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Show (I'opyrlRhl IMt. tr Dally Btorjr l'uli Co ) Mil Gilchrist had Warded an delated de-lated train on her ) to th liop-, pine district. It as crowded with men and women golnr; to business, hut tho was (ortunato enough to rsct a corner icat, next to those running cronwlie. It was not ct nine o'clock, hut Mils Ollchrltt nan anxious to get to tho shops enrly and hato her purchase ent homo before, night Thcro wero tovcrnl things, an ocnlnR waist or two, a fashlonablo wrap and n stylish hat, that sho mutt hao heforo tho could let herself ho teen by anybody "Aiijtioil) ' meant lloraco Whiting, tho dashing New Yorker whom she had met I lie summer bctoro at her homo In rinctlllc Ills ndrcnl had mado her extremely critical of the men tho had known all her life, ptr-tlcutarly ptr-tlcutarly ot Oliver lOlghlon, the greatest catch In l'lncvlllc. At any tlmo previous tho Joyfully would time taken Oliver for belter or worse, had she been able to bring him to Iho point of asking her to, but now tho began to keep, him at bay with a discreet dis-creet mlituro of coyness and coquetry that bewildered him, and naturally hit ardor grew at tho becamo Indifferent. Whiting was certainly no better looking look-ing than her Tlnovlllo admirer, and not half at well bred, but his air ot knowing It all, his clothes and tho way ho noro them qulto daisied her Hho began to hno brilliant visions of life In New York thnt mado I'lnevlllo teem unendurably dull and tamo Sho couldn't tay that Whiting had mado lovo In her, hut ho had taken her driving, tingled her out ou ovory occntlon, paid her many florid compliments, compli-ments, and made her promlso again and again that sho would let him know tha mlnuto sho camo to New York, So sho could easily plcturo his delight at learning that sho was here, and that ho would limo an opportunity opportun-ity to entertain her as ho had to often aiturcd her lie longed to do Whether anything serious would follow tho, of coune, could not tell, but tho had no Intention of binding herself to any ono olio until tho had glvon Whiting a chanco to meet her again Meanwhile Mean-while tho had obtained n refusal on Lelghlon, to whom tho had promised an answer within n couplo of weeks Tho Intervening tlmo tho would spend In New York, nnd thus III herself to como to a proper decision Miss Gilchrist's pleating meditations on new frocks and hots nnd tho then-ten then-ten and upcrat to which tho would wear them, wero rudely broken In upon by some onc'a trampling on her toes, Two men were pushing roughly by aovcrnl women In their cagorncis to get possession of tho crost teat neit her, which was Just being vacated Indignant at their Indecent manner, she cast a look of contempt at their hacks as they settled themselves comfortably. com-fortably. "Well, this Is luck!" said ono. "Pvo been out every night this weok, snd dead tired." Tho voice mat' Miss Gilchrist start and shrink tar. Into her corner In dismay, l'or an Instant tho waa conscious con-scious ot nothing but tho danger of Fortunate enough to gtt a corner teat her being discovered II her out of data attlro by the man who bad spoken, tho very one on whoso approval hung so many ot her plans Her heart beat bard and fast, but as the remembered tho thick iclt the woro her mind grow catlcr, and the began to ttudy furtively tho profllo that was so familiar, famil-iar, and yet to different from her recollection rec-ollection of It. Some way Whiting did not look at all as he bad In Pine- vllle. Ho had pushed hit hat back on his head, which gavo him a boorish boor-ish air, nnd as for hit clothes, they wero not conspicuous hero; Indeed, thcro wero half a doten men In Iho car who surpassed him on tbta ground "How's business? ' asked tho companion com-panion of tho man she was serial n.t-ing. n.t-ing. "Slowl" growled the latter "I'm dead sick of It! Makes me feel llko crawling Into n holo and staying lhen Hut no matter what happens, people seem to think )ou'o got monc to burn flirts aro tho worst. Pay them tho slightest attention and thoy think you aro bound to keep It up The ro's never n letup with them That reminds me," feeling In his pockets, pock-ets, "of a letter I hnd thti morning from a girl Just In from tho country. Met her last summer. Not n bad III-tlo III-tlo thing at all, tho best there wat In " V , ( "Not a bait little thing, st all." tho place Not a had nolo, either. Is It " handing It to his friend. "Not at all," replied tho latter, glancing over It and banding It back. 'Quito clover. In fact." "Just to. Meant, of courto, that abo wanta mo to tako her to tho theater thea-ter and to on. So 1 would If things wero a II t tlo catlcr, but I ain't In ahapo to do It now. When you come to flguro It out. It don't pay, Thero'a flvo dollars for seats, flowers five, car-rlago car-rlago flvo, tuppcr ten twenty flvo In all, Tako tho girl homo, press her hand at tho door, bid her good night Taln't worth It) I'll Just wait a few daya 'til she's gonu back, then wrlto her a ntco letter, telling hor I'vo been out ot town, awfully sorry to miss her, and all that kind of thing. It's too bad, but a follow must draw Ihe line somewhere." some-where." Tho speaker wound up with a great yawn, and throw hit bead back with such a Jerk that hit hat tumbled Into the lap of tho girl behind htm. "I beg your pardon, madam!" he cried, waving bis arm wildly behind him In an attempt to regain hit fedora. "Why, tho't carrying It along with her. Confound It, tho't trod all over It. What'a tho matter with tho woman, wom-an, anyway?" Tho other passengers grlnnod, but tha object of hit remarks was already out of tho car. They were still a long way from tho shopping district, but Mist Gilchrist hnd lost all Intorcst In her purchases. Hor only dcalro waa to get back to I'lnevlllo, and to dear, dear Oliver. Tholr wedding camo oft three months later, |