The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1903, Page 13

WON AT THE RED ENN BY JOHN BARTON OXFCRD. HEN the west-bound stuge ~drew up &t Crawford's that Aprl afternoon & solitary passenger- allghted— &~ tall, - strong fea- tured ycung . man who ‘carried himselY with an. air_of de- Billy Crawford, lounging of ‘the barroom. languid.y ubby clay pipe, looked at tire He noted the mar whiteness “of unpo sark Tings under his eyés & sollows in his ¢ w cheek bones giaringly mahy sucn ness 1his ma they . were a few g box hew long t back in ) strode ed him. The young Ii no waste removing his * maid the maybe - a ace, aybs four ' but he said, his pipe, and, pick- dse, led his guest de« in the shack—a i had 1nn"— 4in Twenty :minties later, after the coach had raftied off .toward Red. Mountain, he bellowed' thiough ® the ite! Where In tarnation 'is’ the “| done. €sen her :gittin' sall-the colored girl: - Far up on the stage road: whieh. wiw about Red Mountdin, a bInft and see thé road twisting zlong elow: Deming 4nd Minta, leoking down the bluff, caught sight of .a ‘ solitary horseman riding- mad.y along the Focky path. . Deming leaned out the window, into- deé stage, he arrival of ° Aramin. She saw almr.st 1 cheeks. be way was with iis coming world. to of ing man was the 1ng-¢ a8 COOK. om' the She was me into the & oom. for inguire: con g his Me indicaied his daugh- k a wave of his hand. My daugliter, - Minta, Mri—er—ér- Deming,” the- guest supplemented, to the girl. - From that -moment ing datéd the:begihring of ‘his days thaf followed, Deming saw the girl: ‘He' found* frank, good-hearted, yet with a keen- f mind which th the arrowness her s Her fathér and thé meén wha came coarse. Aside. from who assisted about ber heir acc wete gross the, ro woma ere was pot within s. Yet. the gir] whs w sosséssed of a native refinement aple franknews which Deminig a woman yrianly, fiew pest and Deming Ims was miuc Minta's com- saw_of the -gir| Interest; in hen " He ploma fromr Yale. and her of his life jn the world outside; istened eagerly for every. de: waiked together; they fished ream: at. the back of the inh; a_tatget and tried his rifles, to ‘be ‘a far better he. Méanwhile hix luugs- mend- very cammon eart zrouble, of which Minta was weeks the more deeper -grew- h wed her -his e she girl proved he deveioped a the cause ere could be but one ending to it all. One October night Deming sought Craw- ford, who was smoking sleepily in the deserted barroom. Deming made known Crawford came sud- lent mood and swore i Crawford. “Minta marry & nderfoot consumptive? to marry the son ef age route, ‘That He's' got motiey Ne , she is go old Jones, wh was arranged year te bur lungs Deming turned y on his heel and the moonlight aughed when he toid whispered - a few 1 then ran swiftly teft he her the T € 0 met Minta, who the interview words. inio his ea tiito the Hayse next afternoon, when - the stage Deming stood on by to' Billy. hopé?™ Billy was drew up w1 Crawfor the porch sui hard feelin’, | None at-all. 1 assure you:™ Deming re- plied, with & twirkle 1o hie eye, for be- hind. Crawford's back he sew ‘Ed Demip- sey, the stage. driver, heiping & woman into the cdach. . i Yom. - e matter with his " “Crawford’s coming up houted, “'It's, nty dollars et Ed, if vou-land us dt ahead of him." Dempsey let’ out his rocked and sw passenger, a b hed the.siat &nd gasped. sen ‘they -bedrd Ed sheutlpg. to team. The pace slackened, as be brakes hurd. ‘Instinctively Dem!ng.opened the ‘door and. pushed Murnta: before him At the same mament there was &-crash coach toppled: over, and . ue’. found himself- pinned beneath .(i¢ other passen- gor. who could not move Minta scrambled: from roadside unkurt, and -pacified_thie struggling - team. - Then together they ran.to the coach. - Nelther man - within’ hurt, but both . ‘were pintied. down 1 A niration - ¢ He ‘pot. his face close céaah o8 n.thari” he called. ter for Cedar Creek®? the respionse. reckon -you've got You're tayhi' the .tiatl”" he n-Four poek- Madison }'Ahi' team -until the cogeh ved,” and the -only viher the the “dirt_by the was to- £d Dempsey, to ‘the -wrecked mé ol the new min 1 am” was “Well," sald Ed -1 your. fifst ‘Job right “here you can fogk down. set- and Dempsey -cul looss. .| — ecrost the:groom; ar’' the hmln here by me, an' -dacdy, mnddern a ‘wet .hen, fn’'"uip the traif: ke thunder: 01; n_ cyclone: . Git togethier, evéryboay.' The Imprisoued uergyman ruse to” the occasion, - “Can’you n‘:ndxe {6 clisp each athe)_'l hahds?"; he ‘asked simp! Then, withl thie bride on:her’ kneel in"the dirt, -clasping- the ‘hand of = the greom. dcross whom lay’ thie ‘offielating iclergy- tan, the ecremony was performed. As it _finihed, Crawtord gatloped -up. “What in tnunuu‘ does, this mez.n?" he “it . meins,” um bempve {'thdt you ate just in time to hefp me gt fihn dog- gomed. coaeh offn Bour: son-in-ldw,. John Deming, ahd the Reverend m., Wihitten, - who -parformed -the :cefemony mm«wml» informal-Hke about flve minutes -ago. 1tis said bV the Electriclan hat low tensien electrical 'currgnu,. say under 120 ;a8 the fwo wonfe: : ncuan opposite. -you, 'CALL. §.the traln cime to & - sjop Howlrfl Monroe’ glanced out of the win- “Twenty - four hours .meré,” he murmured. L “Well, -ft ‘can’t .'be . helped —. b that's & preuy girl. Nice old - Ber, too. Hope they\l come in haro Next 'momem hi: opes Wwere realized, ‘entered the ear, guided by an oblequ{ous ‘porter, .who deposited a dress suit’case’ and an .ymbrella in ‘the “Be here: about ten ‘he sald, tx aswor ta a “got to eut in ‘minutes, ma'am, guestion from the elder onie slegpérs and a dine: Ehank you.: Bquer sit ,down Aunt Ru.]. s But, the elder woman lhook her_head. “] d¢ wish you had some one to go with Dorothy,™ she exclaimed, In. tones Hnw.ra could mot uelp oyerhearing. ‘dow of ‘the: Puliman.’ - Indeed, 1t wasn't worth while. lady bnmed whlle Howlrd ‘felt an unac- countable thrill of pleasure pass through him. “Old malds we used t6 call them. A glrl’s a girl, no matter whn she says, :and .I.don't like to - one traveling alone, It wasn't ccnlldlred prcpor in my young days.” “1 know,” returned the girl !oflly. ‘“But traveling has changed sp since then, ‘even down in this dear little put-of-thé- way corner of the South. Why what eould hHarm me?” “Oh, nothing, 1 suppose, but I don’t like it. You .wouldn’'t even take a:lunch with you,” she sdded irrelevantly, her. hos- pitable ‘Southern . heart: aggriéved.: “It seems so (nhospitable to ‘send -any one ay without something to eat.”” You're awtully good, Auit Bessie, but, 'l ‘get dinner and breakfast in the dining car - and be In N¢w York for lunch.” 4 sudden clanging made the élder wo- an ‘I'll ' Be' carried oft. Gaodby, Dorothy. ° Write as soon as you n( to New York. THE SUNDAY CALL s Page of Fascnnatlng Half - Hour Jolis, té move deadly than those having' 5 40 unéle ngver” ten times the voltage: Dr, Berttelli’and Professor. Prevost have made the remark. &bl discoyéry “that high lension currents ure cupablé of reitoring ‘the action of .a’ heart low tension current: that haus: been .m-md by & it e e | L o )Q!Z’h\‘ T. €. McCluje.) c—— HEN Jimmy Magubie- by which name: they knew himi a' McCeoy's— heaven knows what his original name may have beer—came | downstairs into the uffice, carrying a suit "case of cohsider- abie welght and wearing on "his freckled fice an alr of virtoe, which was glaringfy, artificial, thie ‘clerk behihd. the desk ‘look- ed him .over ‘earefully and then deliber- ately firopped éne eyelld: At McCoy's Hotel which -is near:.the water front; questioned - on .any matter, but. on -this pnrllgulu afternoon there was no one save the clerk in the. office when Jimmy entered. 1t was becuse. the clerk’s ae qualntance with Jimmy extended over a perfod of seven years that the gentieman Uebind the desk lnquired casually: “Anything on, Jimmy?" 3 “A'ni getting: ‘my clothes. pnued Sunday." said' Jimmy meekly. The clerk laughed .spasmodicaily. “Anything funny 18 that?* Jlm quired peevishly. « onn(ht 'courm" l_ha clerly tittered. et ‘em’ unund in town?" “Maybe,” ssid Jirnmy. walking- over to . a rack of uncublu and lprudln. out a tolder. Two hours J e suit case were speeding through the early evening (-oma on a south bvund tnln. the: giiests -arg ‘very weldam. : for ° ‘thifd window which was menuoned Hb.- ln- e “uan't.l get my clothes : r llmny lh(uln and hl-" "The ‘émiker waw nearly deserted und_ n the: gim light of the lamps Jiramy was examndnitiz-a pian crudely -drawn on the back of an en(e«upn In ori¢ place on the rough” map was a- heavy -cross and’ nedr it was drawn an arfow, along. whose shaft ran these words. lley here. En- ter third window -from this end.” ‘Fimmy * folded ~the envelope. carefully. and :pizeed it {n an .inner pocket.. Then he Tay .back and doged unul the- brake: man caliéd “Redpath,” - Jimmy caught up the.suit case. and ulxhud. = He.went down i dark strest from the station, took the first’left, then the second’ “right, as the map. had:directed, -denly stapued before a' squat brick bujid- ing. . In. the dim light of a nelghboring uren lamp he read the tarnished ;11& sign bepeath_the ¢ornice; “Redpath Coun- ty. Loan ‘and Construction Compagy. went to the rear and-found the aliey. indt- catéd on the map. -He uln .found the pulled put his watchA “Quarter past ten.’ he mused.. In bed, Dmbably Oh. Lcr Y nding before thc heavy door of & vault, which he was oramluln; critically,. he mised to.him- ,'l? epnn that."” Jimmy went swlmy and- " quletly ".o work. In just twenty-six minutes from the'time he umed the suit case he sSWuUng * with wide opened Storlettes; J can't bear to. have you §° llone * Your haveé let you if he hadn’t been \ou e sure )ou don't mind -1 don’t ‘'ming lhe least b|l ln lh. world, Auntle. -We bachelor girls Bave to learn 10 ‘do fér ourselye “Bacheior gils, ,n_dml:' The elder | o —F He took oie operi the "!qo'r;t;r the vault: stép” forward, and.(fien- staggered buck, - for out of ‘the vault tottered a young wo- man, who ¥t0od beside- him swaying to and fro,. Jimmy & * forward -and caught her just &s she feH. . He laid her gently on the floor with hig - coat bentath- ‘ner.’head. Then- he brought water from a faucet he fouiid in the Inner office, -and deftly laved her wrists and temples, Pveuntly she, opun-d her oy and sat up. 4 ; YPretty ndrrow -queak. thl!. nla Jim- * my-cheertully. “Where—where "are . lha rest? aeked, dazedly. - “Nmmy hrolghl a chalr- lhd Hfud her ahe Anto it. - % . 1 know ‘all abeut 16,2 hé satd -entmmp ly. “You work here and same one acci- deritally Jocked you into the vault at clos- . irig time. 1 confess I didn't expect Lo, find You In there when I.opened it. .1 came.of my own aceord, you und'nllnd. lor quit another purpose.” ‘Oh." shre. -ped. lnd rn.-rd h It was just in time ‘for ny: ¢ ouldn't have lived In there much longer.” . B * Timmy had risen and was putting his tools In the sult case; he. shut the door of the vault. 2 wl.; hnv, lntcrrupua your—ynur busi- ness,” she sald. Jimmy smiled. He noted she wai & very - pretty ginl. There was something, 100, In the way she mccepted (he situa- tion that wen his admiration. - vault? 014" boy. ‘pecome of mie ‘and § I'l] be anxlous till 1 hear." The two hurrled to the platferm, where the girl stood smiling and waving until the traln was well under way. So' well undzr way was it, indeed, that, as she turpned to enter the car, a sudden lurch threw her~vlo!enl1y to -one side and made her zrup the rail to steady. herself. As dhe 41d &0, her purse, hung_ to her belt by a_chain, fl€w open aid sent most of its contents at large through the yet un- ciosed doors of the vestibule. Unaware of this, however, Miss Vernon walked to her seat, glancing around her just 11 time to see Howsrd watching her. ‘Both were thinking of -the good lady’'s anxfous hospitality, and. before they could recover . themselves ~tney = had smiled muuely Xulu/ one another’s eyées. ARSI el “Really,” he.sald, “I'm not in -the mood for ‘work: to-night.. If. you feel ab'e to. stay alone here for & moment ['ll call a_carrage fo take you home. The girl gave him ‘a grat-tul look. *f dtdn’'t realize there were. gent'emen - ‘in your—your professa I fear you'll run tog much risk in getting ° the c-rrlnxr You'd better not go." “Nonvense. laughed.” Jimmy, and - di .appeared 1hrou(h the window. 1§ was two.years from the: mgm that Jimmy Magulre apd his suit. case ‘left MeCo; that Mr. Andrew Rider—‘Sijent Andy. in the office u{ lh‘ ume ho\ql and read as * tollows: "Imar Andy; You rcm-mber that 1ob you _put ‘me next_to _down in Redpath? Well. what do‘you- think. I got out of that ‘and sweetest woman -in ‘the world. ‘We were married.fiere (n. Redpath’ last Tues- -day. Yeu'see she was acctdentally locked. in that vault I cfacked—and I cracked it Just In time: to save her, too. As 1.hope fof peace and happiness the rest of miy ‘days, Andy, T've. been an honest ‘man- from .the .moment 1 looked irto hereves.. t you knfl' what- hll 3 8o to |nfnnn you that 1 have tound the . beut way Ao live— ltra![hL 1.wish you would meet me at Southport some, day tmd ‘take nwny “that: - e Of todls: My- resurflu to all lhe b .« -“SAMUEL T. JONES, the Redpath Hardware ‘Propflunr of Btore. uunulre “her. poekethonk: more commonly—operied aletter it. was.a° wife—the best” first the arstwhile Jlmmy (Chicken) - - B A BY CRITTENDEN MARR!OTT With * quickly ‘siiffened ' [ips, - Dorathy sank irito her ‘seat, :As' she did -se, ‘ner Purse’ swung. forward into ‘her. iap, ex- posing |ts emptiness to her startléd: gaze. With a ‘gasp of:dismay she seized and ex- amined it.. Her ticket was safe In‘an In- ner. compartment, but ‘evéry cent of he: money was gone. It did not take her long to decide.on the. moment of her 1083, nor the hopeless- ness of repaiying.it. Miss Vernon: was a very Independent young woman, who on more than one occasion in the-four years that had: elapsed simce she had begun o earn her own ‘bread had seen Mer.funds depleted - nearly. to the vanishing peint; yet ‘never before had she found: herself entirely penniléss.. There was nothing to ba, done, - however; . to- telégraph .16 -Aunt Béssle - for -miohey. would ‘be ‘to. frighten that lady almost. to- death; and there was no' one ‘else on whom 8he felt at itberty to call: ‘She must simpiy résolve to make the best of Ner jourmey, ‘all twenty-four hours of it, without mdney. Meanwhile Foward had been watching the ‘girl out of the corner of his éye,.ad- miring her more every ‘moment. : He -had noted the look:-of vexation that froze the smile with which she had unintenitionaily favored him, ‘and had.promptly. averted hig eves, as’If in hopes that the, girl's wrath :might. glarice off his broad shoul- aers. Thus. furned away, he ‘had missed sesing her diséovery of her open purse end her consequent corsternation. When, he had ventured to look.again ‘=he.was staring straight ahead of her with- what seemed to him a most ins, sion, - In° reality she was-thinking ¢ luncheon she had refused and’ pondering the great truth that ‘even.a mode ‘ing car is of dittle avail unléss one Had the price ‘cf a meal. the- afternoon wore away. Howard n - to ' curse the ' conventionalities. Here he was within a’ few feet of ‘this peerless girl—as he had already bégun' to term her—and.vet to- all practical :pur- poses was miles.and miles away... 7té had always been slow to scrape acquaintance, even with men. .and, so far:as-h remember, had never In his life ¢ with a woman, - Unless Dofothy<he heard her aunt call -her Dorothy—shonld g him an’ opening. he told himself .sad'y that he should never venturé to-address her. After ‘a while.a waiter passed- through the car announcing dinner. Howard. was hnngry, but determined to wait until Dor- athy should go in. The car ight - be crowded-and he might be. compelled to sit with ‘her - at :the same table, where he might hope that the chances of. the meal might enable bhim. to address.her. But wait as he might,. Dorothy showed no signs of budging, and, long after the last call -for dinner had been circulated hé was Toreed .to go ‘in alone. While dining he wondered over the 1t -udtion. The girl had eaten nothing since she .came ‘on. board.the train nearly six hours before. - She had no iunch with her —not even a box of candy. Shs was a golid, heafthy girl, not by any means one of those fragile beauties who live on alz, and should have had an appetite,ts cor- . respond. - What the dickens. could be the matter? The next morning was the same. Dorothy sat motionless, looking in. the ‘eyes of the by-this-time besottéd youth loveller than ever. As a nratter of fact, the lack af her morning coffee had given the girl a headache, while the lack of g;her food made her savage and misera. e. © At last came a crisis. Just as the walt- er passed.throvgh with his “last call for breakfast in the dining car.”. the. train stopped, ‘not at a station, but out - in a field. -After ten minutes had crept by without sign of movement, Howard, wha had heer waltinz- for. breakfast as he had waited for dinner, went out fo in- vestirate. Soon he came back and went etraight up to Dorothy with. determina- tlon {n. s eyes, “I bég your pardon,” ha snid, with: 2 composure that astonished hifmself. “hut we have heen stonned by a wreck across the track and will be dé- laved at least mix hovrs. Thay are going to cut off ‘the diner and send it -back as soon ap bieavfast is over. ¥ you want anvibine fo est vou had better get it new, hefore it ix too late.™ €ix hanrs langer! “The tasrs eame into r-m-nnw o ey apd her Hds quivered pa- Tow - could “she. hear: .if” * she =ald; ax hravely as she con'd But I'm not huya: grv." ot himery. H«vnrd staved at ym fn= To hif certaln’ knowledze " had eaten nothing “for ‘twenty-four hours. . ‘Not. hunsrv!. The: thing was. pre- posferous. ‘Ha g'anced at - her whike then, with sudden suspicfon, at *“T_ haven’ ad ‘any breakfast myself yet." he sald. ‘“Won't . L you take pity on-me and be thy” guest? T can't hear te. et alome.” For ‘an instant the gir! nM at him . while a” inist swam’ before her eyes. “Thank you very much,”. she sald;’ hum Bly.. “1—1 lost all my money ovarboard-a - few minut—- after. we started yesterday nM I'm: nquy mu—ved to dnth 2 . A vear later ‘.\lr‘ ‘and. Mry. hnward Monrée, 1 the newest of new - clothas. were taking ‘the gama' trip nerthward Annt Beseta had just left. them: and t Pad settled ‘them<elves for- the twen four-hour trip before them. Howard turned -to' his-month-old brid reflectively. . “Just to think."” he said soti- 1y; *42 1 hadn’t spoken- to you-a year ago :shouldn't ‘Wave bhéen here:to-day. . T ftated a long time before T ventured. ' A long thma! " T shauld: think so.* Thare- 8 ‘wps much lmphas\l 0 the words. g lln‘ard anpmr»d startled. -“/Foo’ long.* “1£ ‘T hada't spoken.. when l di¢ ‘what_wquld“you have done?™" “Done? Well."! ‘reflectively. *if- you hhd delaved much longer i belleve 'T- should have asked vou myself—and hated you ever afterwards! . “Instead of—" he nlvllod m!'il!onhl'v “Instead of— She repeated. rogut ish- “Instead ul——uuppus- you 'uess v~