| Show I IThe The F Ferry rry of 0 o o By G. G Henry I I lI y 7 D Doubled Tart t Co Co- b bj Dt ro rot t with It the Wh l. l Inc At Al the street corn corner r as ns as REI granito granite gran STan ito ite In la the lush rush hour tide of humanity human humm- ity fly stood the Ian from Nome The Tho Arclie Arctic Arctic Arc Arc- tic lie lUnda winde an and sun had h him 1 berry crr brown Blat Hiu e eYe e still held th the azure glint stint of oC the tho glaciers He lie watt was as alert n an It a fox ox us its tough uS liS a n a caribou cutlet and a at bro brood broad l gauged II as US the aurora boi calls lie stood sprayed cil cilby I by a Niagara of or sound the thc tho crash of oC the elevated trains clanging cars eRrS i of or tires and aid the tho antiphony of at I tho cal cab arid dt hers Indulging in In scarifying 1 And Md ro so with his gold golI golddust dust In III to the air of or i t f hundred and with the cakes and ana ale of or on one w fk In Gotham turning i bitter his tongue the Man an from rom Nomo ome sighed to set let foot again in Chilkoot the tho I exit from the Jan land 1 of street noises anti ami Dead sea en pies 1 Up Sixth aV avenue nue with the tripping Scurrying ing chattering bright ht ee eyed 1 homing horn hom lag ing tide came the froni Ma Sieber 1 sons sona The Man from Nome looked hooked and In 1 saw first that she sho wa was supremely beautiful beautiful beau beau- after hIs own o conception of beauty and asiC 1 next that she moved with exactly exact exact- I ly the stead steady grace of oC A t dO dog sled shed on ona ona ona a level crust of oC snow now Ills His third thit-fl sensation sen I atton v as an fl Instantaneous conviction that hc he desired red her greatly for or his own 1 Thus Thull III do men from Nome Some makeup make mako makeUp I up their minds Besides ho was going goins goIn go go- In ins ing back to 10 the orth in a short time lime and to act quickly was no less sar sary A thousand girls from the great grent dc- dc store of or Sieber Mason Sieber-Mason Mason flowed along the tho sidewalk making navigation atlon dangerous to men whose feminine field of oC vision ilon for three ears cars ha has been chiefly limited to Eh and squaws squaw Dut Bui the Man from Nome ome loyal to her herI who had resurrected hI his long tong cached I heart henrt plunged Into th the stream of pul- pul o followed 1 her Ier j Down Dowis Twenty third street she glided 11 I swift swiftly looking to neither r sl side no more marc flirtatious than the bronzo bronze Diana above I the CU Garden ClI tier lier fine brown hair Vl vms v nOR neatly 0 braided her neat waist walt and un- un I black skirt were eloquent of or orthe the double virtues virtues taste taste and economy Ten ards behind followed le 1 the smitten smitten ten Man from Nome Miss Claribel Charbel Colby the thc Girl from Crom Sic Sic- Masons ber-Masons r boll belonged o 1 t to that t sad sall company com coin pany of known ns nIJ Jersey commuters com corn she walked 1 Into the waiting j I room of or the he ferry forry anti and up Ul the stairs and b by n t marvelously swift little run caught c i I tho the ferry fero boat that t was just going out The Tho Man from froni Nome omo closed up his ten 1 yards in three jumps and gained the deck elo close e besl beside her I Miss 1 Collo- Collo chose a rather lonely seat ecal seaton on the outside of or the upper cabin Tho The night wa was not cold and sio des desired c to tobe Ibe be away wa from the curious e eyes es and tc- tc i tilous voices of or the paS passengers ger cJ DelI Besides 1 she sho was war extremely remel weary Ad md drooping I tom lock lack of or sleep On the previous night she sho had graced the annual ball balt and oyster ter Cr fry of or the West Sido Side Wholesale le Fish Dealers Dealers' Assistants Assistants' Social club dub No r 2 2 1 thus seducing inducing her usual time of or sl sleep p to only three hours I And the da day hail had been Leen uncommonly troublous Customers had been Inor l. l natel trying th the bu buyer cr in her department department depart depart- ment ha had 1 scolded her roundly for lot lot- hag her stock run tun down her best t friend Marnic Marnie had snubbed her he- by goIng go- go 0 In Ing to lunch with that Dockery Docker girl rh The Girl from tram Masons Mason's eber- eber fason's was In that relaxed 1 softened mood that often otten comes to the independent feminine wage I earner It is jg a mood most oost propitious bythe tor by the tho man n who would woo her hN Then she SIlO has Ims yearnings to be le set in some ome home homeI I and nd heart rt to be bo comforted 1 and to hide behind 1 some str strong ong arm all and 1 rest rest But Hut Miss MIl Claribel l Colby was also alo very sleepy There C came to her side sille a ii strong man browned an and 1 dressed carelessly in the best of or with ith his hat in hand l ady said the tue Man Ian from Nome Nonie re respectfully rc- rc b excuse me mo for speaking to you ou but I I-I I 41 1 1 saw aw aw you OU on the street and and and-and- and Oh Oli gee gee remarked 1 the Girl from Masons Mason's glancing up with the most capable e coolness Aint there any anyway anyway anyway way to lo ever ver g get st t rill rid of or you OU mashers hers Ive I've tried everything from eating onions ns to using lIe Jie on your our way l Fred red die Tin Im not one of or that kind lady saul said the Man san Jn from Nome Honest Im I'm not As I 1 say Imy I saw aw you ou on oti tho the street and 1 wanted to know you OU so ba bad I couldn't cO help after acter you Ou I was afraid I wouldn't c ever er See sec you OU again In Inthis Inthis this tIlls big town I 1 spoke and that's wh chy I done Cone ito to o. o Miss Colby looked hooked once shrewdly at him In the tho dim light on n the ferry boat hoat No Io he lie slId did not have havo the perfidious smirk or the brazen swagger ger of the lady killer kilter Sincerity an and 1 modesty modest shone through h his boreal tan t. It H seemed seamed to her that it might be bo good to hear a little lIUla of what he had hall to say 91 You mn may sit down she sho said laying haying her han hand 1 over a n yawn awn with ostentatious ostentatious politeness And mind mind mind-don't don't dont get fresh resh or Ill I'll call the steward tite The Man from Crom Nome tat sat by her side Ho He admired her greatly He lie more than admired admire 1 her She Site hl had 1 exactly tho the looks he ho had tried so long in vain aln to find in a woman Could she ever over como come to like hike him Well ell that was to be he seen Ho lie must do nfl all In his power to stake stalo his claim anyhow My l 1 names name's Blayden Bladen sal said 1 he he Henry Blayden m Are Ate you OU real roal sure it aint Jones ones asked 1 the girl Irl leaning henning toward him with delicious ln knowing ratHer raillery Im down dorn from Nome Nomo omo ho lie went on with anxious seriousness I scraped 1 to together together to- to I gether a pretty Irett Goo good 1 lot lol of or dust up there therean an and brought It Il down don with nith me inc Oh sa say sho she rippled pursuing per persiflage persi perI- lI l- l flage flag with engaging lightness then hen you I must be on the White While Wings force I II thought Id I'd s seen n you ou somewhere om I You didn't see eo me on the street to today to- to I tIny day when I sa saw saV V you ou fellows lie tho street I 1 never ne look at on Well I looked at t you ou ou and I never looked hooked at nt anything before that I thought tho was as half halt is ns 8 Shall I keep tho change Yes I reckon so o. o I 1 reckon you OU could keep anything Ive I've got I reckon Im I'm what you ou ou would call Il a rough man mem but I could he be awful good to anybody 1 liked 1 Ive I've ha had 1 a rough roush time of or it up yonder but butI I beat the game Near Nearly Oo WOO ounces o of dust was what I cleaned up while while- I 1 w was v there Goodness exclaimed Miss Mis Colby obligingly sympathetic It must be bo an awful dirty place wherever cr it Is And then her eyes ces clos closed cJ Tho The voice oC or tho the Man lan Ian from Nomo Nome had a monton in its Cr very earnestness Besides what dull talk was as this of brooms and sweeping sweep Cp- Cp InS big and dust Sho leaned her head back against the thc wall MIss said saM the tho Man from Nome with deeper earnestness an and 1 I 1 never saw aw an anybody ody I liked hiked as well as I 1 Ido Ido do you OU I know you ou cant can't think that I WI way of or me mc right yoI ot but cant can't you ou give me a chance Won Yon t you ou let me mc know you jou OU and see tec if I c cant can't nt make you OU like In ne C Tho The head bead of ot the Girl from Ma Sieber-Ma- rl sons son's slid lId over gently I and rested upon un his shoulder Sweet S sleep had won her herand herand herand and she ho was vas dreaming rapturously of the Wholesale Fish Dealers' Dealers Assistants Assistants' ball ball- The gentleman from Nome kept his arms arnu to himself Ho lie did not suspect sleep and yet et he was too wise I to 0 At Attribute iet- iet t- t tribute the movement to surrender Ho Hoa a was greatly and blissfully thrilled but buthe buthe he ho ended b by regarding the head upon his shoulder a as an encouraging preliminary nar nary mere merely advanced as a harbinger of h his s success and not to taken advantage advantage tage of or One small speck of alloy discounted the I I gold of his satisfaction Hid Hw he ho spoken I too treel freely of or his wealth He Ho wanted i to be bo Hk liked d for himself I l want to sa say sas Miss lIsl h he said that ou can count on me They know mein mt me in the Klondike from Juneau to Circle I City and do down n tho the whole length of or tho the Yukon Many a night Ive I've laid In the I snow up there ther where I worked 1 like hilco a slavo for or three years ears and wondered In If InId r rId Id I'd over 1 have have- anybody to like mo me I didn't want all that th dust just myself I thought Id I'd meet just the right ono one sometime some sometime time anti and I don done It toda today Motleys Moneys a at mighty might good thing to 10 have but to have havethe havethe havethe the love Jove of tho the ono one you Ou like is better still If Ie you ou was vai ever cr to marry a n. man miss which would you ou rather hed he'd bayer Cash The Thc word came sharply and loudly front from Mists Colby's Colby 1115 giving evidence that In her dreams she he w waa now no behind h her herI r I I counter in tho the great department store tore o of j I Sieber- Sieber Mason Sieber lason J Lie bobbed d over O side side- I ways She awoke sat straight and 1 rubbed I her eyes The Man from Nome was gone one Gee Cee I 1 believe e Ive I've been asleep said aid Miss Colb Colby Wonder Vander what became of the tC White Wings Wings' |
