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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1896)
--"rtirC f& r$ -; s. '! . , t-r Tire cdtJRriiL ' 1" . J - WH Y KOOD mFrrW hm-m 1 I cELl g& V 7 ggh I UKUWHItd I a- fi ' - -a . - 7? Esther was very late. Ihe clock in the tower opposite had sputtered eleven strokes in the frosty air, and still Esther did not come. Nor did Martin How ard, who had promised to look in for a smoke on his way home. It is one of my principles that relatives should never stay in the same house. But Esther, becoming more prosperous, was moving into a more commodious flat, and was spending the interregnum of carpenters,' white washers 'and paper bangers with me. The clock had struck Of course, he might have been a high way man; and, on the other hand liullo, Martin! Come in." "I beg your pardon,' said Martin, halting in the doorway? "J thought .you vera alone." -."All right," I said, "X waa .expecting, you. You know my. sister. We were just discussing the possibility' "George, don't" said Esther under her hrnath. . . '"The possibility,? XI continued, assault and battery and highway CJWFORKII uqlgoon! Don't buy cheap, old shelf worn goods when you can get the very ' " NICEST AND FRESHEST A te aame prloeM HE Ml GROCERY, I02S P STRET. PHONE 224. IdwidI NOUR 0W BVJGfcN TOP rob- n the quarter past before I heard a cab bery upon an unattended young woman drive up to the door. In a minuteor in Oxford street. Wbatdoyou think so Esther's step Bounded on the siaSnV abouyt? $' 1 ,1 ' ' fjfr an agitated footstep, as one who has' "That's rather curious," sam Martin, something to sav in a hurry, and Esther sitting down. "Only this evening I have - f. fA. - .,'Buggy toptriramiDgs. cm 1 oaaa-aadftiaSetoerder. ? 'inpbrin"gkato-rad;'Wil cushions and dashes always on If your buggy top needs Hx- ff-brinek arowhd.''WJlI guarantee you perfect satis faction, both in work and price. herself betsejf a$pTa? I jr. ft- ?-- been-in a-sense-j-protectinga fern!; in- j "Oh! VbiaWeh i fright;' h.'stjd- - rWcoi'lrpntidUpr fr irobj j 'J'"1 j--"; , t m breathlessly. lem, and 1 should like your opinion on -Relly! Dear meF'-I s.Whata'A, JCss MattfcewaS Hcrx ?& 1 'AV it?T Esther laid her sketchbook on the Martin looked at Esther, who turned tabli'and threw off her cape. slightly in herchaiB-.with..an -obviously t'JUman," she said, and stood looking assumed air of interest. T can never at me. understand why Esther does not 'like m . . . . . i? Z . , ? -A' "Come, it might have teen worse," I Martin, inougn i am qquecena tB5jj said:. "It might have been a cow, or an doesn't. "'- earthquakeT" Esther. Unskeweml her. "fipoited.her hurrjing along Oxford hat and-saLdown. ,, , street, just in front of me. She. was a "But he-followed me," s4e saw Isdy'andl couldseeshd was" veryun-'-impreservely--" " 'J -'' --'comfortabre atbeibgJouLso late alone;. ?He didn't catch you?" I inquired. It really distressed me to see her edg "Don't be silly," Esther replied. "I ing into the road to make way for polite tell you he followed me. "I'llpsver jnku6Tioffeaeivepepple. When she heird of walking home so late again alone." a-couple of men coming' along singing "Why did you tonight?" I asked. she almost ran and then stood still to "Well, you know, I had'to" do those' lef them get in front other. Now there sketches at,the dress rehearsal, and I was a problem for me." couldn't get away until' 10:30. Then I "I don't see that that there was any could only get a 'bus to Oxford Circus, problem at all," said Esther, turning her And then I waited, and every 'bus was face a little more toward the fire away' crowded, and.Lfeit.boriid.waitiug thereof rom Mjrtin. So I determined to walk. And as soon "Here was a girl," Baid Martin, who as I got out of the crowded part, I found was frightened though there was noth- n it tr, "Wv bTbT WH. lA. ' JCEJHBJX XrtBlt r nov A a ! 4B I 'I 3TOU 041 -tO fG) " A. .if1''?'0-1'2 0i -0 TANSHOE W-0XE0RDS for yourself or children at our store. IBHE M Ours are perfect, in fit, latest styles, low '" good to wear. -'1 7 price, and -W&tt&T&Bt am ROGERS, Q-.s o t. it there was a man following me." "Close?" "No, not very, but" "How did you know?, Did you around?" ' "Of course I didn't. But a girl tell when anyone is following her-" look can ing to be afraid of, so frightened that she was running backward' and forward acrora the road whenever she saw any one within' thirty yards. Doubtless she was a silly little goose. But she was a fellow creature. And as T was going in the same direction it was my obvious -"She can tell a policeman." I suggest- duty to' assure her of safety. The prob ed Esther reflected a moment, as she lem was how to assure her. I may drew off her gloves. smoke mayn't I?" Martin lit a cigar, t JYe8, of course," shesaid. "But the' and continued: "My first idea was to ppor.saa'n wafio't really doing, any harm, follow her until I saw her safely at you know. So there was nothing to tell home. But then it struck me that really." she wouldn't know 1 was behind, and' ;"Thea why disturb yourself about, so I would be doing her no good at all him?" A and giving myself a lot of trouble." "Oh, you can't understand how a girl "You might," I suggested, "have reels," said, Esther, looking" a,, little called a cab and offered to give her a annoyed. lift." Martin shook his, head. "But," I said after a pause, "I "No," said he, "that would never do. thought you came home' in a cab." Do you think so, Miss Matthews?" "From the Marble Arch," said Esther. "I really don't know anything about HIGH ART BICYCLES " Aekaawledge no equal, no peer. They have proven to be not only N(eod aa the beat" but actually the very best wheel made. . . - Call at 1217 O and examine them -'- Insure your wheel in the American Wheelman's Protective association. New wheel if your'a is stolen. .. C A WIRICK, 1017 O t I Esther gathered up her :hat, cape! gloves and sketchbook, and left the room. Martin, and I looked at each other -"I say old man," he said, "you don't imagine for a moment" ' "Plain or with soda?" I inquired. "I couldn't endure it any longer. I walked aa fast' as I could, and he walked just as fast ,WhenI walked slowly to let him pass, he , walked slowly, too. Twice I. crossed to the other side of the it," said Esther. "Well," said Martin, "This was my solution. "1 determined to adcress her rssrectf ully tell her I had noticed hec embarassment assure her I was le- street. And would yon believe it? spectable lived in a house and served he crossed to." Esther leaned forward on juries and all that and offer to in her chair to note the effect- I sig- walk a cozen yards behind her until nified astonishment with my eyebrows s'ae reached her front door and then in the usual way. ' leave her without speaking. What-.do ."And," she continued, "when I was you think of that?" nearly at the Marble Arch, I could feel' "You didn't do it?" I slid, him coaling' up behind me quite near. "No," said Maitin. "Just as I had I simply had-to take a cab." , J nearly overtaken her a lot of rowdy men -i.llt'waa a dose shavet 'I said: "very came along, and she jumped into a cab. dose, shaven 40deed."isher looked at. So I didn't bother myself any further me rather-doubtf ally. ., , .,i4. .,.. ,? about it." -.fButfrdo -wu;tlatakr.h&-a--ieant.to.qoI "What did she look like?" asked anything!" aitaafikeda 1 V cr . --..'f Esther,wTth her face still turned tow- ;;iWell,itaaidtI 'can .hardly. ..say. ardithe S.r.i'l'-'!- ,v. ,' - , - i without knowing'hto-pivioW '-career; ,Oh,Mke sgirl,"..said lrUn,: "just- an ordinary girl -with one of those silly capes that girls wear.' "Anything like this?' T asked, pick ing up Esther's' cape. Martin looked at the cape at Esther whose face looked very red in the fire lightat the sketchboolr on the table and then at Esther again. "I will say good night," said Esther rising. ''Oh, but" stammered Martin, you a re not" "It was nice of you,' said Esther, "you gave me a dreadful fright." "Bur, my dear Miss Matthews, I was only anxious to do you a service." "It is not- pleasant." said Esther, "to be followed by a strange man." "But I'm not a stranger," said Martin, "I have known you ever since you wore -7-Ijnean since you. were quite .yqung.- "But I didn't know it was; you. How The Flier will make better time by could I? You should have, come and several hours to St. Louis, Clncihnkttl, told me." . r Washington, New, York and to all east- uit'I!."tj,i -"".1 -1" -f3 ern points, than any other line out at "Yoi see, I didn t know it was you.', a sa4mer. -."You ought to have Known,!'. said For Information, about rates, connecr Esther. "And," she coutinued, after a tlons, ets, or for sleeping- car berths. moment' it was very wron wrong 7 Tr-rV A SUMMER RESORT. r A delightfully -cool' and- attractive place these warm days Is the handsome store of -Sutton & Hollojwbusb, 12th and O street. A new addition Is a large and beautiful onyx soda fountain,, one of. the finest In the state. This is' presided over by-an expert flzx clerk. This sea son nut Ice-cream and many new flavor in cream and ices are strong favorites Mr. Sutton's cream has a state reputa tion ;. he fills- orders- daily: from, many outside points; and Is making a special ty of this trade. The line of candy is now larger and finer than ever. Confec tionery always fresh; many novelties. 's pauseX'if-you jdjd"nt- know SW ticket office, izoi u street. J i i v- ., ,s ? i i i'i ; F D. CORNELL. C F..& T. A. veryw.re-jgjol .you to follow mei-j t, r; " !:", ' , 7 &9hJ ? follow..nJj-ve-3r wli- vc. iMlw. mdeejin f J ! 1 I the beach. -' . ' i fl ' JE .i ilKiSireifetlaa
