The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . rswere pink and white ribbons, long and broad, and heldin place by rosettes of magenta. A broad plaid sash en-circled her ample waist and hung to the hem of herskirt. Her arms, tanned almost black, were bare to abovethe elbows. And all this on the lake front in October. But the girls clothes were not worrying her at all. Itwas her wedding outfit and she was perfectly satisfiedwith it. What worried her most was this: Not one man in all that throng rushed up to her,clasped her in his arms and introduced himself as herownest own, called he
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . rswere pink and white ribbons, long and broad, and heldin place by rosettes of magenta. A broad plaid sash en-circled her ample waist and hung to the hem of herskirt. Her arms, tanned almost black, were bare to abovethe elbows. And all this on the lake front in October. But the girls clothes were not worrying her at all. Itwas her wedding outfit and she was perfectly satisfiedwith it. What worried her most was this: Not one man in all that throng rushed up to her,clasped her in his arms and introduced himself as herownest own, called her his ducky doo-dimple and mur-mured in her ear that fudgy would always love such a welcome had been on her programme and shecouldnt understand why it didnt materialize. He hadtold her to wear a pink ribbon so he could recognize hereasily. Surely she had worn pink enough! Now, previously to the arrival of the train which pre-sented the damsel and the clothes to Chicago an anxious- OF A DETECTIVE 207 THE OPTION SYSTEM OF COURTSHIP AND JV SORkV TO SAY WO JA CK BUT rOOA/GMM RICHLY HAS A 30DAY GPr/ON ON H£u -ipsnr< \ (CARRIAGE \f 11 f /< ITT 4 ^Cyi r [harrJage 1 OPTIONS- boughtISOLD ; jrf\ 1 W^et/ 11 fiiill ii ISPI 1 r (A r- /^B «* Vi m^Ct^ ^ llllllllflr A/I JkE •?;- 11 ^^^^^^mM l/l Ji 7 /W OPT/019 ^rRoeseK^ 208 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK faced man had walked nervously about the depot. Whenthe passengers disembarked he pushed forward and care-fully looked over each woman. But when his gaze fellupon the. maiden with the bare, black arms and theother markers hereinbefore mentioned, his anxiety topush forward and find was reversed to a wild desire toflee and avoid. Twice he turned, as if fearing pursuit,and each time what he saw only accelerated his speed. A minute later a man with a wild, hunted look in hiseyes and blanched cheeks rushed into a saloon andweakly called for something to steady his nerves. Tothe expressed solicitude of the bartender he only r
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