Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 10

NOT SO SLOW j3) By CLIFFORD HILLMAN. i | Dougtes Jones had always nourished @ secret desire to visit Ocenn Beach | during the winter. So in the middle ef January, finding that time was Ikenging heavy on his hands, he re solved to pay a visit to the shore. After he had settled himself com- fortably in his seat in the Pullman car | be rather regretted his hasty decision. “The place will be absolutely for- saken at this time,” he mused. “I'm a fool for making such a trip just on impulse.” Be glanced rather lodifferently out ef the window. Then he sat up with a start, his face alighting with a new and sudden interest in life. For com- ‘ag directly toward the door of the car ia which he was seated was a negro porter, and following tn his wake was a gict. His eyes rested upon her face. He} could not tell exactly what it was that} held his gaze. Perhaps it was the hint of roses tn her cheeks or the semblance of » twinkle in her eye. Somewhere within him there stirred the vague Rope that she might possibly be head. ed for the same destination as himself, aamely the Oce House. “If she only is,” he thought, “I'm the Mackiest fellow in the world.” The train rumbled along its way. Dull gray clouds which had threat- | ened ruin throughout the day suddenly | made good their threat, and large @rops splattered against the window gane. The girl looked up and sighed, | and the heart of Douglas Jones missed = beat. | Pinatly the train drew to a snorting Salt at Ocean Beach. The girl whose | game Deugias did not know adjusted |. | as ordered; ber furs, buttoned her blue coat more | Mightly around her neck and descend- e@ the steps of the car, Douglas fol- towing elgsely in the vain hope that) eymething might happen which would give fim the chance to play the part | of herole gallant. | Douglas tad hoped that the interior | wf the spacious hotel would present a | mfeasing contrast to the dreartness of | She rainy night, but in this he was! mistaken. The big lobby was com- géetely shut off from the other rooms; | m= féw guests, mostly elderly gentle- | gen, lolled on the over-stuffed divans | ead read the evening papers. From | ground the corner came the sound of Mattering dishes. | Douglas lighted the biggest cigar he / would buy and, seating himself before fe closed window against which the | amin yuttered ceaselessly, gazed out mer the deserted bourdwalk. A hun- | steed yards away he could see the flick- | ering lights of the natatorium, which vas the only attraction in Ocean} Beach open throughout the winter, As | te looked a crowd of what appeared tw be young men and women turned a sear-by coroner and made thelr way feto the building. Douglas sat up. “Fm gind there's someone alive In vais forsaken hole,” he muttered. “I @ink TH take a swim myself.” A few winutes later, having fought tis way vgniust the biting wind and exin, he entered the natutorlum. Hay- @e secured a suit which he made sure was not three sizes too large, he stroiied feisurely into the men’s dress- ee section A cheery voice which sur- geived him almost out of his senses gavctod hin | “Well, if it isn’t Douglas Jones! | What in the world are you doing | “You Burbank out that!” Dougins seize: What do you know | outstretched fad of the er roommate In col- Meer and knew that his troubles were oan end. | Dr “Via here at a house party,” T metic “Five men and four girls, | We're getting dressed for s swim.” Pour girls! The dying hope in Doug: | as’ heart revived su “Dit one of the dhe six o' girls come in on wk train and did she wear | wlitco tures? he asked excitedly. Foo n aoment Tom pondered, “You must uiean Evelyn Davison,” Be unswered finally, “She « in't get Here uatil late.” “Do you know her well?” “lL should say so; she’s my sister's | ofan.” “Come on, let's get on our suits.” & took Douglas a remarkably short “me te don his suit, but when he antered the pool the others were be- @ere hier Aud there in the midst of ®% group of smiling young ladies was the girl of the train. Tom performed the introduction, ‘There was just the hint of a twinkle im. Evelyn's eyes as she greeted the mewcomer, “I have an idea that I've seen you gomewhere before,” she remarked. “You did,” Douglas answered hap- . “I sat opposite you on the train for two hours.” Re was perhaps forty minutes later wien Mildred Terrill, hostess of the Meuse party, suggested that Douglas his belongings from the Ocean join the others at her cot- & moment Douglas hesitat- then he looked fairly into the Evelyn Davison. Something answering look told him that wanted him to come. He accept- tation joyously, know,” he said to Evelyn e, “I thought that 3 i 1 & tt Sete PE , i 4] BY COMPARISON. “You may not belleve me, mum,” said the tramp at the door, “but 1) once had a fortune.” “Indeed? that?” “About three years ago, mum. Ihad | $100 I earned on a freight steamer.” “Why, that isn’t much money.” “You don't understand, mum. I was} knocking about In China after me voy- | age, an’ $100 looks like a million to| them chinks over there.” Easler to Spell. “Yes, general, we have reconnoitered, Nehchkyik 1s a short march away und so poorly defended | that we should be able to take it with-| out losing a life. Bing, on the other hand, !s two days’ march away, strong-| ly defended, and will cost many lives to take.” } “We will march on Bing at once. I will have to hand In a written report of the conquest, you know.” To Be Sure. The Intoxicated citizen could nayl- gate no farther. “Call a wheelbarrow facetious man. “The idea of making a foolish re- mark like that!" said a kind-hearted woman, who was passing. “There are no wheelbarrows anywhere about here. | Someone should call a taxi.” !" exclaimed a DELIGHTED. Wifey—The magazine ts fine this} month, j Hubby—Is it? | Wifey—Yes, dear; seven pages of} reading matter and only 279 of inca: | bator and flowe sed ads. As Advertised. “This House for Sail," the placard rea@ But before there was a bid A cloudburst chanced to pass that way, | And “sail” that house sure did ] | alone. : "REVENUE CLERK EXAM TO TS eae om. THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE BE HELD SEPTEMBER 28 The United States civil service com- And how long ago was| Mission announces that a first grade inatio: 28, 1917, in this city, to fill vacan-_ cies in the internal revenue service, at $900 to $1,200 per annum. | For further information and ap-} plication blank, apply to Forest A. 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