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Show Young Atherley'sj Luck. By A. M. D. OCDEN. .OU HI'' morning lun lay wurin und rli'iir after llio ruin of t o Hio night before, und young el la Atherley, at lilt burnt. 0ef loped easily along the wide tu . . jug aloud for wry Joy of Unlit bourtcdni-sa. Out here, nwny from cities and crowds, bow good life was. The trulii wm In, and Atherley hurried hur-ried nrouud llio corner, thru hulled suddenly, iluzxk-d by tho vision which confronted biui. (In tin. loner ati-pi of cur m-nr Ihe middle of (bo train mood girl, her fulr littlr blowing In the wind, hrr lunula full of pink rosea, her yea null UK inilKbt Into his. Vot noouil neither moved. Then, voice from within culled Marlon," the girl. With quick lluib, turned up lb tteps, ud Atherley, stricken with tbe consciousness con-sciousness of bU dusty "chnps," bite pura and eonibrero, allpped buck. He bad quite forgotten hla letter. The en- - tflua gaa a preliminary anort, the roo-aluclor roo-aluclor yelled "All aboardl" but Alber-Iry Alber-Iry Htlll Hood Diotloulcaa, bla eyea Used ou the car whrreln alio bad dlanp-poured. dlanp-poured. Al the slow length of the train began to move the Rlrl allpped back to the platfunn for a moment, and on' the ground aluioat nt Allii-rley'a fevt fell a pliak roae. To Hprlng forrtrard. aelan the flower, then awinn abunrd the hint cur aa It pnuml wua to Atherley but the work of another moment, llefnre be hud fairly ro.itlr.nl It be waa 011 the train and apeeillUK euatwurd aa faiit aa team could curry hliu. I'ractlcol thuiiKlita fon-nl a fray nnd bla ttrat act waa to lake account of tock. "JUn will tnke the hnrao bnrk," he reiiaiiiicd. "If a all rlk'hl. Luckily I have Juat nhout enoiifli for my ticket ta New York." Soini how ho bail do-tlded do-tlded .that ahe lived In New York. "And wi for tm-iila. Well, who knotva wlm t lauy turu up?" with cheerful op-tlmlaiu. op-tlmlaiu. At the next atop he annaked forward 'to the aiooklni; car and ant down to tiilnk thlKua over. 8I10 wua certainly a tnlKhty pretty irlrl! At her ley, feellnn for the rote, bidden lu hla brenat pocket, pock-et, concluded Hint ha would prolmbly not regret hla acllou. "lint l'veot to get buay on the food .flui-atlon." 'i'huru were three or four other men lu the car, tbe yoiiuiier onea clmllliiK toxvther, and another, ruther older, feuding In a corner. All eyed him cu-floualy, cu-floualy, but Atherley hud an luaplrii-aUoii. luaplrii-aUoii. If he worked them riKht, amuiii-ij ill tun, told theui queer eiperlenc-iw, tlioy wlKht aupply biui with food and lrlnk, and aa for eU-'uta, nt'll. be uiunl buabaawl tlione be bud curvfully. In purauuure of thla Idea he moved oeur-r. oeur-r. and aoon held the group enthralled trltli bla breer.y frunkKwaa. "Hit toa r cully J lie. t Jumped on the tralu and mime'" acked uu older man at leuglh, whea Hilly had grown aweary of bla tulk and umved awuy, "and for no other reaauu tbita tltut you wanted to ee the world'" Atherley lauKlied rather liuiin furi illr. "lliat'a what I tola thua fellowa. But I don't mlml telling you tiie trulii It waa It wua 011 account of-11 girl," he auld, hullliiKly. 'i'lie older miiu'i. Upa twitched. "A girl! How auV' "I aaw her 011 Ihe our atep." con-feaiied con-feaiied Atherley. "And -mid C llhiul her." he ended, hiinety. not i'H-ii to bimaelf did be cure to lu.-ntlon the roae. "I wonder If you liuve nccii hei'" he added, eagerly. "Che hud ou oim-kind oim-kind of a blue l-lr. Willi a white 11 tat and rarrled aome roaea. They chIIihI ber Murlon.' " "Marlonr he exi-lnluiiHl, "why. thut'a my dnughter." luiililnkintrlj. Tlieu he atopped. ruther iiiiiui.wmI. A young ranchman, no mutter how clumuiiiii and gentlemanly, wu hut-illy u peiaon to be preaeuled In Ihe enrefitlly gitiird-ed gitiird-ed ilnrlou. Hut Atherley wiih too ub-oi ub-oi ImhI to notice the hcullittlon Your daugliler:" he cried. "Ilenllv Tom .lain liter; oh, I any, what In! That will auve me nil an tul lot of time J 11. 1 li.nr.lt. 1 eMil.il the deuce of ' a Jul' In loi.iiinit her. ThoiiKh I knew Hint I ah. mid do 11 In the end." he iiihli d' , iMiiiili oii) . Do )uu mind tell ilK me ) our llntiie'.-'' My niiiiiei ' iliililed lietween Indie nation nnd mirth. "1 am Jumea Ar-liiithnot." Ar-liiithnot." he di-t'liiii'd rmh. r ieiuiioua-ly. ieiuiioua-ly. lint Atherley tvua cU-uily uuliu- liteai-il. 'ltetler and ij.-it.-r." be cried. "I ul-wnyi ul-wnyi mi 1 Im-ky cluip,' Joyoualy. Tne eiilr uiuu h-ituvd b:tck tiu.1 aiuivd at him. "My ileitr yniing man," lienu he hi lila moat finiiiiil nirinner. "I Ihlnk we niuai iiiiileiatiinil em li other. 1 cer-luinly cer-luinly full to aee where Ihe luck cornea In." Alheiley, Muring 111 Ida luiti, became be-came ailildenly eull;hlellc.l. "Of courKe. You menu thnt you don't know 111c," ho cried. "On, ihut'a nil rluht." ciihH). "I've beard dud apeuk uf ynu huiiiinila of tlin-a. I'm llltl) Atherley. 11ml I've Juat lieell out liuik-lUK liuik-lUK up aome pr.ipertlcM lu the W eat." 'I he older muu'a brow cleared eouie-hmv. eouie-hmv. ".Not W llllii in II. Atherlcy'a aouT Allierley lioililcd. "Tlie auuie. ho now won't you Introduce Intro-duce ine to our diitii:literV" wlsllully. "It would aute am h u lot of time." Arliitlhiiol, hta vmy eyea inliikllng, lonki'd nt Ihe yiniiiK mini iiulKicully. "If you ore much like J our futher, ninl 1 think you tire, you would be hardly iiU to .ilt limit Tor my .-rv-le a," he r. ni.irk.il J.h ue:y. "1 ome n I.. in.-, thi n. All I 11 -k of you la plcuae not to uct mttrrii-d In-fore wo reiich New York." The lone alrove to lie at. -in, but youiig Atherley hmlicil hup. piiy. 1 "l mnko no protnlae"." lie il.clnre.1 I with cay il-liunce. "i Hi. Iiere, hold on tl luoiiH-nt." na u ml.l.l.-ll recolieclioll of hia ittiiiiiilli il letter it-.-iu led to Mm. .'tilling out the envelope he lore It Into friixuieiita, li-ttinu Hie piccea Uout out of the open vvimlovv. "It v.na In Kuy lli.it I wnau't rnmini; home." he eNplnlned. "I will teleurapli from Clnruko. Now. If you are ready ." Sun l-'raneikco Cull. |