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The south-bound train had not arrived and as I

turned away the station-agent again changed its time

on the bulletin board It was now due in ten o train, but a

greater nuray was surrounded by half a dozen students,

all talking animatedly As I walked toward therown

woirl of fifteen or sixteen; but is was

the tam-o'-shanter, the short skirt, the youthful joy in

the outdoor world that had disguised her as effectually

as Rosalind to the eyes of Orlando in the forest of Arden

She was probably a teacher,-quite likely the

teacher of ued, who had amused herself

atin the world to approach

her with an apology or a farewell, but those few

inches added to her skirt and that pretty gray toque

substituted for the tam-o'-shanter set up a barrier that

did not yield at all as I drew nearer At the last moment,

as I crossed the track and stepped upon the other

platforht have

so,

a ard school-girl of athletic tastes, I had

none whatever upon a person who,-as, I felt sure, quite