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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1909)
I t ' IS; 1 - I p Lady Miiy A.cross the Water By C N. Cj A. M. WILLIAMSON comtiGirr. io. by mcllrc rmuirs a co. & 0 'erJJ lON"T know how long It was befo.e the thought nine to me that I would take Vivace and a hand ling and run away to Killv hnr nnrtriir It .. . , .' , " It had occurred to me to was before alt down. Sally said !ofire she went away that 1 was to go to her If 1 felt like It. aud Sally always means what she says. Now I fell like it ko much that It sertn- oil KiitT.lonf v tho nnlr n4YtiiiI flilncr to do. so all 1 had to decide was the best scratched his head aud said there was way and the N-st time to do It. ! luilk I'""1 if 1 wrt! As for the time. If I didn't escape 1 "'Ifbty x "i:s before Mrs. Kss ,v Potter form- v u,ilk l-aiti sounded ln!:mvnt and ed a hollow square rourd nie to pour their vollevs Into my heart In the morn all that was prophetic In I would never escape. t: l!iv S'Hil -i'lid t wntild suf- fer great co:ifi:--io:i ai:d r ai'. As for the way. it was n:.ro di:iU'iilt to make up my mind, but the first thing was to see how mil. !i money I had In my exchequer, whl h happened to be n go! I purse Sa'.Iy had given me. I hadn't pent much, and since com leir ii. ': i1.':. r ni.l S'ati hail sent nip an other fifteeu iM.uuds. which lie wrote ! was part of oi?e night's winnings at j bridge unusual for him. If it's true, j as Vic thinks t!: :t he continually loses j Altogether 1 had nearly thirty pound In band, which seemed a lot. only I ; didn't know at nil how much It would j cost f jr Vivace and me to reach Sally , In Chicago, and I couldn't tell until I j had got irrevocably away from Mrs Ess Kay and the Moorings. j By this time It was nearly 2 o'clock, and In a couple of hours It would be light I must sne.-k out of tbe housi with a dressing bag before any of the servants were stirriug. and meanwhile ! I must pack up all my belongings ex- i cept such things as Mrs. Css Kay bad ! given me-so tbnt I cciuld write and : have mv b.es sent on bv and by. ! As soon ns I had realized that there wasn't a minute to thr' w away, the worse was over, for I didn't stop to grizzle I finished getting out of my bridesmaid's dress In which I had fFT.'i 'ii i it M ,1', r i t I fctt llhe a ru.nau.uu tlcijlian danced so gayly a Utile while ago, dashed a thin frock, a dressing gown and a few other things Into 'my fitted dressing baa (which was almost too heavy to cany, but not quite), and then at uft'ed everything else, except a travelln" frock. Into the boxes that We atored "la'tt huge wardrobe built Into the wall. I made all the haste I could, but I'ul not clever at packing, so I heard some clock striking 4. when I had slipped on my thin gray canvas coat and skirt, and was putting on my hat. with cold bands that trembled so much I could hardly Btlck In the hatpins. I bad been excited enough the day heard I was to come to Mrs. Esa Kay. but I was twice an escltei ncr when I was going to leave herv I felt rather frightened. M:l! 1 couldn't help b, tilling v. U-ii I Mil l b. myself how lit tle I had thought w li.'ii 1 learned the great news about America and Mrs. Kss Kay. In what circumstances I should part from her. Kach step Vivace and 1 took in the corridors aud on the stairs seemed to imike such an Incredible noise In the quiet house that I felt like a runaway elephant eloping with a hippopotamus, but either It wasn't as bad us 1 thought or, every one was lying charmed In a magic sleep, for we got out through a window lu the dining room, down the veranda steps aud across the lawn without being stopped, as I hair eK ppcted. I. knew the way to the railway sta tion very well, for I had often been there aluce I arrived (the last time was when I saw Sally ofT), but the question was, When would there be a train T And a good deal depended on tbat question, for, though Mrs. Esa kt and Potter might not exactly have ttie power to drag me back, I wanted t far away from tueiu i could before they discovered that I bad cone. IV 11 )(& 1189 I waa borrlfled to find when wa ar- rived ihat. ns The Americans any. there was "nothing dlug." Not n aoul In sisht, aud there I was, very hot and hysterical, with Vivace and tny dress ing tug I00LI113 like nu escaped bur gtaress. I had loou so uervous while I w as packing that ld leen afraid of ev erything, eveu the soup lu the soap dish, which had two groat blinking bubbles at one end, like 11 pair of gobliu eyes that watched mo move, but I waa much worse uow. and I could have fallen on the neck of the ttiNt oilU-ial I person I saw moving nlout the station . ... . I after 1 had waited lor perhaps u juur- ter of an Imur I don't know what be was. hut when I appealed t him for news of u train for New York. Instead Of calling the polii-e to give Vlvave and me In charge us a daugeruus pair, he i'.'....; uioutr. oui " " " Bl"" "'u '"' 1,vl1" 1 K 1,1 1 eouiuii i uuy ' til el. it !'p;cai-o I. In the ordinary v. 1 i.t when the milk tralu cuuie i.i.. man introduced me to anoihor IVrhaps he was a milkman: he seemed to have authority invwav ! mi,! !'. I said as a favor Vivace and I could he ! taken, lie was a ni.-e person, and he i talked a g.vat deal after the train bad ' given se nd f.;l e starts and .,t la t ! had Rot ,,ff- I K-it uTi iiiv hi ' lis I b :,1 , on the UiHks. in n bare, curious car. which really belonged to the milk. mJ ' sometimes when we bumped should i have fallen ou the tlor If It hadn't been for him. lie told me all aboui himself, and wanted to be told a!i about me. but 1 thought, nice as In wus. It w ould be safer .not. He as'ie.l leading questions which It was hard to keep from answering unless 1 hur his feelings, but I think he souiehou got the Impression that I was going t j see a sick relative, though I never e UK-1' ''Jm . . , 1 dou,t Uwxy wha,t ' f h"." ' have ,0 New orlf lf I bad had to travel n" the ' wltb the lul!k' .for m,,k- 11 seems- obJects t0 8te,Hl- ,,ut flfter we had ios aloQ8 for a co,1Ple oi uours, we crawieu iuiu a kiuiioii ! where a real train was ready to start, i There were Just five minutes to say farewell to my friend aud buy a ticket, when, nil flushed and panting. 1 found myself and Vivace and the bag In a car different from any I had seen yet It had no nice easy chairs and plate .glass mirrors and wire nettings In the windows, like the one In which I'd traveled to Newport, but there were tw-o rows of seats, and when the train moved a cloud of coal smoke poured In through the door at the front eml Cables squalled, children whined md their faces grew black and damp w:t mingled dirt and heat while grownup people scolded, but a dear old lady ko' Into my seat before long, and Just le cau?e 1 helped her with a bnndbnx she made me a present of a huge pencil 1 was thankful to have It. for by this time I was collapsing with hunger, having been up all night without any thing to eat The peach made me think of Mr. Rrett and the little basket be had sent me on the docks. Then this thought suggested another. lie had said he would do anything for me that was In his power, and lf he were still In New York It was In bis power to help me a good deal. He could tell me how much It would cost to go to Chicago, and be could show me how to get there. I really believe that at first I ha in't had a thought of seeing him. but once It bin! got Into my head I welcomed P. begged it to sit down ami make Itself at home. I could have clapped my hands wit'. Joy when I saw the Grand Centrd sta tion aud the delightful cafe nu hot porters with their red caps. It looked as familiar mid comforting us If I'.J passed through a hundred times In stead of once, and I had the nice feel lug that now something pleasant was sure to happen, which one has when one first arrives In Paris. Vivace brightened up. too. and be took me out. rather than I him. I was In such a hurry to get away, for fear Potter might have come after me by a quick tralu and be looking somewhere, that I flew along with my bag and Vivace without waiting for a porter. I followed other people out of the sta- .i.. n,m. ti.o iiittoit on or nnuinic a rab'nnd driving to the club where Mr. ! r. ... ....... ...,.i..i ...i- imt tlidiiL'li there were dozens of hansoms drawn pp by k M,t u.,. i.fi.1 the alof being IUC miviin. -- . nrlvate ones. It did seem queer that so manv neoDle should have private han soms waiting for them at this particu lar hour (it was half paBt 12i. but tM drlTers, with their tall shiny eats, smart coats and bright, clever races, the glitter of the harueBS, the- uewness of the cub linings and appointments all forbade any other thought I wan dered wistfully along the Hue, wonder ing lf there were no public conveyances Of any kind at the Grand Ceutral be sides the trams, which were as appall ing as a procession of African Hons. When I came to the end 1 caught the eye of a well groomed young man In a pale gray topcoat, looking down from bis high seat at the back of a dark green hansom wjta great round uort- 1 i VnoeWed In the Wf, and r. j struck me that there was f.lty ktiKlll ii? 111 Ills glance. I snatched at the ray u lf It bad Imhmc that evcrlastiiitf traw which always swme to be Nibbing about when nu tuillior la drowning one of bis characters. "I'. you think therr i.i anybody v. ho could drive i.ieV" I Inquired meekly. "You bet. miss." saUl he. "I'm ei g-igivl myself or I'd be only too pleased, but you Just speak to' that oilier ten tlemiiu theiv." with an eiuturagl::'j Jerk of bis Kleck head toward the tuM vehicle. "He'll take you anywhere yno want to go " "Are you s ue It Isn't a prhate hai soni?" I breathed up to bl:u lira h . coa'.U'.eiitlal voice, for the cat) lie- ladl r.itel .was even tl;:er th.'.n bis. and Stan doesn't lo iU i:.s sinurt on his couch' o:i a coaclihsg -:imde day lu tl:e pari' a ! IiJ tlx g.'.iileman I was rHoii:uieinitl . to address I "Sure pop." said my friend. gr.uul;r. 1 hut cot In a way to hurt my feeling s. j to I iliauked him. an, I we both houcd ' very p i.i.cly. and the new num. i 'i t ha I b-.i ill nf:er nil. sail that none of. the hansoms were pi lxale. Anybo !y : mig'it have them who cnuld .. I at : I "iv la't be afri'ld: he woulilti't ''":",- me t . mm n. When he ; -ke.l where I wanted to afu'r ":i 1 hadn't the c.e.i;-::ge to mention tlje club. 'I he only other p a. e I coll. a HUMS Ol Was Hie l.altlorl S toria. where Potter bad said iiuv stian Zl'r v U" ' Ued could walk ! the man to :i and sit drive me down. told n" f,,".v cnare,. me i .( cents, which he hl.Ked was a very special price. "We don't want you English young ladles to think bad of us." he explained, and I assured him there was no danger of that. If I could Judge by myself. They wouldn't let me go Into the Turkish room-which I rctncmliered Said there tc i milk irain due pre-. ently V I teas miyU; iinxlnim very well with Vivace, so I had to give bltu up to be fed and taken care of, and I was obliged to part with my bag too. Then I wrote a note to. Mr. Brett. Just a few lines, saying that I was alone in New York. In a 111 tie diill- t culty und. reii.cmberlug his kind offer. UP,,. I l.. i.ub If ll,, UOIllll IVWII4. tl,.' I veuturi' the Turkish room at the Walt'wf-Asto-rla to help me with advice. A messeug.-r took the letter-such ui aggressively brisk child I was sure I;, wouldn't waste a second ou.tlie way uud as soon ns he had gou-j I w as Is.'we wlih fears let Mr. Urett. should luVf left New Yon; or lest. I ft still lu t'ivi. he might be i.iirprised ur shock-id. ul my taking l iui at Ids word i was past being lumgry now. but my bead ached audi I f'-'t dull aud. stupid. There 'was hardly any one Ijji the Turkish room, for all 'ili worUl! of the Waldorf-Astoria wn Iflnenivif I sat wnt' hing ilu- door, w melting toe door until I seemed to live bee lu that place doing that ojmj. thin tnl nothing el ;e for years. My eyelids would keep dropping ad my thMight slipping away ns If t.btfy flowed past rue on a slow strenru, 1 caught theiu um " forgot a-ud let thei-j go. The next thing 1 knew I was mbdng my head with a Jerk and ,uli my tyes to look stwlght tuto those of Mr. Urett. It waa he, there waa no doubt of that, and yet he was different - In my dreamy state 1 couldn't think haw for an tustant, but as 1 came to my self I saw It was all a question of dress. lie bad perhaps been making money In Journalism, for be was no loDger good looking In spite of his clothes. lie bad the most excellent gray flannels or something of the sort, Just the right kind of collar (I know It must be right, for Stan always wears It) and a - waistcoat Potter himself might bare envied. I didn't exactly think of these things then, but I must hare unconsciously taken them all la In a flash, for I knew tbem afterward By the time the flash bad passed we were shaking bands, and be was say ing in. Ws pice voice how awfully iTX 3iif ft art a tn Timrm nt nil wnltlflf II hud been lit the rlub. but nwlt a to ftupld mistake there bad been eosae elay ta his getting my letter. 1 waa ereu more UniHl to are hlrn than I bad thought I wm (tolng to lie. I felt n If I I) ml known It lit nil my lift', ami be looked so strong anil tmtnl otue ami dependable that I couldn't bettr to take my eye off lila fiiee lest I should wake up ami tlnd III in roiio beeause I'd been dreiti:ilng ti'.tii. "I'll t..Il trill nil bIhiiiI f ViTvllllnit If you II ail uowu, i mini, uui uinirnj (II -I - , , t.... I .... A ' of doing Rf I asked he Matured mm OpcnOiy m; cir to took itraloht tntfl' of Mr llrclt. a queer, worried expression on tits frtew-j whether I had had lunch. "No; nor breakfast either," I replied quite gayly. but with a watery sin lie. "(Join! heavens," said he, going as j red as If I Inn! accused him of snatch lug It from my llpn. "Then you must have both together before you begin to jll me uuythleg." "We might go out and have a mind wlcb somewhere-."" I suggested. "There's nothing the mutter with the Waldorf ritiul wli-bes." "Except that they're ex'iisve," said 1. "You must remember you and I urcu't millionaire." have been doing pretty well late- .,,,, ,,. f;u, ,,, rllI ,.. self rich. PhuMf have some lunch. I ! can afford It, and If you refuse I'll kuow It's be'nusr I guessed what lie might be going to say. so I stopped him ) "Nonsense!" I tclnlmcd. "Hut I've run away from Mrs. Stuyvesant Knox. und I don't want to be found. If she i or her brother should have come to ' New York or If anybody else" ! "I've thought f that." said be quick j ly, "but we've uo time to waste. You're starving: If you wouldn't mind I my getting you a private dining room i and sending you In some lunch" 1 "Hut I wanf you. to be with me." I j Insisted. i He evidently hesitated, but only for a minute I don't think he's the sort i ; of tnnn to bfwltat long about any- thing. j "Very well. Hint's what I'd like best, j of course. If. you. don't mind." he said I "I'll go ami 9oe to everything, aud be ! bnck before you can count sixty, lf you do It slowly." I didn't do It at alt. bnt thought bown thankful 1 was that be bad come ti me, for I was aur erery thing would; go right now. In. two or threw minutes be caute back to take me Into a charming little dining room, where there was no dan ger that Mrs. Ess. Say or Potter ctahl pounce upon ns, as it was for Mr. Drett and. me alone. I shuddervi to think what It must to costing. bti hb clothes, were so. exceedingly god 1 hoped he hadnlh exaggerated alxjuc the luck that had. ooine to biio. Naturally ooulilat tell the cart of Oiy story wJilcbi euacerncd.i Twitter Parker, but 1 salil thnt Mrs. E9 Kay wanted me-txi. do things which: l! Udu't think It right to d und 1 coiUdnlt stay In her hoitfia eve at day longer: shonjil: Ilka- t go bom I went oa, "but 1 can't jt-l. and the-only other tiling Is to Join Miss Wood burm In Chi- ng"' , , "OU I J'll. Yoiit rondier Mlsa, Wootlburn, lie saiu n reiueinijemu' ocr vtrjr well, had rami to the uow,speper8 that.i she Uid left Skwyort to 1'blcago ami thought it waa n wise iWuOt of mine t. Join. her. "fill Jil you think, that," said, I. "fr I waot to Mart tydiy. and I brpe jeu'll teU me how to go. how tuo,'h nouey Vt will be, sow liutig It taka to yet there and nil bigut lit" lie didn't ansxurt for a uduut. hut sat looking tery. grave, staring at hi bruwn hand co, the white taWeclott as if he'd ncvur seem It before. Then b said: "Curiously enough, I am going west this nftern'jou. too Would ya objace. to mv beaux in the same tralu? I. wouldn't suggest such a utilng, only. you see,, as you're a stronger In he country I; might be able t. help yojj. a little." "How splendid!" 1 exclaimed. "It beeivs almost too good to be true.. You enn't fancy what a rclpf it la. to my nJnd." He tooled pleased at that and said 1 was v(ry kind, though 1 should have thought It was the. other way round. 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