Si* la*, t way of psitio" •»

tto bBart of uriap» that imts aa a»«>h nw* yt 4ukiw—»tif baa, Wr a' fact

Mjti.” ' . '■*'' “Si* baa bWt-wif

s.wari?S^f’“

a«f9t*»s a caoa •* in nir n»Ufoad -»ara.-. U’a

. 8«J I **B't

= .-•

wMt’ort ftiP't

Mft. Svflu-a tsjattBa-in-;# Hi .a « Siffweat way*. an4 I tS wi *rev^ gee tn!«*n happ^a *» fi»wa. her p*«0> little l* buRilnp pwrfeMf bard. t H»«b talk yco *

r-tb iMt

club mt**44*b\r trtXhJu rataS, T becat ft* kroMar. tat Instead -of taklns any mere juration* about the eDflise oot abaad. 1 «u*ed him !f I mm»t.?*4e'a Jrter* with Wn: «p the branch; and when he sa.U “bare.' I rHjBbeU up toOd Boanped nyrse’f ou ih-

-emaD'a box.

Maclise rot !.:* 'order* fn doe time k we pultcd cm'. I noticed that wb« be. gave Chandler tfe* ^ord, be also made motions wl h hia .antern to tlw e^rine up ahead and It promptly stcanred away, •peedin* up nntll It hud shoot a half-mile lead and then lioidu-r It 'that aesened runny, tor. Tl.ourtr* H-ta a rule that'is ofte,.

b •€« OMtav* Benchri. PttUi ciiy E.-Jatclera, as wWrt-. t Mn*f\Kt<T ia ChedWick* klJo^'rt. U«Sr ohjeet tete? t« ka-P -—u atuadrti • n-aetlet « . . _ ’ h would ■t-Mjtiim t*». , _ .... - tin Sea Tower corporatlah. Kerrroi* temu Cla cornpifiy. Hr nestsa to nwo;»r*t o (Sear - ‘ Thar Shell* U rwrsoa. but 1'rta# * know tbl* Tfc« So** dl»-«>aara; eaat. Jiwmy tuna. *l«nh sj^eet* ea MC «*wu ‘ “ MISaM ■*--»- • ‘ ’■u^r.rr tc cm # — __.! follow* *n eni>»4JT of thk Bad . . . C-*3 NWTn.*a..# * -«« rar.*, wlje. be ovar»- «8 *-|B*t us orreM th* »o« ob » rau-.dr cJiarse }U frostiwut li Cttrm ye rn*»«R!re Jit Use homo of &t>eua M*ci«e l odds * <>t r. m«u w iom he later rreogs^i « Tinware. .aW**oi I>urilor A *er!rw of -nwaa. Uurooslble tj tsaHte. oeu»* ularro to Tim Sow Pur***. nl*bi Sla^lcher, loutee - - Una to n- - t cm a alnr.e uarlt. Utj*itfr U -larrewl* tr«r!*a. e auk JO, K vto* eviieeu* that bo »a» bribed to brtn* abcov

CHAP-WEB Kill.

What the Pilot En6.be Fou.i

S* Of the

J

Vmrtromf

f«ww>}. AdJnr upoo Mr. KnrcrowwprtMUm. Mr. Tan Brtu call*d Ms pniB Tt, .1., a vr«r *t a tune. *b« *«*e them the «n *1 tip: and after taat «te boodea died a :>atitral death, and » good mao- pair* of eye* *U ajoos d Miort IJoe W* keeplnx ■ rhsrp laa.not fnr «se tmuble-rakfs-*. in «w tne^ntlme, Tarb*!!. wOli dtcptef fiBBtfutty. wanased to turt cp ^ • few f*n. that were w^rtb *«ne-

r leiia pen^ewtor Itvln* (n a anack tilrfb bj. *4 A* farther aide of U.c t*rHm *rtP» told Wm that 1st* to the erecfa^E of day reeeedin* fh« wpjejt he had »r«> two cdnddhx the sJnp* froa yrhlch ** haidder had ' been tlUiodked, and tout «me of niem •ra* ram'as a B*eV. Alee, fmihnr inveatfistfen »«ra>d to P"’ r « ,b *t xbe raQ whirl, 'he bkm. bf tl«. -ock wns rappo'ed to hett'h.toctwd Iboso bad been iirwiocaJy weakowsd, hither by dwa‘T« some Of the Mdse*, or by chocrewtn* the not* on. toe bolUi at

the iolntr.

In iiao’bar field, aud thla tUne tn.drr

iontrictSdns. our ex rbw-

po*. had l^en able to **t and bait a trai 3y dii*t«it seait* St bad 4mv'+.&> wao Murphy to* aannhsn ben*J»m •-. who. under preswe. bad rieen * V Timber Mounlato plot wMofe ad t4Uaaxed to tlie kWnaping of the iW*. Tbi* mtr. ltd bf-en sie;*V*n.ie:y shot lo * bar-room hw-i upj Sett for tk«d. had o-* «y!ed away a. 1 h-«d pit out ^ town to lire s.ixi at a dWMt aaftla TEm-h

in the hnK

Wlten Uarbell dlaemvrod i*» ^- had em wit the boose, had srowu a hwrd. and thiretto* fot venSMnee Tarhetl hrozsbt/fta Imck to Portal duy. end weaeat*/ fbA-i to «*e de-

knee ell the

ta»w. 5n # UUlo due. Klpley. ^ith Taiheiiv hr»p, was loaded for b*-r. Oye --*1111? fstober afternoon the lawver mice d..wn to our offloe to tel! Mr. Korrrw-* that the Wiie was cor--All you h*n to d<. now U to riv* the word.” *'» the w-, Klplei wemnd U n. ‘Too reftmad to do ' or »*«?«>«

(^casiiv. bs.-auae

elertlm. rather Sato to ti - rfternoon. that the bon hao a can from a mtu*ci ptmnoter namdS Daarea, repreaent-boiK-h of ralr.t owners at fltfathfona tfho were barlns trouble with smelter. The smelter one of the few Haf-h tnowmoMa' wtoch hadn't beer atmken leone aa > U, wa* lomu-d la the pilch «x mile* below Stratbcana, and k wa* iwrretl e:cii»l>-ety by tta own induatrlai rahroad, whlrh it wa* wslrtf at a lever to 3.7 an exeewlve haailar e'4«p m of the tul;>e owpWould:. 1 Mr. Non-rj«s it do aomethtog about If? Tbe'itow *aW l” d d' Anything ! « eou'd, and askey what the n^o? owner* wonted. Dawr said they wauled he!?; that they rrcre eolng to bold a mass tneettog to Suntbcona the foiiowtog tuomtog at nine o’clock. 'Woo'd it, or wouldn’t if, be poaaible for Mr. Vorcroa* to'be pre^at at that

‘P« 5 .

Of course, the boss sold he’d ro. Dawes went away, and. l- Jore we broke OS to ao to dtout* at ifcs railroad elub, I ww» riven a memoranuum order for a apsel*!. At the duh 2 lotmd /hat Mr. Noecross had eh Invited gseat—Major Kendrick.- For * week or two Mrs. Shell* ban been vtslitn* at the Pate ce k jital, and the major's wife and Matste Ann wore with her. So the good old major was aort of unsttociied, and yiiii eoough. I took It to be a *ae»t at aBybody’a tabV. For a while the table talk—-in which of course. Jimmie Dodd* bad:! - ! cny part wh«tcr< r—circled around the late tawdsUde election, and wnat Goverror Buri-eli’B party woidd do, .,ow tliat It had tb- say-so. But by and by It got around to the rUlroad situaiion. “Ton’re porttog up a mighty Orattam. my son. bui It lent over ye'—not by a ’ug'M, euh”- -thic [»n‘t juat the voy the major eaid it.

sorry 1 can’t mi tot" he k, "Ehfvtbe wtor lev or. i » <d 2 going to say ta. ^Wa* Mihy t hreMiawny- the r.r-cr/Unoer soda! <**r **a a iwt of roUciod* cereadiaiy Vtti" ’ him. Dot whattvwr D* was going » he didn’t aay It. for .at flial *»• ■mat a telegraph tnw came in and leaded him a "seseage. He put oa hi* otiier glaan at and r> id the W|c grow, with hi* big ioateo.loo.lrlng more I -folded'ihe fato«'i»* an- put it taw( hi* jpeAat *ay^«, wr* GraUm. ‘ thire'’ iW when SbeiU’s totuiu..«nces are mighty nfavfc uncannj ; they are, Dr a fact, sub. Tnti wlri- is i’roni be.-. Wii_t do

C-lhaod major went on. ‘She te!l* r: to Ju« seven rord*. not to lei you go to Stfatfccon* ttoUght. Now what do you make of that’ How on top of Cod’s green earth did »he anow, a i-ay. off yondeh a.t tfef capital, thet you were owahtog to go to 8tra*fcma tonight r Mr. Korcrow shook btt herd, 'fteo he roW: ’’Tbere are wirea-both kliii.a— ihoagh I dsm’i know why* aay-b-xiy aoruld telegraph < r telephonedh* cup! al that 1 exie« to attend «*r- ' w nets’ meeftog tomonvw wcrcto the big gold camp. Tuat’a why l'«i ga’J g, you know.** 1 “But this warning,” Qe tnaior insisted, “T’ieve’s a reason for H. Graham, as sore as you are hawor Agnln the boas shook his jtoao. ■‘Bftmm- yon two, you and Sbeiic, I'm due to anjuire a case of rienro*. dca't kvow whet *h* tor* betrd. but t twn’l effort' to 4«Jgj a buklcroa age potohaent. . Fh* 't has nrwciy o ar' board an tcho of the throats that ato ooomantiy being made ny 'He H. «* sympatliiserp. It’S the afte.Tn*to of the election bnt ICa oU Utik. Tuey re down «nd •' it. ard they h*vsait the nerre to strike hatic, cow.” That ended matters the dab, and

C-coalinn. and a g>Jd few. ot the DoUtirsi sangv-iorii and bo»et to tha

along lb* line. What do

’"Jhria. '?* '■/*

frown wrtokiU* between

Thl* lime w^ r-to:

hit egw-

i Hatch and Henckm?*

«Ko, cot yet- . . ^ ,_^r^ on to vonr safe «ud well wait S£r,””» - r», -» 2, . C^wna! trial. W'b Bufe> fanu-B Heockri h. ti-* prtoonert dock, veil start to* iflpl t»Kh

but not before."

ef the * body ew:

At A* dawned. 1 the cen'

-on right on the eve

•j. rle.tlon. A* i«r as any- , .Ke rallr-wd hadaujad ctoar of Af insiltt' - * 1 dirtiu.

sd Vept hi* promise to male- hut if* -.wto «nd wd* etid'keni- soft Son]

, ert-d “r'l

ritac the big day Hatch •id the political wind-up MM ' of tocW, J5o far as we -rssed. If p*.*'*!' “If very qu.et-

ee*n

a the

cut hui’tottok

■ i.tuhfirenic» Art Mighty §N*ah Uncanny.-’ at I ca>i come to bia cm drawl with the aiaothTvc k^own Mlsteb K ifu* a good uany y**bs j»d t» Dee of the ve’y devil. 1 >k«o dcase, you must get. for c ntagi* touid.. that f reform Hractrinai ipOu the itft- of * stogie sc sight «f that, «ru--te>i up slnd of cn.1-

beedguertew. The opectol, with Buck CSianCler, wne wetthg, end at-the ;c*t‘ minute I thought 1 waan’t golur «R to go“There’S no need o. jcur putting in a night on the road. •Stomle/’ 'said ttie b«a. with the kindly tto- jght tor other people’* comfort that ne> failed him. But after f had togged Uttie, triling him tbet Wfl heed nomcWy to take note* In the mir «a<-t-tog, he said, “Ail right." and we got aboard smd gave' tne word to Mad It. the conductor, to get Wa clenra:

and go.

A few m'kute* later we ptQled out

and tb* nl#t*«w ww begun. Uke every .<aer the bos* had ever 'wneD the "05” w*s fiued up as a wo-klng office, end since he l.ad me along, be opened up a lot ■of Halm

napera upon which the legal

men*, "as giving him the fvdd aay so,

und we went <0 week.

For the next two houra I waa x> busy that I didn't know v passed the various stations. At half' oaat nine. Mr. Norcroaa •mappe'i a rubber band over IV last of the dnim Me*, lighted a pipe, nd 'eUd me t ciiyht go to bed If I wsnted to: w'd that he waa polcg himself after n - d had t rtnoke. .that then. Chandler whistled for a ata >wi. anu, lookmi. cat of n window. I saw ttut we were pnlting Into Banxhe. the iltt’e w1ndblc*n junction from which the htrs licotus oruncii led away Into the north-j ern mountains. ■ A'aming a Wte of fivah air bel-” - * urnlng to. I got off when we made the stop and strolled up to the ■ gtoe. Ma ils* was to the Office, ret-' lux oiVers fee the branch, hh Ctiatullor wa* squtiling in the &■■■*■ v ry ot the Ain tnd waiting. Bp ah-ad of us. and too ftr .•vroy foe me to read the nmuber o. her tender, tfcere wa* a irVhf engine. I thought at Andl it was h e puriler wh ch was kepi ■ Bairtlte to help heavy freights up to*] branch Sfaied. aad 1 wondered ' It was doing (jot or. the brunch end In enr way. [itil ■ \"*-vi'a tje pusher out for, Bu tf l (.shed. md ' 'jan itor is jfied down at me Toy ain’t *0 much or >< twiirJ I ms& na you might be. Jimmie said. "Hat «in’t the pusher. I our first section, nmatn 4 ligt.

fsi i.ticons.''

Maybe Cbtandies waa right. wasn't much of a railroad man, hut 11 savvied the St jrt Line wvl" lUiOugt to know ibat :J

1 VJ«rt to M*«t tha t 1 With th* Lantam broken on all vatlroai. . the dlffenect secHotU <ot a train are suppoaed to ti least five mloutes apart, anil our “first" irara'i much more than e m'nute away from u* at any ttmp. Another thing that struct: me ns betok fuony wa# the why Chandler was running. It we# 0j1I3r.si.rqr moonta’a mUes ua tbfe branch .0 the big gold camp, Wd we ought to have been able to : aikte Jt by one o’clock, tnklng ii dead <fa*y. But the wa.. Buck was niggling aio.ig ft io6k,d as If It might be goiog to take oa all night. Just the name, nothin; bapj ened. Tlie first ten miles waa across a deaert f-tratch with only a- Atlghtty rixlng grads, and It was pretty much -.1 tangent—ftraight line. Boy00d the ten-cille sta.ion of Nlpp- we hit the minatalr pror:>. c.lmblng .It tfarongh a (Jt canyon, with curve* tiiat blocked off everything fifty feet abend of the ebgtot and grade* that would hart) made pretty good lohogyun slide*. The nigh* w*? flue and starlh, hu* there was no moon and the canyon shadows loomed like huge walls to shut us to. tin the reverse cehTce I could eceaaionally get a glimpse cf the red tall lights of the engine which ought, hy rights, to have been five full minutes ahead of us It war still bold tog it« Short leau. Jogging aloi.; as la^arely as we were. rfjth nothing to do and nti ranch to see, I got sleep: after a while, and about the time when l waa think tog’ that I might oa well climb back over the tender and turn ta. t dated off right there on the fireman's box— W.iJcti was safe cough, at the soaH'* pace wi were running. When I awoke It war nearly one o’clock to Om u.orn tag, and we had worried through the thlrty-uPc- of ronyon run and were citrablog the fteep tala* of Slide moun-

tain.

While I wn* rubbing my eyea, the eight-wheeler gave ; noth r little Jerk, and 1 saw that Chmdler wa* alowlng for a stop; saw thl* and got a gihnpae of somebody on tne track ahead, flaggtog u* dowc with a lar.tem. A ralru'e later the brakes bad been «w and i.uc* and I were off. A* we swnag down froo. the engm* tirp. Macttse joined ns. and we went to meet the man with the lantern. He wm the fireman of the engine abend, and -when we got around on th« Lack I eaw that our ’firm section" war stopped jtat a tittle way farther on. “What 1* It Bartyr uld Maclise. when we came np Jo die fireman. “It'a them h—1-UrrC wreckers again,” waa 1 he gritting reply. “Hall jemr disconnected aad sprung out so’s to let tat off down the mountain.” 2 thought B wa* up to tr to go bank and tell the boss, but there wasn’t any need o. it Tne atop sjr tbe stow lunutog or sometlilng had roused him. and he wa* up and dressed and oumtng alon; heJlde Uw engine. Wlij-i he came up, Mfirilse told him why we were mopping. He didn’t aay aov-thtog adrinit the roll break, b-.ir be did aa’_ met ct sharp snd ouick, what .n atac tbut was up uhead. S Ac n’t know vrtmt Macllae told bltn. Cban-Mr* tuined to go back * bU eoI gt=- and the leti of r* were mo'.ng along the otoer way. U*o boas se-ting the pace with Macliae at hla elbow Three ray-i“ogihs cber J of the stopped light engine we rame to the break. The bend engineer and anoth-r mewere down on thbir u*nd.- am? knee* erauUc'.ng It. >:ud when they Mood up «t our cotnln;: I saw thai the other tr-n wm Mr. Von Britt. •WiatJ' sao! the boas; “you nereT Oar only mlll'etialre nodded. “1 rile th'- Una once to a whl:*- ju*t to nee how things tre gotot..' V returned crisply. Tha boss didis * *a> anything wre, but fee kntit to look at the break. It I nrs a trap, all rigb set. beyoci all Qt'enticui of doubt, to catch the /rival-

car special. The fish-platee had be* removed from a Joint In ite left hrad roll and the jfid of the dowo-hni rail t«d been sprang out to make a Cralltog switch, which was held to position by the Insertion of one of be tish-plates between the mll-webi If we had hit tb* trap, going at even ordinary mojnulr-cUmblUE st<eed. there would ha-e been nothing left to to'! the tele out a heap of scrap rt the botium of-the thoaxand-foot dump. BmUr Mr. Van HriU’a directions the engineer and finem*B of the pilot engine brought tools and the break was repaired. While they were doing It tha boas atooo aside with Me, Van Britt, and I team what was said. Mr. Van Britt began St by wring. “Wa don’t need any defectives thl* time. You an co your way ts St.-atheotiB to nut a crimp the ked Tower monopolies—so Dew** told me. He wn* probably foolish •wocf-b to tell other*, and the word was paasrd to scrag you before yen could get to It Tola trap was se, to retch your special." “Eridetstir” barked the bona; *od then: “How did yon happen to be ta-re on tliat engine Upton 7“ T .e been ahead ot you all the way ip from Portal CJty." wa* the calm reply. *?- thought it might be safer If yon had a pilot to abo-r you the way. I cues* I must have had a hunch." The boss turned on him like a IfcSii. “Too had somethin* more than a bunch: wb«t was It—a wire?" Mr. Van Britt gritted hi* teeth a Utile, bet he told the truth. Tes: a friend of our* tipped me Oft—rot a bom the Y broken track, ot course, but Just In a general way." j.he break was repaired and die men v. jre tabic e tUu b»c*t to tbe engine. Ak ’t* turned i~ Jotlo» fbem. Mr. Norer «i said: '"Just one more question. VpuOO. Did your wire rome fre-m. the cepitat?" But at this Mr. ^an Britt seemed to forget that he was talking to his general mapager. ‘•'tia none of your d—d business whert it came from.*’ he snapped brrk; and that ended It. Notwithstanding the slow run and ti* near-disaster on Slide mountain, we bad our meeting with the Stratbrona mine owners the following morntog; -nd that much of the special train trir served Its purpose, anyway. Th* bus met tbe ra Inert a good bit more than half-way, and gave them their relief—and the Hatn.-owned smelter Its knock-out—by promising that our traffic department would make an ore tariff to the Independent smelter on tbe other side of tbe range tow enough to protect tbe producer*. It was nearly three o’clock ta the afternoon before we got away for thfe return to Portal City. We bad seen nothing of Mr. Van Britt during the day, and until we came to start out I thought maylj* be had gone back to Portal City on the regular train. But at the station' I saw the pilot engine Just ahead of us again, and though I couldn’t be quite sure. I thought I caught a glimpse of our athletic little general superintendent on the fireman’s box. The boss'was pretty quiet all the war «* the ran down the mountain to Bauxite, and. for a wonder, he didn’t .-pitch Into tbe work at the desk. I could tell pretty well what be was thinking about. For six months he had beeo working like e horse to pall th* Short Dine out rf tin. mudhole of contempt and boetIBty into which a more or leas Justly aroused public enmity had dumped it; and now. Just as he was beginning to get it op over the edge, tie bad beeo plainly notified that be waa going ro be killed if he didn’t tot go. Just ah the way se-tned to be opening out to better things for the Short Line, a rr.is-aet switch or a bullet ta lire dark would knock the entire hardbuilt reform experiment Into n cockpd

list.

There was every reason, now. to hope that the experiment waa -otog to te a success, at least, at oar end of it. If » cculd go on Jnst a Utile farther. Slowly but surely the new policy was winning «» way with tne public. Traffic was booming, and almost from the first the Interstate Commerce Inspectors had let us alone, just a* the police will let a man alone where there Is reason to believe that he has taken a brace and is trying his best to walk straight. Alao. for the drastic .'ntrastate regulations—\he law* about headlights, and safety derices. and grade crossing*. and full crews, nod the making of report* to this. that, and tbe other state offiWa:; law* which, ti enforced to the letter would have left the railroad managemeat wtth little to do but to twy the b!Us: for these something better was ta be substituted. Yfa had Governor-elect Burrell’* »ss:t-*nc* for this. He bad met the bo*« in the tabby of the Bullard the day after th* efoctioti. and I .md heard him aay: • Tou have kept yoar ; .-omis*. Norcross. For the first thne In Its history, yoar railroad lias let a stkte campaign take Its course without bullying. bribery. or '•nde-banded corruption TwiH get your reward. We are gotn fc to have new tows, and a Dei.road CmuaUtdon with authority to act both ways—.’or the people whnn if* needed, and for the carrier* when they ne. ' It. If you eac atony th:n tbe prewit laws are unjuat to your earning i-owero yen’ll get relief .. d the pec;-!.' of tbit, comaosweaM. will ctoerfoliv pay the bill*.' Fast *1: 'bis, thtugu, atxl eve: i-art the murocreo* mnrhtoaUous • tiw dtoappotoi'-d grafters, there m,.s the

pr ■ptuty as a wdr' Inf factor ta* the

wm “

Tbrt was the way Mfs. Sn#lla hau put it to tbe boaa one eventax along in the aarotocr when they were altting out on the Kendricky 1 Kirch, and ? had butted to. 4* usual, with c bnnch of tele-jfam« that didn’t matter. Site had said that the exjwrtmcnt couldn’t be a sncceiui unless the cooditlooi could be changed '0 some way; that *0 tong as tbe railroad* were owt -d or controlled by men of the Mr. Duntoo aoit -m. uied as cotmter* to tbe ->ouey-tnak tog mine, there would never be any real peace between the companies and the people at large It was at Bauxite Jocbttou that we picked up Mr. Horttark. I wa.* glad when I saw Wa come ta. I had just been thinktug that It wasn’t healthy for the boss to be grin tog there ct the window so long alone and I knew Mr. Horrmck would keep' him talking about something or other all tha rest

cf tbe way to.

For a little while they talked business. By and by tie business talk wound Itaelf up and I heard Mr. Hotnack aay: “I saw Klpley cotag in on Number six this morning and te

Jimmie i» forced to wva*dropj»er.

and the husky UUle-gtr. cousin. They’ve teen vlsittag at It* capital, so they toK me. and I expw t the major will be mighty glad to sto

them baric."

I didn’t tear what Hr. Xorcrua arid. If he said anything at aff, bu if I had beer, atone deaf 1 think 1 shook! bare heard, tbe thing th-.t Mr. Hortiack said when be went on. “I beard something tbe other day ta Portal City that seerar pretty hsrd to believe. Noravtt. It ra* ft one of Mr?. Stagferd's ‘evenlugs.' und I wa* sitttog out a dance with « certair young woman who shall le na melee*. We were ape*king ef-fb* Kendricks, and ibe gave me a rot her brtad hint that Mrs. Macrae ira't a widow at kll; that her husband is «U1 I'.viag." My heavens? I bad figured out a thousai j wayk ta which tbe boss might get wised up to tbe dreadful truth, but never anytntagme thic;-to have It dropped on Mm that way of ■

dear ary!

For a minute or two he didn't aay anything, but when be did speak. I saw that fc* truth Wasn’t going '•

take bold.

’That Is gossip, pare end simple. Hornack. Tbe Kendrick* Are my friends, and I have l>een’au Intimate

“Mrs. Macrae Isn’t a Widow At AIL"

ta their household as any outsider ild be. It’s merely Wle goasip. 1 can lure you.” ■Maybe so,” raid Mr. Hornack. sort of drawing in hts born* when he raw how positive tb* boss w*e shout It. Tm not beyond admitting that tte young woman who.told me is a little Inclined that way.. But tbe story was pretty circumstantial: it went so far atVo asam that •Macrae’ wasn’t Mrs. Sheila’s married name at all, and to ray that her long stay with-her West ere cousins v»s—-and still to—really a flight from ceuditlooa that were toe humiliating to be borne." , “I don’t cere -Whet was said, ot who suld ft" the boss cut to brasquely. “If* ridiculous to eiippoed ’ that any woman, and eepectally a woman like Sheila Macrae, worfld attempt to pas* herself off as a widow wlien she wasn’t one.'’ “I know," raid the traffic manager, temporising a little. “But on the other hand. I’ve nevei bear*' the ma Jer. or any one else, say outright that »!>p wa* a widow. It seems to be Jnst taken for granted. It stirred me op a bit on Van Britt’s account. Ton don’t go srrwher* te mix and mingle socially, but It's the «'t of the tows that Upton U in over his Load ta that quarter.”

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