Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-22

iisnation the earbaric and malicious manne -
winch the porters hurl the luckless iu~<e
and are fairly of for Paris, before ] ns~s The
curiosity to glance at my fellow .pas.ensers.
Well I! when do take look at t'.,e1p do not
make much Of il: Watson and occupy the two
seats by one window, faeir - each other: our
have not taken the other two
window seats they occ' nv the middle ones next
us. They are both Fading, behind newspapers.
Went we shall ne. get much amusement out Of
them. give mem mp as bad job. All IL I
could have mad my wish, and had the laughing
young man, and the pretty young couple, for
company, the night would not perhaps have
seemed so long. However, i should have been
mortified for them to have seen how green I
looked when the dawn came; and as to these
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1 do not care if look as
Is for the best; and at ali events it is good trte
eopy-book maxim to say 50. So forget all
about them, hx my eyes ON the landscape racing
by, and fall into a variety of thoughts "will
my husband really get up in time to come and
meet me at the station tomorrow morning?,
he does 20 cordially hate getting up. My only
chance Is his not having gone to bed at all. How
months ncs IN cuiS
ing his tendency to fat, during his Norway fish,
ing? Probably not. Fishing, on the contrary,
is rather q at-making occupation; sluggish and
sedentary. Shall we have pleasant party at
the house We are going to, for shooting? Ts
whom In Paris SHALL 60 for my gown? Worth !?
No, Worth is beyond me. There leave the fu-
SONS to LansEere; trips down the lake 10 Chill
Ion; hundred and ore pleasaptnesses The
tine slips byi the afternoon is drawing toward
evening; beginning of dusk rs coming over
look refund. Coed heavens! what can those
men find 50 interesting in the papers? thought
them b,eeously dali, when looked over them.
this morning, and yet theyar still Professionally
reading. What can they have got hold of? /
cannot wei see what the man beside me has; his
vis-a-vis is buried in an English Times. Just as
X Inn htytk sfax, l.s,x.t n.
per, and see his face. Nothing very remarka-
BILE; a long back beard, and hat tilted some
what low over his forehead. / turn away my
syes yes, hastily for fear Of being caught indusi
see that he has taken a little bottle out of his
travelling bag, has poured some of its contents
into gless, and is putting it to his lips. 1t APP
no manser Of doubt that he is drinking Then
feel that he is addressing me. look up and
toward him; he Is holding o0t the phial to me,
and sSying:
"May take the liberty of Offering madame
somep'j
"No, thank you, monsieur I answer, shak
ing my head hastily and speaking rather abrupt
offered strange eatables or drinkables in a train
OF strange hymn-book in a church.
He smiles politely, ard then adds:
% take fs.tle?,
"No, thank you, sir, I'm much obliged to
YOU replies Watson briskly, in almost as un-
Again he smiles, bows and reburies himself i'm
the newspaper. The thread of my thoughts is
broken; feel an cdd curiosity as to the nature
OF the contents of that bottle. Certaiplyi il is
not sherry or spirit of any kind fer it has diff
fused no OdOr through the carriage At this
time the man beside me has said and done moth
ing. | wish he would move or speak, or do
something. L peep covertly at kim. Well! at
all events he is welldefended against the nj CHIT
chill. What a voluminous cloak he is wrapped
IN; how entirely it shrouds his figure, trimmed
nv rT,f ha L. a
OF September i do not know why, but that
cloak makes me feel rather uncomfortable. /
wish they would both move to the window, in
stead OF sitting next US. Ball. am setting up
70 be timid dove? J. who rather pique myself
on my bravery-On my Indifference to tramps
bulls, ghosts? The clock has been deposited
with the umbrellas, parasols SPARE shawls, rugs
Ne, in the netting above watson's head. The
dressing Casa very large and heavy one-is
sitting on her lap. / lean forward and say to
her:
"That box must rest very heavily on your
knee, and want a foot-s:oel-I should be more
comfortable If i had one-let me put my feet
on it,"
l have an idea that somehow nv sappbires
will be safer if have then where can ALWAYS
feel that they are there. We make the desired
change IN our arrangements. Yes both NV
feet are on it. The landscape outside is darken-
ing quickly now: our dim light is beginning to
assert ats Importance. Still the men read. j
mean by u? IL Is utterly impossible that they
can decipher the small print OF the Times by this
feeble, shaky glimmer.
As am so thinking, the one who had before
spoken lays down his paper, folds it up, and de-
posits II on the seat beside him. Then, dra wing
his little bottle out OF his bag a second time
drinks, or seems to drink, from it. Then he
again turns to me:
MADAME will pardon me; but ii madame
could be InduceJ to try little of this. 1t is "A
cordial OF most refreshing and inyieorating
description, and if she will have the amiabiIitS
20 allow me TO say so, mazda me looks faint"
What can he mean by his urgency? Is il pure
potiteness: wish il were not growing 81 dark.
These thoughts run through my head as hest
tate for an instant what answer to make Then
an idea occurs TO me, andI manufacture civil
smile and say, "Thank you very mach, mon
sleur! j am little faint, as you observe I
think will avail myself of your Obliging offer,
So saying, take the glass and touch it with IN
lips 1 give you my word Of honor that do not
think did more; I did net mean to swallow a
drop, but l suppose I must have done so. He
smiles with a gratifed air.
The other lady viii ncw, perhaps, follow
By this time am beginning To feel thorough
ly uncomfortable; why, shculd be puzzled to
explain. What Is this cordial that he is so eager
to urge upon us? Though determined not to
subject myself to its influence, 1 must see its
effects upon another person. Rather brutal OF
me, perhaps; rather in the spirit of the anato-
MIST VINO, IN the interest Of science, tortures
live dogs and cats; but l am telling Won facts,
not what ought TO have done but what / did
l make sign TO Watson to drink some She
obeys, nothing ioath. She has been working
and she Is tired. There is no feigning abont
her! She has emptied the glass. Now see what
comes OF it-what happens To INV live dog The
bottle Il replaced in the bag; still We are racing
on, racing OH, past the hills and fields and VIII
Lagos. How indistiRet they are all growing. 1
turn back from the contemplation Of the outside
view To the inside one. Why, TIE woman il
asleep already. her chin buried in her chest,
her mouth half open, looking exceedingly EN-
bec1le and very plain, most people, when
asleep out OF bed, do look. A nice igvigorating
potion, indeed. L wish TO heaven that 1 had
gone dur JUmeErs, or even with that cavalcade
OF nursery maids and unwh0lesOme- locking bs-
bies, a.< danes sssfes, next door. At all events
am not at all sleepy myself-that rs a bless
ing. i shall see what happens. Yes, bye the
bye, must see what he meant to happen: 1
must affect 20 fall asleep, too. 1 close ny ewes
and gradually siuking my chin on nv chest try
10 droop my jaws and hang my cheeks with a
semblance of bona tide sluInber. Apparently
succeed pretty well: After the lapse of some
minutes 4 distinctly feel two hands very eau
iiously and carefully lifting and removing NV
feet from the dressing box. cold chill Greens
over Inc, and then the blood rushes to my head
and ears. What am to do? what am 10 do
have always thought the better of myself ever
since Tor II; but, strange 10 say, keep nv pre-
sence OF mind Still affecting to sleep, | give a
sort Of kick, and instantly the hands are with
drawn, and all is perfectly quiet again. | now
ieign TO wake gradually, with a yawn and n