The Argosy, March 1907 — page 174: what you’re looking at

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B ARGOSY. as Phacied: her glance she had ¢ eens in Voor- __hees’s face and had noted that his gaze --was riveted on her. She could -not but realize that she had aroused some inter- est in this handsome stranger. = She nudged her married sister. SS ‘“Have you noticed the stranger with e the Fedora hat, Ella?” 3 M65 oT have, and I have been eS f= ~ing that possibly he may know where my ____ purse is,” returned her sister suspiciously. ee Dorothy gasped. ae “Surely you don’t think for a minute Sa that he would he guilty of theft! I don’t: -__ - think you took a good look at him.” ‘How can I, when he is sitting so et Ls% is t he 3 far back. Do you want me to get a x crick in my neck?” oo But Mrs. Parker gave a rearward Be glance as she spoke. ee ~ “ He doesn’t look overhonest to me,”’ she reported, as she righted herself ; Se ‘““and he seems to be trying to hypnotize me, by the way he is staring.” Be “Are you sure he is staring at you, eS Ella?” asked Dorothy, with a smile. neat “ Of course I am,” retorted her sister, failing to catch the other’s meaning. a “He looks like one of those up-to-date se: light-fingered gentlemen you read about = in the Morning Derrick. 1 have no proof, but I feels if he had my purse - and were watching me so that in case = I should make a suspicious movement he could drop. off the train and fly.” ae Dorothy could not help laughing out- right at her sister’s womanlike deduc- ui ‘i ~~ tions, but their conversation was inter- rupted by their arrival at Greensburg. “as Voorhees, in the bustle and confusion of some passengers alighting from one es end of the car and some from the other, == lost sight of the young girl whose back eS hair, neck, and shoulders, with two pro- ° a = file views, were scratched on the pages a= of the sketchbook in his pocket. a His search was interrupted by a re- eS sounding smack on the back and a fa- ss -.. miliar voice shouting a greeting. es “Hello, Voorhees, you elephant! a Welcome to Greensburg! ” = “Hello, Sears, old man! - How’s the z= ——-boyr” “Fine as frog-hair, but getting ; a little out of patience. That blamed train was half an hour late. Suppose the ride was monotonous enough, eh?” : = Oh, I don’t Sie. as to that. the contrary, it was rather amusing.’ “That so?” asked Sears, in surprise. ‘In what regard?” “ Why—er—the different types of peo- ple that were aboard, you know. Great chance for study,” said Voorhees vaguely. He did not wish Sears to know any-— thing of his little affair ; burg. 3 young lady, as her personality had struck - him quite forcibly. . She was indeed a beautiful girl, at: his surprise was~the greater that she should be living out here in this little town, almost in the woods. He felt that he had made a “ find.”’ His thoughts were interrupted pe his. friend. “Pile into the rig, Voorhees. As you are a lover of horse-flesh, you will be quite smitten with this nag. cover ground,” The horse was indeed a fast stepper, and they soon arrived at Sears’s home. It happened that all his people were away on a visit, and the men had the - house to themselves. _Voorhees’s purpose in coming to Greensburg had been two- fold: first, to visit his friend; and, sec- ond, ings of the magnificent scenery skirting the town. His object was now threefold: he had added the resolve to become ac- quainted with the girl he saw on the , train. He feared to tell Sears of his desire, however, as he knew his bachelor friend would guy him mercilessly. Therefore, _ he decided to bide his time. : _ And fate was kind to him, but in such an unexpected manner that Voorhees would remember the incident for. many _ a day. The two friends had decided to spend the evening together, but, as luck would have it, Sears, being a physiciart, was called away on a pneumonia case about. nine-thirty.and Voorhees was left alone. Voorhees company his host, saying that he would retire early, after a little stroll through coe the town. caer about ten o'clock he started on his nocturnal walk. After — reaching the end of the block, he sud- | that would be eee: a side-issue during his stay in Greens-- — He was longing to meet this See her — to make some water-color paint-. eclined an invitation to ac- ~ 2a » 4, whe Agere yy hy iS i 4 ; ToS yy Re eee, we AY) ms . Age C3 +f ee, * s ® wot ) v , ” . P| 7i' ‘hi, ae ‘ Heaeet ie , aD a4 A 2 ee be ‘5 ry “Fy ; SOILD 2 ee iaieatity WA) The Ne rt > a) &e? j 4% p re Pte § ? ery Kn A § MAY fl { Urea a ate } a \ HM AP ouL os ‘ t WS iy OS tz Alt fe Ae eg s Se ie ie ty) \ a & se 4 rae j Ree i Ss: com micbook eh Ne wees Se GO is ¥. +s = ae