Show THE in BRAIN OKI IN L I 1 kralle TO PARADISE by JAMES BRAYNE i the porter sullied pityingly at lam berts ignorance dinin ky kyar f ir ll 11 echoed why boss boas taint been a 0 year since dey put on oil dis byer parlor kyar on de file dey put a dinin kyar on lambert looked at the car occupied only by himself and miss fulton and agreed A diner would have been a useless luxury it wa waa s only a mile branch and they wore wera supposed to do it in live hours the conductor was on the steps puffing at a cigar and lambert sal down dovin beside him how flow far aro are we to the next station he demanded were in a station now explained explain a the conductor its on the other side of the train do you suppose I 1 could get some thing to eat over there he asked ailed its a store was tho the non commit tri answer 1 I remember we put on a box of crackers last aweeky lambert dropped to the dusty road bed and strode across the strip of 0 sand the store was closed and dark but the light from tho the lc kitchen itchon in the rear and the pro proctor consented to accommodate thi stranger the stock was small and uninviting hog flog and hominy the staple stable foods were produced locally A barrel ol oi flour a small cheese and a limited stock of canned goods constituted the grocery department but search dis covered a can of vienna sausages some canned peaches hes some sods crackers and cawse and the store keepers wife promised a pot of cof fee lambert sat fiat on tho the steps an smoked while he waited for the cof fee and pondered the situation all AD winter ho be had sought an intro to the girl who was las on fellow passenger in the parlor car H knew that her name was jessie fill ton and that she lived down south be yond that his information did not go A dozen times he had bad run across her in the city but the opportunity for ar introduction never came He Iler rethey elthey were joint occupants ol of tho the parlor car and blocked by n V wreck that promised to hold them to foi hours it not all night the freight had gone up in th the forenoon and had bad brekan a rickety bri bridee dire A temporary bridge must bo be built be fore they could go ahead tho the porter came arioso the roae roa and nl led as ho he saw lambert ahn loolen for some sandwiches for mi int lady lie he announced silo she dow done offer me inc a dollah doll alf 11 ill give you tho the dollar lie ho prom ased you go back and rig up tip a ill be right there the varl looked expectantly as lam bert belt entered beating aloft ills alun der with your permission he said with a how bow we will have sup per such as it Is tho the porter promised to get mt im something she protested 1 I have cornered the food supply of 0 the town he explained 1 I if my corn com pany Is 19 11 not at all she ohio hastened to pro test it will b be more pleasant wax wa r ot lamberd laid out the food together with the knives and forks fork 11 he had bor and opened his var linis cans hunger gave them appetites even foi the he coarse faro fare and the girl was soon chatting merrily your face seems familiar 1 slit I said tho the faint color mounting to hoi checks clie 1 I worked in the building bull ding where you to 10 can call on your lawyer he explained readily 1 I have seen you in the elevator more than once it seems almost liko like knowing you to meet down hero here in georgia she said smilingly lambert beamed to think that after seeking her all winter he be should find her down here and under circumstances that made for success seemed too good to be true he sent the porter back with the dishes and settled down to entertain the girl it was almost midnight be fore they realized how time had been flying and he arranged with the por ter for a makeshift bed for miss ful ton in the drawing room while he occupied the smoking room they were just drawing into the terminal station when they met in the morning it seems that we are out of trouble at last he be said in greeting the tra track ek was cleared about five 1 I am rather sorry for it she confessed it has spoiled our picnic lamberts face glowed 1 I am glad you enjoyed it he said earnestly perhaps we may arrange another picnic here before J go back north I 1 have a title to look up it ay take a week I 1 rather think it will 1 I shall not wait for the picnic she ehe insisted 1 I am going to have you at our house to breakfast it if you win will come if I 1 will come he repeated wl with th il a happy laugh why miss fulton nothing could hold bold me back do you know that all last winter I 1 tried to meet you now that I 1 do know you im not going to be driven away did you notice me too she asked quickly may alay heaven heaten bless this tumbledown tumble down branch line he said irrelevantly H runs from misery to paradise biti without change bange of cars jessie fulton nodded as though she gread with him and they went otic ov on ibo platform to greet her mother |