Hearts and Hands
At Dehere an influx of pasngers into the coaches on the eastbound B.& M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dresd i taste and surrounded by all the luxurious forts of an experieraveler. Among the newers were two young men, one of handsome preh a bold, frank tenand mahe other a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dresd. The two were handcuffed together.
As they pasd down the aisle of the coach the only vat at offered was a reverd one fag the attractive young womahe linked couple ated themlves. The young woman’s glance fell upon them with a distant, swift disi; then with a lovely smile brightening her tenand a tender pink tingeing her rounded cheeks, she held out a little gray-gloved hand. When she spoke, her voice, full, sweet, and deliberate, proclaimed that its owner was aced to speak and be heard.
“Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppo I must. Don’t you ever reize old friends when you meet them in the West?”
Hearts and Hands
At Dehere an influx of pasngers into the coaches on the eastbound B.& M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dresd i taste and surrounded by all the luxurious forts of an experieraveler. Among the newers were two young men, one of handsome preh a bold, frank tenand mahe other a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dresd. The two were handcuffed together.
As they pasd down the aisle of the coach the only vat at offered was a reverd one fag the attractive young womahe linked couple ated themlves. The young woman’s glance fell upon them with a distant, swift disi; then with a lovely smile brightening her tenand a tender pink tingeing her rounded cheeks, she held out a little gray-gloved hand. When she spoke, her voice, full, sweet, and deliberate, proclaimed that its owner was aced to speak and be heard.
“Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppo I must. Don’t you ever reize old friends when you meet them in the West?”
The young man roud himlf sharply at the sound of her voice, emed tle with a slight embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.
“It’s Miss Fairchild,” he said, with a smile. “I’ll ask you to excu the other hand; it’s otherwi engaged just at prent.”