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Show fHEN CUPID PERCHED. BY" RUBY DOUGLAS. Iight, JKH, by Ruby Douglas.) ur left you sco tho homo of tho nollua Vandorbllt," bawled tho juffh his mogaphono, oa tho big oach rolled up Fifth avenuo. i awkward squad obeying "left ho occupants of tho Bight-seeing lied In tho direction of tho great slon. Suppressed expressions of clearly depleted on their faces. ia Wlnterton, pcrchod on tho is back seat, smothered a laugh red that tho man would not re-story re-story of tho late owner's llfo. iff man, clearly impressed by 'a prettlnesH and tho natty In which sho carried hor bluo t, swore Boftly to himself at tho co of a few flakos of snow on He was afraid tlioy would mul-drlvo mul-drlvo the very attractlvo yopng ;low with her follow women paa-you, paa-you, behold Central park," the led, Impressed with his own lm-ln lm-ln Imparting such a startling Information. n. nrmilil vpr havn niewsfd It." SS acntcd Gsorgina mentally, tylnc her A anoro closely nb.out her face. The 3 jwas turning chilly. 1 j.by one tho women sought tho in- I -eccssea of the coach, until Georglnn J tho only girl on top. Socretly tho u Ji beside her ndmlred hor pluck In M ng tho now fast falling snowflakes. t ancled she must be from the West, J" o a snowstorm Is a common occur- S f, deserving no notice, fc ie Zoo." called tho man with tho t phono, pointing to tho section of the inhabited by animals, birds and K pcncrgctlc Httlo flurry of wind nnd blew tho ends of GeorBlna'3 veil the voung man's faco, f, I beg your pardon," apologized gina. with a dazzling smllo. "My wants to Interfere with your slght- g, " oa't apologize, but won t you ox-Ko ox-Ko seats with me? It Is not so windy I ;on tho Inside.'" ho said, rising and J prlng a steadying hand. 'fl funk voii." Georglna replied, mnk- ie change with a frank smllo of ro- oiijjh the megaphone tho man was sting wonderful bits of Information 'Hhe park Ho told them evory-Xihey evory-Xihey nnd known for years, things ftind learned In their geographies at il and things that hnd been told liby evoryono who had. over visited PSlty. When thoy came to anything h Interesting tho man was Bllent, S up his breath for tho noxt world-vned world-vned object for Inspection. i ! Miss Gcorjrlna was wondorlng If the young man was properly Impressed by tho sights. Tho young man woa speculating specu-lating aw to whothor she was highly on-tcrtalned on-tcrtalned by tho valuable Information bawled from tho horn. Finally a negative nega-tive nnswer, to hla soliloquy camo to him Intuitively. "You know this park Is right In tho center of the Island," ho said. "Yes," Georglna was politely Interested. Inter-ested. "It seoms truly wonderful to think of all this greenness It's green in summer, you know." laughed tho man, noting hlH own brilliant Htntemont, "in tho heart of so great a city as New York." Georgina feigned enlightenment. "Oh, do you llvo hero?" sho asked, appeasing1 ap-peasing1 her conscience with tho belief that sight-seeing gave certain privileges among follow tourists. It was for their mutual education that thoy wor6 conversing. con-versing. "No Pittsburg but I've been hero often before. My sister1 went to school back tboro on Fifth avenuo at Mrs. Flnlsh-om's." Flnlsh-om's." "Oh. nol So did II What" Gcortrina hesitated. Sho had been about to ask him tho namo of his slslor and that-well, that-well, that was eaulvnJont to asking for his own namo Even a mutual sightseeing sight-seeing oxpedltlon would not excuse that. She man observed her hesitation and construed hor meaning. Perhaps aha did not want to know hla name. "You might have known Bess," ho said tactfully Without directly asking hor. he hud thrown out a lead which she could fellow If she chose. "Be3s Burrusa?" asked Georgina, unable un-able to suppress hor delight at having found the brother of tho girl whose ad-dross ad-dross ahe had beon wanting for days. "Tho eamo," replied tho man. "Oh, I know a man who Is dreadfully In love with hor and sho would not promise prom-ise to wrlto to him, bollevlng he waa a oh, a man who aald prottlly pollto things to every girl, and that he did not mean them at all " "Ah ha' I bolleve my alstor had aomo lovo-maklng sprinkled In with hor educational educa-tional rotouchlng." laughed the man Now, how waa ho going to find out her name? Perhapa hla sister hnd spoken of her but no, suroly ho would havo felt n thrill had alio dono so? Surely ho would havo felt tho proximity of his fato How ho lovod snowHtorms and Plght-soo-Ing parties! How Jolly grateful ho was for three hours to kill boforo taking his train for Pittsburg. Ho had happened along by tho Flatlron building Just In tlmo for tho slght-aeelng coach to suggest sug-gest Itself as a tlme-klllor Thoy had forgotton all about tho man with tho mogaphono. "You you are visiting horo?" asked tho man. "Oh, I live In the olty!" Georgina wntched tho interrogation mark plant Itself It-self In tho man's oyca. Why waa sho cn a sight-seeing coach if ahe Jived horo? But sho sajd not a word. "I Just enmo out for a lark," said, tho girl. "I havo often wondered what It was like when I've watched these cars roll along, flllod with open-mouthed atmngors." "Was I opon-mouthed?" asked the man. "N-no." "I'm Just killing tlmo till train tlmo," ho wild. "And you'll romombcr me to your sla-tor sla-tor when you get there," Goorglna sug-geatcd. sug-geatcd. with mlschlof in her eyes. "Just remind her of tho girl whom I met on the touring coach?" ho laughed. "Sho'll know definitely who you are," ho added, with cood-humorcd sarcnam. "Mornlngsldo park," cried tho man. "Columbia college." , "Isn't ho a wonder?" asked Georgina, seizing tho opportunity to bog his question. ques-tion. "Perhaps ho Isn't lonely In his wondor-fulness." wondor-fulness." said the man briefly. Goorglna looked at him. "No? Well. Well, I'm Georgina Clnlro Wlntorton Goorglo for short. Let me lmprcas upon you the fact that nt Mro. Flnlshem'a school wo did not learn to talk to atrange men on Blght-scclng coaches In snowstorm, but" But what?" "Well, you aeo my voll blow In your fnco and I had to npologl7o and then nolther of us was a bit lntcrestod In tho returns from tho mccaphono and well, wo drifted Into tho acquaintance. Didn't wo?" "We did." said tho man emphatically. "And so soon ua 1 got home. Bcsa will wrlto to you and I fancy you'd llko hor awfully If you know her better." "Oh1 Georgina elevated her finely marked brows. ' "Grant's Tomb," yelled tho man. "Anyone "Any-one who wishes to may got out and Inspect In-spect It. Gen. Grant's body Ilea In tho tomb and that of hla wife." But Georgina and Besa Burruss s brothor weie drifting. "And T shall certainly tell her that tho young man" "My coualn, Jack Clayton." "That Mr. Clayton novo?- aaya pretty things unless ho means them." "Thanks that's very good of you. And now ns our houso Is Just below -here, would ask that man to drop mo " "Oh, I say wo'vo got Wall street and tho Battery yet." "I wasn't after Bights Just a now sensationand sen-sationand I'vo had It." Tho man from Plttsburz tried to. look Into hor oyes. Sho was gathering her aklrts In her hand. The big slght-acelng conch was stopping beforo a granlto mansion. "And when I como to Now York ngaln, nay I" "I really think you ought to look Jack over Just In a brotherly way. Ho liven Tlth uo. Good-byo." |