| Show PORTABLE typewriter 11 A 4 fal S A 1 he takes his typewriter in his car with him everywhere he be goes ashes the portable kind I 1 guess PA BY campbell service copyright by evelyn campbell THE STORY linda neer do well father dies when she ehe la is seventeen leaving her little beyond some worthless stock certificates these theme she takes to her fathers friend senator converse to dispose of after a whirlwind bourth courtship p linda m marries arr ea courtney bolh roth too late she discovers tio he Is i penniless adventurer living by his wits roth noth dies in switzerland linda con continues t finues to live like a woman of wealth the sena senator t or supplies her with mony money keeping up the fiction that her stock Is yielding it on sl trip she meets brian anesey CHAPTER ill C continued on linued 6 they talked about everything but the weather which proved at once that they were unusual people linda discovered at once that her companion was from oregon that he be was going to washington and would be there for a month or two she discovered other things charming ing things about him chrit he liked dogs better than automobiles and the morning before seven Ocl jock that lie preferred simp simple 16 fa flowers and the mountains to the sen sea it began to grow cold in the coach outside was n dense wall of whiteness and by straining necks dim in glimpses of shapeless things might bo be had a house hurled under snow or the twisted form of a tree grotesquely burgeoning passengers huddled in wraps and rugs and their grumbles grew louder as the air became staler would you like to walk a litt little littlee leP brian asked and linda assented eR eagerly gerly but ns as they were starting lie he made her return to her section you cant go into snow dressed like abat 11 ile he was looking so sternly at tier her slim suede clad feet that linda broke into gay ga laughter ile he laughed with her and this put them on an in formal basis lie ile turned to his 1118 own section and U a bag return ing presen presently presenta tl Y with a pair of dark red morocco slippers and a couple of linda put out her little feet and allowed him to fasten the moccasins upon them with a few eff efficient lelent swirls of the scarves you tle tie beautiful knots she said but it Is a shame to W spoil your nice scarf ahat that blue one especially slie she was surprised at her own docility I 1 ty A cup of lut hot tea and two or three pillows would have been more to tier her taste tut but there she was stumbling along through the snow with her feet done up like 1116 bundles if we keep to the beaten path it will be easier I 1 think he said and she lie followed half laughing halt annoyed at her own clumsy progress the prospect outside was not very good people were running about helplessly giving advice that nobody heard but the train crew was taking it very easily alicy abey knew that human power could do little against the tremendous fore of nature that opposed them the snow banked higher than the engine resisted every effort to penetrate it there was something aloofly contemptuous about that impassivity th the e great black bulk of machinery so devastating in its flights stood appalled like a shiny beetle drawing in its claws brian anstey talked to the train men they answered courteously not ignoring him its as they had some of the others linda ward heard all th that atmas was said the train could not move until the snow plows came and that might not be until the following day for the storm had been worse farther along the line and there were other tle tie ups lindas teeth were already chattering and the terrible cold found and seized upon tier her body beneath her hirs furs at ai that moment her spirit was low indeed the delay would disarrange her plans hopelessly the chances of A month at miami delightfully cared for by the Greg gona sons was gone glimmering she tried to adjust hoc her mind to tills this misfortune but her thoughts refused to mg coagulate physical its comfort dwarfed all her mental p processes now how stupid I 1 am r rhe thought ing angrily rily ive been in worse fredica ments than this some way will be b found hut but ruu she h felt like a deso hda cul cu L the strange young man with the kind eyes was speaking to her ive see secured I 1 un d a place for you rou on the sledge he said we must go back and get your hand lugg luggage he spoke in the same bame quiet sure way that had accomplished the morocco slippers and again she yielded to his bis suggestion dut but when she was settled in the ungainly conveyance with half a dozen women all whimpering she found that brian anstey was going too ile he stood on the step and talked to the tha driver occasionally jumping off on to help shovel hovel snow when the tha horses flounda floundered red into deeper drifts linda inda found watching him irresistible lb U he e actually seemed to enjoy the effort of dragging the great horses about she had always hated snow it reminded her of a particularly disagreeable period of her life but this snow snow was was different there was something crude and pristine about it it was not a theatrical snow where one may break ones neck on a neatly constructed slide it was homelike making one think of warm fires and pipes and fleecy blankets not that linda knew any of these things from personal experience but they had their nook in her imagination with other fancies As he be helped her from her seat she asked him why he had come and hla his answer brought swift unexpected color to tier her face to look after you of course he spoke so simply that she ehe was ashamed of tier her subterfuge the hotel was as crude as the nebraska snowfall you have been so kind you will dine with me she murmured at the foot of the stairs lie ile laughed id love to lo only it will be supper in this place there will be liam ham and eggs find and four kinds of bread bread and I 1 hope you wont be III from the experience she felt a little shock he was laughing at berl in a second she realized how she must look to him exotic superfluous too fine for rude contacts shed she maii managed aked to make her mouth look tremulous and sweet as aa she answered ansei ed gally gaily anything sombat so that it Is carml the other women did not like linda they eyed her fur coat and her finkles ankles with equal disapproval and when she found that she was to share a room with one of them she protested in such a way that the proprietor at once gave gava her another naturally yvant want to be with your husband 1 said the discarded roommate with embittered sweetness and linda off guard repeated blankly my husband the other simulated confusion oh he I 1 thought As linda sat beside brian at their corner of the long table she said to 16 him indifferently gossiping al ready already so BO yoa yo must not be so bilm to me if gossip annoys you the women crowded together atthe at the other end of the table as if they feared contact with other diners were wera nil all of the kind that are to be seen in pullman cars and nowhere else comfortably fort forfa ably bly dressed but you wondered where they bought their clothes in every big biff department store in the country hundreds like them milled like cattle from nine to four every day the year around yet it was only at a time like this thid that such faces stood out such personalities became obvious they were all terribly frightened at the publicity suddenly thrust upon them they objected while they secretly swelled with importance but they were determined to remain completely virtuous and upright in the face of unconventionality brian anstey glanced at them and then smiled at linda its their chance to air their opinions and be listened to he said and she added in it a drawling cold voice that did not suit tier her glowing girlish face and their opportunity to make a show of their morality dont be severe they are all home women bound to be a little narrow in a simple life tills this must be an adventure close quarters with unknown neighbors that la Is why you cannot really admire simplicity or naturalness it la is all so hateful just under the surface 10 do you think so he frowned lie ha looked much older when he was serious slie she decided she did not really care what these women thought she would never see one of them again but she meant to tease him a little more you must not confuse silly chattering women with simplicity and naturalness ho he sold said sternly and glanced again at the group who became conscious that they were under discussion and were scandalized you will III find their sort e everywhere vey where 11 but much worse in simple little towns 1 I will not mot admit that it to la be causes cities ardmore indifferent she shook her head bead you ar ara wrong cities tire are ilot cot indifferent they judge with banners and morals b but ut the city cares only for appearances it Is much easier to live up to you yon can always buy appearances 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