Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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an 0101761110112 you know. The driver smiled appreciatively, and bega11 to make preparations for a quick start. llattles stepped into the outer vestibule. lt was just nine-thirty. Nine-thirty- live came, a11d no g'i1'l. 1 VVOllI1C1' if that chump is keeping her, he thought. just then the two appeared. The girl was very dignified, but the ll'l2lll was talking excitedly i11 a language Billy took to be Russian. She seemed to be paying very little attention to his entreaties. Ye gods, but l.'ll bet sl1e could freeze a fellow properly, if she had a llllllil to, was llilly's impression. The .Russian evidently did 110t want to let her out of l1is sight, but sl1e refused to go back with hi111 while he got his things. 11illy stood there unconcernedly, with l1is OXVH topper pulled C1UNVll over his eyes, but tl1e foreigner failed to 11otiee anything in his preoccupation. Finally he went back alone. Once l1e was out of sight, the girl turned to Billy. 1'le opened the door for her, a11d escorted her to the carriage. To tl1e .Burns lllllltllllg, Zlllil drive like the devil, he said savagely to the driver, and climbed in. The girl was already searching frantically tl1rough the pockets of the fur coat. At last she found it. Ah, we win, we NVlll, Alois Zlllfl l, she breathed. 1low can 1 ever thank you 1 holding out her 11211111 to liattles on tl1e opposite seat. Billy says he did not release it until they reached the Burns building. There they got out, and the girl, standing in the glare of a11 arc ligl1t, was quickly discerned by a l'Il2ll'l, who ca111e Tlllllllllg up. A few whispered words, and the package passed between them, tl1e girl H1611 explaining the 1Jl'C5CllCC of tl1e otl1e1' carriage, and telling l1i111 to use it to throw off pursuit. Then llilly had a11 idea. Going to his carriage, he brought out the coat, Zllld presented it to the lllilll. llilly said afterwards, that the lllilll looked cold, a11d besides it was a good way of getting rid of it. The girl inside the carriage again, Battles gave the driver just seve11 minutes to 111ake the Union depot, telling him to avoid the route over which they had just driven. llilly says he did not sit opposite tl1e girl during tl1is part of the ride. They reached the depot at exactly o11e lllllllltC after ten. As they ran dow11 the stairs, they could see tl1e train made up on tl1e tracks below, and everything SCCINCC1 in readiness to start. The conductor, however, stood beside the rear car studying his watch. A man, who punctuated his talk with violent gestures, strode back and forth before l1i111. Nicholas is making them wait for me, said tl1e lllEl.it1Cll de111urely. just before they reacl1ed the gate she paused, and turning to llilly, said, with a suspicion of a tremble in her voice, 1 can never, never tha11k you for what you have done. 1 wish- What she wished was never know11 to Billy, for, with a final glance more expressive tha11 words, she tu1'ned silently and ll12lC1C her way through the gate. . Billy was still standing where she had left him when tl1e rear 1,llllll1Zl.l'l, bearing his Princess, waving a last farewell from the observation platform, rolled smoothly from the glare of the depot out i11to tl1e night. EU F.e1SSET7'. 346

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but I guess I'm the only one who's onto their Kappa Gamma ,liill-the-King fraternity. Wlell, mum's the word. And the fellow will have a cab to get away in, too. 'International complications be damned! XN'hen llilly llattles helps a fair damsel in distress, he doesn't do things by halves. He looked at his watch again, nine-twenty. Going to the street entrance. he stepped out. After standing there a minute, a carriage turned the corner. and came lurching up, the horses snorting and plunging through the snow at the curb. llilly caught the drivcr's attention. XVait for me here a minute. he said, and went inside again. - Continuing his mental monologue, l'list! Now for the p-a-a-persl l'lere's where your L'ncle 'Dudley goes up against that pretty cloak room dame. I wonder if a supper at I7lamant's some night will be the least she'll ask. To his relief. however, the girl had been replaced by a male attendant. I think there is some mistake about this check. said Ilattles, holding it out tentatively. I heard the girl call my mnnber as 109, but I see this reads, WS. The boy took the check without a word, went to locker 109, returned, and laid the Iiussiaifs things before Qllilly. The latter picked up the cap, looked at it a moment, and laid it down again. NVell now, tl1at's funny, but this isn't mine. Do you know. that looks like my hat there in locker 108. Seems to be a general mixup all around. llilly said this with a bland smile that he by no means felt. llc admitted afterward that it was a long chance to take. Hut I would have looked such a guy in that dulfer's crust. he would explain, l'd have been arrested anyway for a suspicious character. Aw say, youse ain't tryin' to cop dis coat, huh? said the boy, a gleam of mistrust in his eye. Young man, said llilly. severely, I do not depend on a check room for my wearing apparel. If my explanation does not satisfy you we will go together and seek out the manager. I will lay the matter before him and ask if a sincere explanation ought not to be met with more courtesy. Aw, well, I s'pose y'r good all rightf' said the other, making the exchange. Hut youse certainly have got a poor thinker fer rememberin' mnnbers-not I Uh, that's it. said llilly easily. I remembered the mnnber so well because it happened to be the Figure at which IJ. ll. X C. preferred closed at this afternoon. I made a good haul out of that rise today. l lere's a half dollar of it that l'll leave with you.', llattles flung the coat over bis arm, and made his way out at a side entrance to the carriage. So, you're a prosperous broker at times. too, eh ? was the remark he addressed to himself. lfle flung the carriage door open. and placed the coat inside. Fishing in his pocket. he pulled out a dollar and handed it to the driver. Ile ready to make a run for it, old man. The girl will be here in a minute. lt's 345

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Shadow- ime The sappliire Ilame in August skies l'z1les teuclerly to gray: lfmou wreeu hills the slmcloxv lies h .Nucl up the mezulow way. My heart zltuue to suuimer's toueh l watch the trembling' corn, Aucl hear the lcillcleer's fainting' ery lloat eerie :mal forloiu The wiucl that shakes the locust bough Blows Time aucl me apart: Blows to the void of wasted clays All things save you, sweetheart. Aucl U, the world were well away VVheu with your hzmcl in mine, VVC follow eliulciug' eow-hells thro' the fzuling' evenshiue W. L. C. 347