied:
"If I ever have to make a real fast
run I'll let you know."
She was talking of his promise as
they sped toward the town one evening
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Published livery Morning Except
Sunday ;j*
No. II b. Ma ho ng St.
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Subscotion o cei i'-r Week.
in August. There had been a dance out
at Arverne lake, and Dorothy had left
eariy to meet her father. A celebration
was being held some thirty miles up
the road, and her father was among
the inviie l guest . They were coming
home on a special train, the governor
and his staff and half a hundred oth
ers. The train was due at Vaudon at
about the same time as the special,
and Dorothy had left the party early in
order to be home to meet her father.
Once or twice Ken had let out the car
on level stretches to see her eyes flash
with excitement and had crept along
the harder parts to keep his schedule
even.
They were taking it easy along the i
stretch by the creek when, as they ap- j
proaehed the railroad, they spied a i
headlight up the track.
There was plenty of time, and rather :
than t .e chances Ken stopped on the
near s ie < 112 the crossing and rested on
the sea I a moment as the light drew
nearer.
A ; it flashed past there was a cry
from Dorothy. In the moonlight she!
saw that there was no one iu the cab. i
"Did you see';" she demanded exelt
edlv as she grasped Ken's arm.
"Kunaway." he assented.
"The train." she gasped. Ken's face j
grew hard.
Tie - wa.-s a construction camp up ;
the 112 ' ;i : !u recognized this as the 1
engine of the work train. There had
been threats made against the governor
by some of the foreign laborers, and
they ha 1 probably sent the engine
adrift in the hope of obstructing the
track and wrecking the train.
If the fires burned down it would
ome to a halt on the track, and !f tn«
engineer of 'he special did not see It
there v uid be a wreck. If the tires
kept up steam, there might be an even
more dangerous collision while the en
gine was in motion.
Ken turned to the conductor. There
were but the three on the car. "Don't
10.-.e the wire!" he shouted as he turned
toward the front. He bent over Dor
othy. "Hold tight!" he cried. "Here is
y.jiir fast run!" And he turned on tho
current.
For a moment there was a whir as
the motor gained speed, and then they
v.re on'. Ken knew that he must
reach the station before the special left
or there would be no hope. In another
moment they were running at top
fpet d, and the car swayed and rattled
is though it would leave the track.
Hut Ken knew every dangerous spot,
and the sped along, slowing down
at the curves just enough to hold to the
rail . The gong rang almost constant
ly at the crossings, but there was little
traffic. and they had a clear road
through. Once or twice a teamster
pulled up suddenly and swore as the
rush frightened his horses.
Dorothy's eyes blazed with excite
ment as she clung to the *eat. She
guessed why the run was being made,
and even her fear for her father did
I not sp .11 her enjoyment of the speed.
She h d conlideii.-e in Ken.
At 11st tliey were in the village and
: wire speeding up the street. He slowed
up as much as lie dared, but he could
hear the panting of the engine and
knew that the special was already In
the station. There would not be a
long st >p. -uid he gritted his teeth as
he threw on full power again, for in
1! e d : st)ince he heard the rattle of the
wildcat.
One game showed him that the en
j.iue oft 112 special was below the only
siding tli's side of the station. There
W . IM til:» • I > back and throw open a
,:n .i' !i. ih" t iigine would be upon the
'trio before anything could be done.
He - aiidieii hinsclf of this and made
u;> hi ; mind quickly. He shut off the
power and ground down the brakes,
stop; tig in the center of the track. He
spnig to Doroihy and, catching her up
iu his art's. j imped from the car and
st.ggeivd av.ax from the track.
Another instant and a crash told that
t'.e wildcat had run into the car. He
set the girl down and turned to see.
ngine had been thrown complete
ly off the track, and the special was
j safe.
In a daze he received the congratula
'is showered noon him until he heard
the president of the railroad company
speaking.
"We are »illir to putin several trol
ley lines." tie was saying, "and we
want jest such a quirk witted chap as
yourself as general manager."
IIP looked at Dorotliy, and Dorothy's
eyes said "Yes." S1I«» had known all
aloii'_ r t!i 'i he was seeking practical ex
perience for just sucli a post as this,
anil lliey v.ere to he married when he
had won.
A Siorj of ( urncxic llif Hoy.
' ! 011 -e visited Dunfermline, Mr. Car
iii'gie's birthplace," said a Chicago
i "They told me there a story
ai -)i:t 111 J is that illustrated the tenacity
and perst era nee of his childhood, his
bulldog determination to ride down
every obstacle and reach the end.
"It seems that at the little Dunferm
line sdto >1 the master called Andrew
ii)> our day and asked him how much
seven limes nine was.
"The bi,r, unable to hit on the an
swer i:iii!:e.liately, began togo over
the entire table:
""Twice nine is eighteen, thrice nin»
is twenty-seven, four times nine is
thirty-six, five'—
"i>ut the master interrupted im
patiently
" "No. no.' he said. 'Give me the an
swer :-:r!' ! .;-'.t off.'
"After some thought the boy again:
•' "Twice nine is eighteen, thrice nine
is twenty-seven, four times'—
" 'No. Straight off.' repeated the
master.
" "ilaud yer gjb, man,' the boy cried
passionately. "Ye've spoilt me twice,
an' do ye want to spoil me a third
time';'"
A Literary I oiucldrnre.
"My father, W. ('.ark l'ussell," said
Herbert IJussell in telling of a literary
coinci lein e, "lml finished maturing the
plot of iiis novel, 'The Death Ship,'
which is a version of the legend of Yan
derdecken. | was his amanuensis at
the time. He said to me. "Tomorrow
we will begin the story.' On the fol
lowing morning when I entered his
study to take his dictation of the open- j
ing lines lie showed nie a letter he had j
just received. It was from W. S. Gil- j
bert, th<- well known dramatist, asking j
him why ho did not write a novel I
about the Flying 1 mtchmap-"
Alninnt lliiinan Intelligence.
Mrs. Mcßryde—John, I'm simply dls j
gusted. While I was out this mornin
the cat got into the pantry and ate !
every single thing except a cake I had
Just baked. Mr. Mcßryde—What a
wonderful thing animal Instinct is, to j
be sure!— Cleveland I.eader.
I have seldom known any one who ,
deserted truth in trifles that could be j
trusted in matters of importance.—
Paley
1 rude Aiipemtinnnii.
Dressmakers will not "fit" with I
black pins, and regard it as unlucky to j
tack with green cotton. Milliners re- j
gnnl as of happy augury the drop of
blood falling on n hat from a pricked
finger.—London Notes and Queries.
The Hnlr Hewtorer#.
Dollie— He promised to send back
my lock of hair, but he hasn't done it
yet. Mollie-That's the way with
these hair restorers—all promise and
no performance.
To manage men one ought to have a
sharp mind In a velvet sheath. -George
Eliot
Her Coarse Lauftli.
George You are not calling cn Miss
Rosebud any more, oh? Jack—No; I
j;ot disgusted. She has such a coarse
laugh. George— I never noticed that.
•Ja'*k Von would if you'd been within
h<". !• ))•;' wli i I proposed to her. —New
York W-ekly.
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{EASTWARD,
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I p. m.and Buflolo at 9.31 a. m.
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